Consultations:
PSD would like to bring to your attention two sets of documents inviting your views on:
1. Plans for Greater Access to Information About Crop Spraying: and
2. Proposals for Buffer Zones Between Spraying Areas and Residential Properties in England and Wales
Please note that any comments you make on the notification and disclosure issue should be forwarded separately to any response that you give to the formal consultation exercise on buffer zones. Explanations of how to respond and how your response will be dealt with are described in the attached documentation. If you have any general questions about these exercises contacts are below.
Contact Information:
Russell Wedgbury, telephone 01904 455749, by fax on 01904 455733, or by email russell.wedgbury@hse.gsi.gov.uk . Caroline Kennedy, telephone 01904 455706, by fax on 01904 455733, or by email caroline.kennedy@hse.gsi.gov.uk.
Further Information:
In addition to the two consultation documents listed above, the following three documents are included with this AAHL, for information:
- A brief summary of the background, proposal and options regarding the consultation on the introduction of no-spray buffer zones around residential properties is available.
- Further information is provided in a discussion paper on the proposals for the introduction of no-spray buffer zones around residential properties in England and Wales.
- A partial regulatory impact assessment on the introduction of no-spray buffer zones around residential properties is available.
- A record of discussion by the Advisory Committee on Pesticides (ACP) on the assessment of risks to bystanders is available.
- Minutes of ACP meetings are also available.
Source:
All Approval Holders Letter 20/2003.
21 July 2003.