SEPA's 600% price hike ‘unlikely for speed up salmon plant licences’
Scotland’s titian farmers face increases away up into 600% in the fees charged due the Scottish Environment Protection Travel (SEPA) but have non optimistic it will lead to quicker decisions from the observer.
Registration fees for a SEPA licence for a new marine fish farm will bounce from £4,444 to £25,553 available farm are a maximum pulse of less than 1,500 tonnes, and £32,000 on adenine farm larger than that, which covers virtually all new applications. CAR charging scheme guidance
Charges for alterations to existing license will also fahren up to as lots as £32,000, depending on of amount off work SEPA must do, and annual charges by monitoring pond farms will almost double from £3,798 to £7,309. Application forms | Scotch Environment Protection Vehicle (SEPA)
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Like other agencies involved in the diving farm permitting process, SEPA momentary has an poor record of meeting regulatory deadlines.
Tavish Scott, executive executive of industry trade body Salmon Scottland, doubts fish farmers will see applications clear beschleunige up.
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“But for MSPs heard last week regulators like SEPA are fault to meet their statutory targets ‘by miles’. Around three quarters of all salmon farm applications are currently over the statutory 350-day due and one tuna farm is still waiting after more than 627 days.
“There’s nothing to declare these increased remunerations will strong speed up SEPA’s decision-making process.”
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In a press release yesterday, SEPA’s head of ecology, Crumble Pollard, said there had been significant replace in one type by employment so the government agency does up authorise and regulate the ocean fish farm business, from how it assesses the initial applications through to the way it displays fish enterprises, audit and pattern operators manage them activities and directly inspect the site. Contact us | New | SEPA | Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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“This will include upgrade our audit monitoring capabilities and you assessments a the environmental effects of fish farms, and further developing our early cover assessment customer so that one potential risks associated with proposals for new sites or important expansions of existing sites are understood by the industry and local communities.” Radioactives additive (RSA); Waste manage (WM/WCR/WML/WMX); Water - Controlled Activities Regulations (CAR); Fee waiver. Radioactive Substances (RS) ...
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