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<p>Owners of industrial, trade and business premises are expected to use the best
practicable means available to reduce odours, effluvia and other potential sources
of statutory nuisance emanating from their place of work in the first place. If this
is not happening, then local authorities have powers through the Environmental Protection
Act 1990 to investigate and issue abatement notices to stop the problem from re-occurring
if they determine a statutory nuisance exists.</p><p> </p><p>For industrial installations,
the Environment Agency and local authorities currently regulate odour pollution through
conditions in environmental permits. Operators of these sites have to use appropriate
measures or best available techniques (BAT or UKBAT where it exists) to develop management
controls to prevent or, where that is not possible, to reduce them.</p><p> </p><p>The
Environment Agency uses permitting and enforcement tools to tackle odour pollution
from the sites it regulates. These are used on a sliding scale ranging from advice
and guidance to criminal prosecutions for serious pollution incidents, principally
through powers from the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government considers the current legislation provides the Environment Agency
and local authorities with the necessary powers to deal with these types of issues.
The Environment Agency has an ongoing remit to review odour pollution measures and
performance from the industrial sites that it regulates.</p>
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