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The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule

Publication 2012-12-14

Last updated 2013-06-20

State In force

Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

Department Government Printer for Northern Ireland

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PART 2 — VARIATION NOTICES

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PART 3 — TRANSBOUNDARY NOTIFICATION

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PART 4 — NATIONAL SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

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SCHEDULE 8 — SED INSTALLATIONS

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Exercise of relevant functions

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SCHEDULE 9 — LARGE COMBUSTION PLANTS

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SCHEDULE 10 — TITANIUM DIOXIDE

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SCHEDULE 11 — WASTE INCINERATION

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SCHEDULE 12 — PETROL VAPOUR RECOVERY

PART 1 — PVR I

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This Part applies in relation to every Part C activity falling within paragraphs (b) of Part B and paragraphs (a) and (b) of Part C of section 1.2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1.

Interpretation

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In this Part, the “PVR I” means European Parliament and Council Directive 94/63/EC[^f00057] of 20 December 1994 on the control of VOC emissions resulting from the storage of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations.

Exercise of enforcing authority functions

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(1) The enforcing authorities must exercise their relevant functions under regulation 7 so as to ensure compliance with the following provisions of the PVR I—

(a) the first paragraph of Article 3(1), (storage installations at terminals);

(b) the first and last paragraphs of Article 4(1), and 4(3), (loading and unloading of mobile containers at terminals); and

(2) When interpreting the PVR I for the purposes of this paragraph ignore points 2.3, 3.2 and 3.5 of Annex IV to the PVR I.

PART 2 — PVR II

Application

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This Part applies in relation to every Part C activity falling within paragraphs (c) to (e) of Part C of section 1.2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1.

Interpretation

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(1) In this Part, the “PVR II” means Directive 2009/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations[^f00058].

(2) When interpreting the PVR II for the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) in Articles 3, 4 and 5, ignore the words “Member States shall ensure that” where they occur; and

(b) in Article 4, ignore the words “with effect from the date on which Stage II petrol vapour recovery systems become mandatory pursuant to Article 3”.

Exercise of district council functions

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The district councils must exercise their functions under regulation 7 so as to ensure compliance with the following provisions of the PVR II—

(a) Article 3 (service stations);

(b) Article 4(minimum level of petrol vapour recovery); and

SCHEDULE 13 — ASBESTOS

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SCHEDULE 14 — SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO POWERS OF ENTRY

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SCHEDULE 15 — APPEALS FROM DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERMITS

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SCHEDULE 16 — REGISTERS

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SCHEDULE 17 — REVOCATIONS

Regulations revoked	References	Extent of revocation
The Control of Asbestos in the Air Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993	S.R. 1993 No.170	The whole Regulations.
The Industrial Pollution Control (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998	S.R.1998 No.28	The whole Regulations.
The Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003	S.R.2003 No.46	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Large Combustion Plants Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003	S.R.2003 No.210	The whole Regulations from the 1st January 2016.
The Waste Incineration Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003	S.R.2003 No.390	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Waste Incineration (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004	S.R.2004 No.35	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Solvent Emissions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004	S.R.2004 No.36	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004	S.R.2004 No.507	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) and Connected Provisions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005	S.R.2005 No.229	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) and Connected Provisions (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005	S.R.2005 No.285	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005	S.R.2005 No.454	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006	S.R.2006 No.98	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007	S.R.2007 No.245	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland 2009	S.R.2009 No.403	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Solvent Emissions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010	S.R.2010 No.165	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Solvent Emissions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011	S.R.2011 No.2	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011	S.R.2011 No.212	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011	S.R.2011 No.402	The whole Regulations from the 7th January 2014.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 14th December 2012.

Wesley Shannon — A senior officer of the — Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I 2002/3153 (N.I. 7)

[^f00002]: S.R. 2003 No. 496 as amended by S.R. 2004 No. 297, S.R. 2007 No.179, S.R. 2007 No.258 and S.R.2011 No.101

[^f00003]: O.J.L327,22.12.2000, p.1

[^f00004]: O.J.L353,31.12.2008, p.1

[^f00005]: O.J. L312, 22.11.2008, p.3

[^f00006]: O.J.L334, 17.12.2010, p.17

[^f00007]: S.I.1991 No.1220 (N.I.11)

[^f00008]: O.J.L303, 31.10.1990, p.6

[^f00009]: O.J.L159, 29.6.1996, p.1

[^f00010]: O.J.L125, 21.5.2009, p.75

[^f00011]: O.J.L106, 17.4.2001, p.1

[^f00012]: S.I.2006 No.3336 (N.I.21)

[^f00013]: S.I. 1997 No. 2778 (N.I. 19)

[^f00014]: S.I. 2005/925

[^f00015]: O.J. L275, 25.10.2003,p.32

[^f00016]: S.I. 1978/1049 (N.I. 19)

[^f00017]: S.R 2003 No.46 the amendments are S.I. 2003/3311, S.R. 2003 No. 390, S.R. 2003 No. 496, S.R. 2004 No. 36, S.R. 2004 No. 507, S.R. 2005 No. 285, S.R. 2005 No. 300, S.R. 2005 No. 454, S.R. 2006 No. 98, S.R. 2006 No. 280, S.R. 2007 No. 245, S.I. 2007/2325, S.R. 2009 No. 159, S.R. 2009 No. 403, S.R. 2011 No. 2, S.R. 2011 No. 127, S.R. 2011 No. 212 and S.R. 2011 No. 402.

[^f00018]: O.J. L342, 22.12.2009, p.1

[^f00019]: O.J. L41, 14.2.2003, p.26

[^f00020]: S.I. 2005 No. 925

[^f00021]: S.R. 2000 No. 101

[^f00022]: 1972 c.68

[^f00023]: S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1)

[^f00024]: 1972 c.9 (N.I.)

[^f00025]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^f00027]: OJ No. L 365, 31.12.1994, p.24

[^f00028]: 1993 c. 12 O.J.L 300, 14.11.2009, p.1

[^f00029]: O.J.L 135, 30.5.1991, p.40

[^f00030]: S.R. 2002 No. 209

[^f00031]: S.I. 1999/662 (N.I. 6)

[^f00032]: O.J. L140, 5.6.2009, p.114

[^f00033]: O.J. No.L42, 23.2.1970 p. 1 as amended by Directive 97/27/EC (O.J. No. 233, 25.8.1997, p. 1)

[^f00034]: O.J. No.L353, 31.12.2008, p.1

[^f00035]: S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)

[^f00036]: S.R 2003 No.46, the relevant amendments are S.I. 2003/3311, S.R. 2003 No. 390, S.R. 2003 No. 496, S.R. 2004 No. 36, S.R. 2004No. 507, S.R. 2005 No. 285, S.R. 2005 No. 300, S.R. 2005 No. 454, S.R. 2006 No. 98, S.R. 2006 No. 280, S.R. 2007 No. 245, S.I. 2007/2325, S.R. 2009 No. 159, S.R. 2009 No. 403, S.R. 2011 No. 2, S.R. 2011 No. 127, S.R. 2011 No. 212 and S.R. 2011 No. 402

[^f00037]: S.R.2003 No.493

[^f00038]: S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I.11)

[^f00039]: 2006 c 46

[^f00040]: O.J. No. L26, 28.1.2012, p1

[^f00041]: O.J. No. L 353, 31.12.2008, p1

[^f00042]: See section 1 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (c.28)

[^f00043]: S.R. 2000 No. 93

[^f00044]: S.R. 1995 No. 380

[^f00045]: 1970 c.1 (N.I.)

[^f00046]: S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

[^f00047]: 2009 c.1 (N.I.)

[^f00048]: See Schedule 1 to the North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/859 (N.I.))

[^f00049]: 1929 c.13 (N.I.)

[^f00050]: O.J. No, L26, 28.1.2012, p.1

[^f00051]: 1971 c.80

[^f00052]: O.J. L327, 22.12.2000, p1.

[^f00053]: 1972 c.9 (N.I.)

[^f00054]: S.I. 1982/712 (N.I. 9)

[^f00055]: 1971 c.80

[^f00056]: O.J. No. L266, 26.9.2006, p.1

[^f00057]: O.J. No L 365, 31.12.1994, p 24, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ No L 284, 31.10.2003, p 1).

[^f00058]: O.J. L 285, 31.10.2009, p.36

[^f00059]: O.J. L 085, 28.03.1987 p. 0040 – 0045 as amended by Council Directive 91/692/EEC and Council Regulation 807/2003/EC

[^f00060]: S.I. 1982/712 (N.I. 9)

Part A

(a) Burning any fuel in an appliance with a rated thermal input of 50 megawatts or more.

Interpretation of Part A

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Part A

(a) Refining gas.

(b) Operating coke ovens.

(i) coal; or

(ii) other fuels in installations with a total rated thermal input of 20 megawatts or more.

(d) Refining mineral oils.

(e) The loading, unloading or other handling of, the storage of, or the physical, chemical or thermal treatment of—

(i) crude oil; or

(ii) stabilised crude petroleum;

(f) Activities involving the pyrolysis, carbonisation, distillation, liquefaction, gasification, partial oxidation or other heat treatment of coal (other than the drying of coal), lignite, oil, other carbonaceous material or mixtures thereof otherwise than with a view to making charcoal.

Interpretation of Part A

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Part A

(a) Roasting or sintering metal ore, including sulphide ore, or any mixture of iron ore with or without other materials.

(b) Producing, melting or refining iron or steel or any ferrous alloy, including continuous casting, except where the only furnaces used are—

(i) electric arc furnaces with a designed holding capacity of less than 7 tonnes; or

(ii) cupola, crucible, reverbatory, rotary, induction, vacuum, electro-slag or resistance furnaces.

(c) Processing ferrous metals and their alloys by using hot-rolling mills with a production capacity of more than 20 tonnes of crude steel per hour.

(d) Loading, unloading or otherwise handling or storing more than 500,000 tonnes in total, in any period of 12 months of iron ore, except in the course of mining operations, or burnt pyrites.

(e) Producing pig iron or steel, including continuous casting, in a plant with a production capacity of more than 2.5 tonnes per hour unless falling within paragraph (b).

(f) Operating hammers in a forge, the energy of which is more than 50 kilojoules per hammer, where the calorific power used is more than 20 megawatts.

(g) Applying protective fused metal coatings with an input of more than 2 tonnes of crude steel per hour.

(h) Casting ferrous metal at a foundry with a production capacity of more than 20 tonnes per day.

Part B

(a) Casting iron, steel or any ferrous alloy from deliveries of 50 tonnes or more of molten metal, unless falling within Part A of this section.

Part C

(a) Producing pig iron or steel, including continuous casting, in a plant with a production capacity of 2.5 tonnes or less per hour, unless falling within paragraph (b) of Part A of this section.

(b) Producing, melting or refining iron or steel or any ferrous alloy (other than producing pig iron or steel, including continuous casting) using—

(i) one or more electric arc furnaces, none of which has a designed holding capacity of 7 tonnes or more; or

(ii) a cupola, crucible, reverberatory, rotary, induction, electro-slag or resistance furnace,

unless falling within paragraph (e) or (h) of Part A of this section.

(d) Heating iron, steel or any ferrous alloy (whether in a furnace or other appliance) to remove grease, oil or any other non-metallic contaminant (including such operations as the removal by heat of plastic or rubber covering from scrap cable) unless—

(i) it is carried out in one or more furnaces or other appliances the primary combustion chambers of which have in aggregate a rated thermal input of less than 0.2 megawatts;

(ii) it does not involve the removal by heat of plastic or rubber covering from scrap cable or of any asbestos contaminant; and

(iii) it is not related to any other activity falling within this Part of this section.

Interpretation of section 2.1

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Part A

(a) Producing non-ferrous metals from ore, concentrates or secondary raw materials by metallurgical, chemical or electrolytic activities.

(b) Melting, including making alloys, of non-ferrous metals, including recovered products and the operation of non-ferrous metal foundries where the plant has a melting capacity of more than 4 tonnes per day for lead or cadmium or 20 tonnes per day for all other metals.

(c) Producing, melting or recovering (whether by chemical means or by electrolysis or by the use of heat) cadmium or mercury or any alloy containing more than 0.05 per cent by weight of either of those metals or, in aggregate, of both.

Part B

(a) Melting, including making alloys, of non-ferrous metals (other than tin or any alloy which in molten form contains 50 per cent or more by weight of tin), including recovered products (refining, foundry casting, etc.) in plant with a melting capacity of 4 tonnes or less per day for lead or cadmium or 20 tonnes or less per day for all other metals and where the designed holding capacity of molten metal is 0.5 tonnes or more (together with any additional refining).

(b) Melting zinc or a zinc alloy in conjunction with a galvanising activity at a rate of 20 tonnes or less per day unless described in Part A of section 2.1.

(c) Melting zinc, aluminium or magnesium or an alloy of one or more of these metals in conjunction with a die-casting activity at a rate of 20 tonnes or less per day.

Part C

(a) Melting, including making alloys, of non-ferrous metals (other than tin or any alloy which in molten form contains 50 per cent or more by weight of tin), including recovered products (refining, foundry casting, etc.) in plant with a melting capacity of 4 tonnes or less per day for lead or cadmium or 20 tonnes or less per day for all other metals and where the designed holding capacity of molten metal is less than 0.5 tonnes (together with any additional refining).

(b) The heating in a furnace or any other appliance of any non-ferrous metal or non-ferrous metal alloy for the purpose of removing grease, oil or any other non-metallic contaminant, including such operations as the removal by heat of plastic or rubber covering from scrap cable, if not related to another activity described in this Part of this section; but an activity does not fall within this paragraph if—

(i) it involves the use of one or more furnaces or other appliances the primary combustion chambers of which have in aggregate a net rated thermal input of less than 0.2 megawatts; and

(ii) it does not involve the removal by heat of plastic or rubber covering from scrap cable or of any asbestos contaminant.

(c) Unless falling within Part A or B of this section, the separation of copper, aluminium, magnesium or zinc from mixed scrap by differential melting.

Interpretation of Part C

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Part A

(a) Surface treating metals and plastic materials using an electrolytic or chemical process where the aggregated volume of the treatment vats is more than 30m³.

Part B

(b) Any process for the surface treatment of metal which is likely to result in the release into air of any acid-forming oxide of nitrogen and which does not fall within Part A of this section.

Part C

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Part A

(a) Producing cement clinker in rotary kilns with a production capacity exceeding 500 tonnes per day or in other kilns with a production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day.

(b) Producing lime or magnesium oxide in kilns with a production capacity of more than 50 tonnes per day.

Part B

(a) Blending cement in bulk or using cement in bulk other than at a construction site, including the bagging of cement and cement mixtures, the batching of ready-mixed concrete and the manufacture of concrete blocks and other cement products where the activity is not related to an activity described in paragraph (a) of Part A of this section and is carried on at the same location as an activity described in paragraph (a) of Part B of section 3.5.

(b) Producing lime where the activity is not likely to involve the heating in any period of 12 months of 5,000 tonnes or more of calcium carbonate or calcium magnesium carbonate or, in aggregate, of both.

(c) Slaking lime for the purpose of making calcium hydroxide or calcium magnesium hydroxide when related to an activity described in paragraph (b) above.

(d) Grinding cement clinker not associated with production of cement clinker.

(e) Unless falling within Part A of section 2.1 or 2.2, grinding metallurgical slag in plant with a grinding capacity of more than 250, 000 tonnes in any period of 12 months.

Part C

(a) Storing, loading or unloading cement or cement clinker in bulk prior to further transportation in bulk.

(b) Blending cement in bulk or using cement in bulk other than at a construction site, including the bagging of cement and cement mixtures, the batching of ready-mixed concrete and the manufacture of concrete blocks and other cement products where the activity is not related to an activity described in paragraph (a) of Part A of this section and is not described in paragraph (a) of Part B of this section.

(c) Slaking lime for the purpose of making calcium hydroxide or calcium magnesium hydroxide unless related to an activity described in another Part of this Schedule.

Part A

(a) Producing asbestos or manufacturing products based on or containing asbestos.

(b) Stripping asbestos from railway vehicles except—

(i) in the course of the repair or maintenance of the vehicle;

(ii) in the course of recovery operations following an accident; or

(iii) where the asbestos is permanently bonded in cement or in any other material (including plastic, rubber or resin).

Part B

(a) The industrial finishing of any of the following products where not related to an activity falling within Part A of this section—

(i) asbestos cement;

(ii) asbestos cement products;

(iii) asbestos fillers;

(iv) asbestos filters;

(v) asbestos floor coverings;

(vi) asbestos friction products;

(vii) asbestos insulating board;

(viii) asbestos jointing, packaging and reinforcement material;

(ix) asbestos packing;

(x) asbestos paper or card; or

(xi) asbestos textiles.

Part C

Nil

Interpretation of section 3.2

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Part A

(a) Manufacturing glass or glass fibre where the melting capacity of the plant is more than 20 tonnes a day.

Part B

Unless falling within Part A of this section—

(a) Manufacturing glass at any location where the person concerned has the capacity to make 5,000 tonnes or more of glass in any period of 12 months, and any activity involving the use of glass which is carried out at any such location in conjunction with its manufacture.

(b) Manufacturing glass where the use of lead or any lead compound is involved.

(c) Manufacturing any glass product where lead or any lead compound has been used in the manufacture of the glass except—

(i) making products from lead glass blanks; or

(ii) melting, or mixing with another substance, glass manufactured elsewhere to produce articles such as ornaments or road paint.

(d) Polishing or etching glass or glass products in the course of any manufacturing activity if—

(i) hydrofluoric acid is used; or

(ii) hydrogen fluoride may be released into the air.

(e) Manufacturing glass frit or enamel frit and its use in any activity where that activity is related to its manufacture.

Part C

Nil

Part A

(a) Unless falling within Part A of section 3.3, melting mineral substances including the production of mineral fibres with a melting capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

(a) Manufacturing cellulose fibre reinforced calcium silicate board using unbleached pulp.

Part B

(a) Unless falling within Part A of any section in this Schedule, the crushing, grinding or other size reduction, other than the cutting of stone, or the grading, screening or heating of any designated mineral or mineral product except where the operation of the activity is unlikely to result in the release into the air of particulate matter.

(b) Coating road stone with tar or bitumen.

Part C

(d) Any of the following activities unless carried on at an exempt location—

(i) crushing, grinding or otherwise breaking up coal, coke or any other coal product;

(ii) screening, grading or mixing coal, coke or any other coal product;

(iii) loading or unloading petroleum coke, coal, coke or any other coal product except unloading on retail sale.

(e) The crushing, grinding or other size reduction, with machinery designed for that purpose, of bricks, tiles or concrete.

(f) Screening the product of any activity described in paragraph (b).

(g) Loading, unloading or storing pulverised fuel ash in bulk prior to further transportation in bulk.

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Part A

(a) Manufacturing ceramic products (including roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain) by firing in kilns, where—

(i) the kiln production capacity is more than 75 tonnes per day; or

(ii) the kiln capacity is more than 4m³ and the setting density is more than 300 kg/m³.

Part B

(a) Unless falling within Part A of this section, firing heavy clay goods or refractory materials (other than heavy clay goods) in a kiln where a reducing atmosphere is essential or with a production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day.

(b) Vapour glazing earthenware or clay with salts.

Part C

(a) Unless falling within Part A or Part B of this section, firing heavy clay goods or refractory materials (other than heavy clay goods) in a kiln.

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SECTION 4.1 — ORGANIC CHEMICALS

Part A

(a) Producing organic chemicals such as—

(i) hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic);

(ii) organic compounds containing oxygen, such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, ethers, peroxides, phenols, epoxy resins;

(iii) organic compounds containing sulphur, such as sulphides, mercaptans, sulphonic acids, sulphonates, sulphates and sulphones and sulphur heterocyclics;

(iv) organic compounds containing nitrogen, such as amines, amides, nitrous-, nitro- or azo-compounds, nitrates, nitriles, nitrogen heterocyclics, cyanates, isocyanates, di-isocyanates and di-isocyanate prepolymers;

(v) organic compounds containing phosphorus, such as substituted phosphines and phosphate esters;

(vi) organic compounds containing halogens, such as halocarbons, halogenated aromatic compounds and acid halides;

(vii) organometallic compounds, such as lead alkyls, Grignard reagents and lithium alkyls;

(viii) plastic materials, such as polymers, synthetic fibres and cellulose-based fibres;

(ix) synthetic rubbers;

(x) dyes and pigments;

(xi) surface-active agents.

Part B

(a) Unless falling within Part A of this section, any activity where the carrying on of the activity by the person concerned at the location in question is likely to involve the use in any 12 month period of 5 tonnes or more of any di-isocyanate or of any partly polymerised di-isocyanate or, in aggregate, of both.

(b) The flame bonding or cutting with heated wires of polyurethane foams or polyurethane elastomers.

(c) Any activity for the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of any pre-formulated resin or pre-formulated gel coat which contains any unsaturated hydrocarbon, where the activity is likely to involve, in any period of 12 months, the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of 100 tonnes or more of unsaturated hydrocarbon.

(d) Unless falling within Part A of this section, any activity involving the use of toluene di-isocyanate or partly polymerised di-isocyanate if the activity may result in a release into the air which contains toluene di-isocyanate.

Part C

Nil

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ORGANIC CHEMICALS

Part A

(a) Producing organic chemicals such as—

(i) hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic);

(ii) organic compounds containing oxygen, such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, ethers, peroxides, phenols, epoxy resins;

(iii) organic compounds containing sulphur, such as sulphides, mercaptans, sulphonic acids, sulphonates, sulphates and sulphones and sulphur heterocyclics;

(iv) organic compounds containing nitrogen, such as amines, amides, nitrous-, nitro- or azo-compounds, nitrates, nitriles, nitrogen heterocyclics, cyanates, isocyanates, di-isocyanates and di-isocyanate prepolymers;

(v) organic compounds containing phosphorus, such as substituted phosphines and phosphate esters;

(vi) organic compounds containing halogens, such as halocarbons, halogenated aromatic compounds and acid halides;

(vii) organometallic compounds, such as lead alkyls, Grignard reagents and lithium alkyls;

(viii) plastic materials, such as polymers, synthetic fibres and cellulose-based fibres;

(ix) synthetic rubbers;

(x) dyes and pigments;

(xi) surface-active agents.

Part B

(a) Unless falling within Part A of this section, any activity where the carrying on of the activity by the person concerned at the location in question is likely to involve the use in any 12 month period of 5 tonnes or more of any di-isocyanate or of any partly polymerised di-isocyanate or, in aggregate, of both.

(b) The flame bonding or cutting with heated wires of polyurethane foams or polyurethane elastomers.

(c) Any activity for the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of any pre-formulated resin or pre-formulated gel coat which contains any unsaturated hydrocarbon, where the activity is likely to involve, in any period of 12 months, the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of 100 tonnes or more of unsaturated hydrocarbon.

(d) Unless falling within Part A of this section, any activity involving the use of toluene di-isocyanate or partly polymerised di-isocyanate if the activity may result in a release into the air which contains toluene di-isocyanate.

Part C

Nil

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Part A

(a) Producing inorganic chemicals such as—

(i) gases, such as ammonia, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulphide, oxides of carbon, sulphur compounds, oxides of nitrogen, hydrogen, oxides of sulphur, phosgene;

(ii) acids, such as chromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, hydroiodic acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, oleum and chlorosulphonic acid;

(iii) bases, such as ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide;

(iv) salts, such as ammonium chloride, potassium chlorate, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, perborate, silver nitrate, cupric acetate, ammonium phosphomolybdate;

(v) non-metals, metal oxides, metal carbonyls or other inorganic compounds such as calcium carbide, silicon, silicon carbide, titanium dioxide;

(vi) halogens or interhalogen compound comprising two or more of halogens, or any compound comprising one or more of those halogens and oxygen.

(b) Unless falling within another section of this Schedule, any manufacturing activity (other than the manufacture of chemicals or glass or the coating, plating or surface treatment of metal) which involves the use and may result in the release into the air of any hydrogen halide or any manufacturing activity which uses, or which is likely to result in the release into the air or water of any of the compounds mentioned in paragraph (a)(vi), other than the treatment of water by chlorine.

(c) Unless falling within another section of this Schedule, any manufacturing activity, other than the application of a glaze or vitreous enamel, involving the use of any of the following elements or compound of those elements or the recovery of any compound of the following elements—

antimony;

arsenic;

beryllium;

gallium;

indium;

lead;

palladium;

platinum;

selenium;

tellurium;

thallium,

where the activity may result in the release into the air of any of those elements or compounds or the release into water of any substance listed in paragraph 10 of Part 2 of this Schedule.

(d) Recovering any compound of cadmium or mercury.

(e) Unless falling within another section of this Schedule, any manufacturing activity involving the use of mercury or cadmium or any compound of either element or which may result in the release into air of either of those elements or their compounds.

(f) Unless falling within another section of this Schedule, any activity, other than the combustion or incineration of carbonaceous material, which is likely to result in the release into the air of any acid-forming oxide of nitrogen.

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Part A

(a) Producing (including any blending which is related to their production) phosphorus, nitrogen or potassium based fertilisers (simple or compound fertilisers).

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

(a) Producing plant protection products or biocides.

(b) Formulating such products if this may result in the release into water of any substance listed in paragraph 10 of Part 2 of this Schedule in a quantity which, in any period of 12 months, is greater than the background quantity by more than the amount specified in that paragraph for that substance.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

(a) Producing pharmaceutical products, including intermediates.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

(a) Producing explosives.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

(a) Any activity for the manufacture of a chemical which may result in the release of ammonia into the air other than an activity in which ammonia is only used as a refrigerant.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

Nil.

Part B

(a) The storage in tanks, other than in tanks for the time being forming part of a powered vehicle, of any of the substances listed below except where the total storage capacity of the tanks installed at the location in question in which the relevant substance may be stored is less than the figure specified below in relation to that substance—

any one or more acrylates	20 tonnes (in aggregate)
acrylonitrile	20 tonnes
anhydrous ammonia	100 tonnes
anhydrous hydrogen fluoride	1 tonne
toluene di-isocyanate	20 tonnes
vinyl chloride monomer	20 tonnes
ethylene	8,000 tonnes.

Part C

Nil

Part A

(a) The incineration of hazardous waste in a waste incineration plant with a capacity of 10 tonnes or more per day or, unless carried out as part of any other Part A activity, in a waste co-incineration plant with a capacity of 10 tonnes or more per day.

(b) The incineration of hazardous solid or liquid waste in a waste incineration plant with a capacity of less than 10 tonnes per day or, unless carried out as part of any other Part A activity, in a waste co-incineration plant with a capacity of less than 10 tonnes per day, other than in an excluded plant.

(c) The incineration of non-hazardous waste in a waste incineration plant with a capacity of 3 tonnes or more per hour or, unless carried out as part of any other Part A activity, in a waste co-incineration plant with a capacity of 3 tonnes or more per hour.

(d) The incineration of non-hazardous solid or liquid waste in a waste incineration plant with a capacity of less than 3 tonnes per hour or, unless carried out as part of any other Part A activity, in a waste co-incineration plant with a capacity of less than 3 tonnes per hour, other than in an excluded plant.

(e) The incineration, other than incidentally in the course of burning landfill gas or solid or liquid waste, of any gaseous compound containing halogens

(f) The incineration of animal carcasses or animal waste with a treatment capacity of more than 10 tonnes per day of animal carcasses or animal waste or, in aggregate, of both.

(g) Unless described elsewhere in this Part, the incineration of solid or liquid non-hazardous waste in an excluded plant with a capacity of 1 tonne per hour or more, but less than 3 tonnes per hour.

(h) Unless carried out as part of any other activity in this part, the incineration of a fuel manufactured from a waste in an appliance with a rated thermal input over 3 megawatts.

Part B

(a) The incineration of waste in an incineration plant, which is authorised for the incineration of radioactive waste under section 13 of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 .

Part C

(a) Unless described elsewhere in this section, the incineration of non-hazardous solid or liquid waste in an excluded plant but which has a capacity of 50 kilogrammes or more per hour but less than 1 tonne per hour.

(b) The cremation of human remains.

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Part A

(a) The disposal of waste in a landfill receiving more than 10 tonnes of waste in any day or with a total capacity of more than 25,000 tonnes, excluding disposals in landfills taking only inert waste.

(b) The disposal of waste in any other landfill.

Part B

Nil

Part C

Nil

Part A

(a) Disposal or recovery of hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day involving one or more of the following activities—

(i) biological treatment;

(ii) physico-chemical treatment;

(iii) blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the other activities listed in sections 5.1 (a) and (c) and this section;

(iv) repackaging prior to submission to any of the other activities listed in sections 5.1 (a) and (c) and this section;

(v) solvent reclamation/regeneration;

(vi) recycling/reclamation of inorganic materials other than metals or metal compounds;

(vii) regeneration of acids or bases;

(viii) recovery of components used for pollution abatement;

(ix) recovery of components from catalysts;

(x) oil re-refining or other reuses of oil;

(xi) surface impoundment.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

(b) Disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day involving one or more of the following activities, (but excluding activities covered by Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment)—

(i) biological treatment;

(ii) physico-chemical treatment;

(iii) pre-treatment of waste for incineration or co-incineration;

(iv) treatment of slags and ashes;

(v) treatment in shredders of metal waste, including waste electrical and electronic equipment and end-of-life vehicles and their components.

(c) Recovery, or a mix of recovery and disposal, of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day involving one or more of the following activities, (but excluding activities covered by Directive 91/271/EEC)—

(i) biological treatment;

(ii) pre-treatment of waste for incineration or co-incineration;

(iii) treatment of slags and ashes;

(iv) treatment in shredders of metal waste, including waste electrical and electronic equipment and end-of-life vehicles and their components.

(d) When the only waste treatment activity carried out is anaerobic digestion, the capacity threshold for this activity shall be 100 tonnes per day.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

(a) Temporary storage of hazardous waste not covered under section 5.2 pending any of the activities listed in sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and paragraph (b) of this section with a total capacity exceeding 50 tonnes, excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where the waste is generated.

(b) Underground storage of hazardous waste with a total capacity exceeding 50 tonnes.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

(a) Producing, in industrial plant, pulp from timber or other fibrous materials.

(b) Producing, in industrial plant, paper and card board where the plant has a production capacity of more than 20 tonnes per day.

(c) Production of one or more of the following wood-based panels: oriented strand board, particleboard or fibreboard with a production capacity exceeding 600 m³ per day.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

(a) Producing carbon or hard-burnt coal or electro graphite by means of incineration or graphitisation.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

(a) Distilling tar or bitumen in connection with any process of manufacture where the carrying out of the activity by the person concerned at the location in question is likely to involve the use in any period of 12 months of 5 tonnes or more of tar or of bitumen or, in aggregate, of both.

Part B

(a) Any activity not falling within Part A of this section or of section 6.2 involving—

(i) heating, but not distilling, tar or bitumen in connection with any manufacturing activity; or

(ii) oxidising bitumen by blowing air through it, at plant where no other activities described in any section in this Schedule are carried out,

where the carrying out of the activity is likely to involve the use in any period of 12 months of 5 tonnes or more of tar or of bitumen or, in aggregate, of both.

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Part A

(a) Pre-treating (by operations such as washing, bleaching or mercerisation) or dyeing fibres or textiles in plant with a treatment capacity of more than 10 tonnes per day.

(b) Surface treating substances, objects or products using organic solvents, in particular for dressing, printing, coating, degreasing, waterproofing, sizing, painting, cleaning or impregnating, in plant with a consumption capacity of more than 150 kg per hour or more than 200 tonnes per year.

Part B

Unless falling within Part A of this section or paragraph (g) of Part A of section 2.1, any activity (other than for the repainting or respraying of or of parts of road vehicles), involving—

(a) the repainting or respraying of or of parts of aircraft or railway vehicles; or

(b) the application to a substrate of, or the drying or curing after such applications of, printing ink or paint or any other coating material as, or in the course of, a manufacturing activity,

where the carrying on of the activity may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or of any volatile organic compound and is likely to involve the use in any period of 12 months of—

(i) 400 tonnes or more of printing ink, paint or other coating material which is applied in solid form; or

(ii) 400 tonnes or more of any metal coating which is sprayed on in molten form;

Part C

(a) Unless falling within Part A or Part B of this section or paragraph (g) of Part A of section 2.1, any process (other than for the repainting or respraying of, or of parts of, aircraft or road or railway vehicles) for applying to a substrate, or drying or curing after such application, printing ink or paint or any other coating material as, or in the course of, a manufacturing activity, where the process may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or of any volatile organic compound and is likely to involve the use in any period of 12 months of—

(i) 20 tonnes or more of printing ink, paint or other coating material which is applied in solid form;

(ii) 20 tonnes or more of any metal coating which is sprayed on in molten form;

(iii) 25 tonnes or more of organic solvents in respect of any cold set web offset printing activity or any sheet fed offset litho printing activity; or

(iv) 5 tonnes or more of organic solvents in respect of any activity not mentioned in sub-paragraph (iii).

(b) Unless falling within Part A of this section, repainting or respraying road vehicles or parts of them if the activity may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or of any volatile organic compound and the carrying on of the activity is likely to involve the use of 1 tonne or more of organic solvents in any period of 12 months.

(c) Repainting or respraying aircraft or railway vehicles or parts of them if the activity may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or of any volatile organic compound and the carrying out of the activity is likely to involve the use in any period of 12 months of—

(i) 20 tonnes or more of any paint or other coating material which is applied in solid form;

(ii) 20 tonnes or more of any metal coatings which are sprayed on in molten form; or

(iii) 5 tonnes or more of organic solvents.

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Part A

Nil.

Part B

(a) Unless falling within Part A of any section in this Schedule—

(i) manufacturing or formulating printing ink or any other coating material containing, or involving the use of, an organic solvent, where the carrying out of the activity is likely to involve the use of 200 tonnes or more of organic solvents in any period of 12 months;

(ii) manufacturing any powder for use as a coating material where the process uses lead chromate or triglycidyl isocyanurate and where there is the capacity to produce 400 tonnes or more of such powder in any period of 12 months.

Part C

(a) Unless falling within Part A or Part B of any section in this Schedule—

(i) manufacturing or formulating printing ink or any other coating material containing, or involving the use of, an organic solvent, where the carrying out of the activity is likely to involve the use of 100 tonnes or more, but less than 200 tonnes of organic solvents in any period of 12 months;

(ii) manufacturing any powder for use as a coating material where the process uses lead chromate or triglycidyl isocyanurate and where there is the capacity to produce 200 tonnes or more, but less than 400 tonnes of such powder in any period of 12 months.

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Part A

(a) Curing, or chemically treating, as part of a manufacturing process, timber or products wholly or mainly made from wood if any substance listed in paragraph 10 of Part 2 of this Schedule is used.

(b) Preservation of wood and wood products with chemicals with a production capacity exceeding 75 m³ per day other than exclusively treating against sapstain.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

(a) Unless falling within Part A of section 6.1, manufacturing products wholly or mainly of wood at any works if the activity involves the sawing, drilling, sanding, shaping, turning, planning, curing or chemical treatment of wood (“relevant activities”) and the throughput of the works in any period of 12 months is likely to be more than—

(i) 10,000 cubic metres, in the case of works at which wood is sawed but at which wood is not subjected to any other relevant activities or is subjected only to relevant activities which are exempt activities; or

(ii) 1,000 cubic metres in any other case.

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Part A

(a) Manufacturing new tyres (but not remoulds or retreads) if this involves the use in any period of 12 months of 50,000 tonnes or more of one or more of the following—

(i) natural rubber;

(ii) synthetic organic elastomers;

(iii) other substances mixed with them.

Part B

(a) The curing of foam rubber products where hydrogen sulphide is released.

Part C

(a) Unless falling within Part A or B of any section in this Schedule, the mixing, milling or blending of—

(i) natural rubber; or

(ii) synthetic organic elastomers,

if carbon black is used.

(b) Any activity which converts the product of an activity falling within paragraph (a) into a finished product if related to an activity falling within that paragraph.

Part A

(a) Tanning hides and skins at plant with a treatment capacity of more than 12 tonnes of finished products per day.

(b) Slaughtering animals at plant with a carcass production capacity of more than 50 tonnes per day.

(c) Disposing of or recycling animal carcasses or animal waste otherwise than by incineration falling within section 5.1 in plant with a treatment capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day of animal carcasses or animal waste or, in aggregate, of both.

(d) Treatment and processing, other than exclusively packaging, of the following raw materials, whether previously processed or unprocessed, intended for the production of food or feed from—

(i) only animal raw materials (other than milk) at plant with a finished product production capacity of more than 75 tonnes per day;

(ii) only vegetable raw materials at plant with a finished product production capacity greater than 300 tonnes per day or 600 tonnes per day where the installation operates for a period of no more than 90 consecutive days in any year;

(iii) animal and vegetable raw materials, both in combined and separate products, with a finished product production capacity in tonnes per day greater than—

(aa) 75 if A is equal to 10 or more;

(bb) 300 - (22.5 × A) in any other case; or

(cc) where ‘A’ is the portion of animal material (in % of weight) of the finished product production capacity;

where, when calculating the weight of finished product for the purposes of paragraphs (i) to (iii), the weight of packaging must be ignored.

(e) Treating and processing milk, the quantity of milk received being more than 200 tonnes per day (average value on an annual basis).

Part B

(a) Unless falling within Part A of this section, treating feathers by hydrolysis where hydrogen sulphide or other sulphur containing compounds may be released into the air.

Part C

(a) Processing, storing or drying by the application of heat of the whole or part of any dead animal or any vegetable matter (other than the treatment of effluent so as to permit its discharge into waterways, underground strata or into a sewer unless the treatment involves the drying of any material with a view to its use as animal feedstuff) if—

(i) the processing, storing or drying does not fall within another section of this Schedule or Part A or B of this section and is not an exempt activity; and

(ii) the processing, storing or drying may result in the release into the air of a substance described in paragraph 9 of Part 2 of this Schedule or any offensive smell noticeable outside the premises on which the activity is carried out.

(b) Breeding maggots in any case where 5 kg or more of animal matter or of vegetable matter or, in aggregate, of both are introduced into the process in any week.

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Part A

(a) Rearing poultry or pigs intensively in an installation with more than:

(i) 40,000 places for poultry;

(ii) 2,000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg); or

(iii) 750 places for sows.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

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Part A

(a) Capture of carbon dioxide streams from an installation for the purposes of geological storage pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

(a) Independently operated treatment of waste water not covered by Directive 91/271/EEC and discharged by a Part A installation or Part A mobile plant.

Part B

Nil.

Part C

Nil.

Part A

Nil

Part B

Nil

Part C

(a) The activities listed in the table below if they are operated above the solvent consumption thresholds for that activity.

Activity	Solvent consumption threshold in tonnes/year
Heatset web offset printing	15
Publication rotogravure	25
Other rotogravure, flexography, rotary screen printing, laminating or varnishing units	15
Rotary screen printing on textile/cardboard	30
Surface cleaning using specified substances or mixtures	1
Other surface cleaning	2
Vehicle coating and vehicle refinishing	0.5
Coil coating	25
Other coating activities, including metal, plastic, textile (except rotary screen printing on textile), fabric, film and paper coating	5
Winding wire coating	5
Coating activity applied to wooden surfaces	15
Dry cleaning	0
Wood impregnation	25
Coating activity applied to leather	10
Footwear manufacture	5
Wood and plastic lamination	5
Adhesive coating	5
Manufacture of coating mixtures, varnishes, inks and adhesives	100
Rubber conversion	15
Vegetable oil and animal fat extraction and vegetable oil refining activities	10
Manufacturing of pharmaceutical products	50

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Indicative list of the main polluting substances to be taken into account if they are relevant for fixing emission limit values

AIR

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Editorial notes

[^key-509ded185ac48ead954313b700865f6d]: Regulations revoked (20.6.2013) by The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/160), reg. 1, Sch. 17 (with reg. 5)

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