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Article: -UK GOVERNMENT: Statistics of applications for hazardous substances consent received and decided.
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- October 2, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 October 1998-UK GOVERNMENT: Statistics of applications for hazardous substances consent received and decided in 1997/98 (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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INTRODUCTION
This is the sixth annual bulletin of statistics of applications for hazardous substances consent (hsc) received and decided by local authorities.
The hazardous substances consent procedure, introduced by the Hazardous Substances Act 1990, is designed to ensure that hazardous substances can be used or stored in significant amounts only after the responsible authorities have had the opportunity to assess the degree of risk to people in the ...