Consultation on potential amendments to the PCBs Regulations for England and Wales 2023

We are seeking your views on a small number of proposed changes to the Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Regulations for England and Wales. The amendments are being proposed in a draft Statutory Instrument (SI) which is available to view as part of this consultation. The purpose of the SI is to clarify four regulations where volumes of PCBs are referred to. The first regulation relates to a requirement to remove pieces of equipment containing PCBs by the end of 2025, the second relates to a requirement to remove pieces of equipment at the end of their useful life, and the third and fourth relate to decontamination and labelling of pieces of equipment respectively. This consultation was launched on 19 May 2023 and it will close on 30 June 2023. Respondents are invited to respond to any of the five questions about the draft SI that are relevant to them and their organisation, and they are not expected to respond to all five questions if not all ar