Polluting tannery fined over missing application

The case was taken by South Somerset District Council against Wingrove & Edge, which operates a tannery in Milborne Port, Somerset. It was one of almost 50 prosecutions which had been initiated by local authorities by last autumn against firms which failed to submit applications for authorisation under the air pollution control system introduced by the Act. A recent survey by the National Society for Clean Air (NSCA) has suggested that the