The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012
Activities not requiring a permit, or requiring an environmental licence
4
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2015 installations
5
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Directions by the Scottish Ministers
6
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PART 2 — Specific installations and activities
Landfill
7
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Solvent emission activities: risk phrases and hazard statements
8
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Solvent installations: first use of risk phrase or hazard statement substances
9
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Refuelling activities
10
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART 3 — Permit conditions
Permit condition: incidents, accidents, and breach of conditions
11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Permit condition: monitoring of Part A installations
12
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Permit condition: large combustion plants
13
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART 4 — Fees and charges
14
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SCHEDULE 11 — CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS
PART 1 — PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS
The Environmental Protection Act 1990
1
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The Environment Act 1995
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART 2 — SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION
The Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1991
4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991
5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991
6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994
7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Special Waste Regulations 1996
8
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Landfill Tax Regulations 1996
9
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Contaminated Land (Scotland) Regulations 2000
10
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003
11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005
12
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Water Environment (Oil Storage) (Scotland) Regulations 2006
13
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006
14
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Large Combustion Plants (National Emission Reduction Plan) Regulations 2007
15
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007
16
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007
17
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Rural Development Contracts (Rural Priorities) (Scotland) Regulations 2008
18
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Rural Development Contracts (Land Managers Options) (Scotland) Regulations 2008
19
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2008
20
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009
21
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Corporation Tax (Land Remediation Relief) Order 2009
22
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Mercury Export and Data (Enforcement) Regulations 2010
23
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011
24
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011
25
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2011
26
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Volatile Organic Compounds in Paints, Varnishes and Vehicle Refinishing Products Regulations 2012
27
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SCHEDULE 12 — REVOCATIONS
The enactments listed in column1 of the Table are revoked to the extent specified in column3.
| Legislation | Reference | Extent of revocation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 | S.S.I. 2000/323[^f00093] | The whole instrument |
| 2. The Large Combustion Plants (Scotland) Regulations 2002 | S.S.I. 2002/493 | The whole instrument |
| 3. The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 | S.S.I. 2003/146 | The whole instrument |
| 4. The Waste Incineration (Scotland) Regulations 2003 | S.S.I. 2003/170[^f00094] | The whole instrument |
| 5. The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003 | S.S.I. 2003/221 | The whole instrument |
| 6. The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 | S.S.I. 2003/235[^f00095] | Regulation 8, Schedule 5, paragraphs 1, 2(1) and (3), 3(1) and (2) and 4 Schedule 6, paragraph 3 |
| 7. The Solvent Emissions (Scotland) Regulations 2004 | S.S.I. 2004/26[^f00096] | The whole instrument |
| 8. The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2004 | S.S.I. 2004/110 | The whole instrument |
| 9. The Special Waste Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 | S.S.I. 2004/112 | Regulation 3 |
| 10. The Control of Volatile Organic Compounds (Petrol Vapour Recovery) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 | S.S.I. 2004/512 | Regulation 4 |
| 11. The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 | S.S.I. 2005/101 | The whole instrument |
| 12. The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2005 | S.S.I. 2005/340 | The whole instrument |
| 13. The Pollution Prevention and Control (Public Participation etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 | S.S.I. 2005/510 | The whole instrument |
| 14. The Large Combustion Plants (National Emission Reduction Plan) Regulations 2007 | S.I. 2007/2325[^f00097] | Schedule 2, paragraph2 |
| 15. The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 | S.S.I. 2008/410 | The whole instrument |
| 16. The Waste Batteries (Scotland) Regulations 2009 | S.S.I. 2009/247[^f00098] | Regulation 6 |
| 17. The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 | S.S.I. 2009/336 | The whole instrument |
| 18. The Solvent Emissions (Scotland) Regulations 2010 | S.S.I. 2010/236 | The whole instrument |
| 19. The Animal By-products (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 | S.S.I. 2011/171 | Schedule 2, paragraphs 13 and 14 |
| 20. The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 | S.S.I. 2011/226 | Regulation 7, and Schedule paragraphs 5 to 9 |
| 21. The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 | S.S.I. 2011/285 | The whole instrument |
| 22. The Control of Volatile Organic Compounds (Petrol Vapour Recovery) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 | S.S.I. 2011/418 | Regulation 4 |
| 23. The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012 | S.S.I. 2012/148 | Regulation 3 |
Signed
PAUL WHEELHOUSE — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 2012-12-20
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1999 c.24. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), as read with section 5(3) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (the “1999 Act”) and S.I. 2008/1776, and by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2008 (S.I.2008/1776). The 1999 Act is to be read subject to the gloss in section 45(3) of the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007, so that the maximum period of imprisonment that can be imposed on summary conviction of offence triable either way under these Regulations is 12 months. Directive 2008/98/EC (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3), Directive 2008/1/EC (OJ L 24, 29.01.2008, p.8; as amended by Directive 2009/31/EC) and Directive 2000/60/EC (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1; as amended by Directives 2008/105/EC and 2009/31/EC, and by Decision 2455/2001/EC) were designated for the purposes of paragraph 20 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1999 Act by S.S.I. 2010/131. Directive 2008/112/EC (OJL345, 23.12.2008, p.68) was designated for the purposes of paragraph 20 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1999 Act by S.S.I. 2010/235. Directive 2010/75/EU (OJL334, 17.12.2010, p.17) was designated for the purposes of paragraph 20 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1999 Act by S.S.I.2011/423.
[^f00002]: 1972 c.68. Section2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”), Schedule8, paragraph15(3) (which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) (“the 2006 Act”)). Section2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Schedule, Part 1. The power is exercised in these Regulations for the purpose of designating a competent authority. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section53 of the 1998 Act.
[^f00003]: OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p.1, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p.11), Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 (OJ L 311, 21.11.2008, p.1), and Directive 2011/97/EU (OJ L 328, 10.12.2011, p.49).
[^f00004]: 1995 c.25. Section 41 has been relevantly amended by paragraph 2 of schedule 2 to the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp12), by S.I. 2007/1711, 2007/3106, 2008/3087 and 2009/890, and by S.S.I. 2003/235.
[^f00005]: SEPA is established by section 20 of the Environment Act 1995 (c.25).
[^f00006]: OJ L 159, 29.6.96, p.1.
[^f00007]: OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p.1; as amended by Commission Decision 2000/6123/EC (OJ L 200, 30.7.2002, p.22), Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p.1), Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 (OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p.25) and Directive 2000/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 81, 20.3.2008, p.45).
[^f00008]: OJ L 125, 21.5.2009, p.75.
[^f00009]: 1990 c.43.
[^f00010]: 1995 c.25.
[^f00011]: S.S.I. 2000/323; as amended by paragraph 7 of Part 2 of schedule 1 to the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8), by S.I. 2007/2325, and by S.S.I. 2002/493, 2003/146, 170, 221 and 235, 2004/26, 110, 112 and 512, 2005/101, 340 and 510, 2006/127, 2008/410, 2009/247 and 336, 2010/236 and 2011/171, 226, 285 and 418, and 2012/148.
[^f00012]: OJ L 266, 26.9.2006, p.1, as amended by Directives 2008/12/EC (OJ L 76, 19.3.2008, p.39) and 2008/103/EC (OJ L 327, 5.12.2008, p.7).
[^f00013]: OJ L 175, 28.1.2012, p.40.
[^f00014]: OJ L No 353, 31.12.2008, p.1; as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 790/2009 (OJ L No 235, 5.9.2009, p.1) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 286/2011 (OJ L 83, 30.3.2011, p.1).
[^f00015]: OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p.17.
[^f00016]: S.S.I. 2003/235; as amended by paragraph 8 of schedule 2 to the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8), and by S.S.I. 2003/343, 2009/247, 2010/60, 2011/226 and 2012/148.
[^f00017]: OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3.
[^f00018]: 1978 c.30.
[^f00019]: 2000 c.7; section 15 was amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c.21).
[^f00020]: 1990 c.43.
[^f00021]: 1974 c.37.
[^f00022]: “Schedule 1 activity” is defined in regulation 2(1) of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005.
[^f00023]: S.I. 2005/925, as relevantly amended by S.I. 2005/2903, 2006/737, 2007/465, 3433 and 3538, 2010/675, 1513 and 1996 and 2011/1506 and 2911.
[^f00024]: 1997 c.8.
[^f00025]: 1990 c.43; see regulation 3 of S.S.I. 2011/228.
[^f00026]: OJ L365, 31.12.1994, p.24; as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p.1) and Regulation (EC) No. 1137/2008 (OJ L 311, 31.11.2008, p.1).
[^f00027]: OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p.36.
[^f00028]: 1990 c.43. Section 35(11A) of the 1990 Act was inserted by S.S.I. 2000/323.
[^f00029]: OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p.1.
[^f00030]: S.I. 2007/2325; as amended by S.I. 2007/3476 and 3538 and 2010/675.
[^f00031]: The functions of the Secretary of State under section 21(1), (2) and (4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43) so far as they are exercisable in or as regards Scotland may by virtue of Article 3 of S.I. 1999/1750 be exercised by the Scottish Ministers after consultation with the Secretary of State.
[^f00032]: 1997 c.8, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
[^f00033]: OJ L 365, 31.12.94, p.24.
[^f00034]: OJ L285, 31.10.2009, p.36.
[^f00035]: See in particular Council Directive 96/59/EC (OJ L 243, 24.09.96, p.31), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 (OJL 188, 18.7.2009, p.14).
[^f00036]: OJ L 121, 11.5.1999, p.13, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p.11), Directive 2005/33/EC (OJ L 191, 22.7.2005, p.59), Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p.109), and Directive 2009/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p.88).
[^f00037]: OJ L 135, 30.5.1991, p.40; as amended by Directive 98/15/EC (OJ L 67, 7.3.1998, p.29), Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p.1), and Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 (OJ L 311, 21.11.2008, p.1).
[^f00038]: OJ L343, 22.12.2009, p.74; as amended by Commission Decision 2011/214/EU (OJ L90, 6.4.2011, p.27) and Commission Implementing Decision 2011/879/EU (OJ L343, 23.12.2011, p.105).
[^f00039]: OJ L140, 5.6.2009, p.114.
[^f00040]: 1980 c.44. Section 135 was relevantly amended by section 2 of the Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987 (c.4).
[^f00041]: British Standards Institution (2003), see Part 1, “Fume cupboards: vocabulary”, ISBN 0 580 42947 4.
[^f00042]: See the Hazardous Substances Regulation, as defined in regulation 2(1), for the meaning of ‘hazard statements’ and ‘risk phrases’.
[^f00043]: OJ L 263, 9.3.2007, p.1; as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 65/2012 (OJ L 28, 31.1.2012, p.24).
[^f00044]: OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 412/2012 (OJ L 128, 16.5.2012, p.1).
[^f00045]: OJ L 196, 16.8.1967, p.1, as last amended by Commission Directive 98/98/EC (OJ L 355, 30.12.1998, p.1).
[^f00046]: S.I. 1999/743, as amended by S.I. 2005/1088.
[^f00047]: 2000 c.17 (as amended).
[^f00048]: For example, see the Waste Framework Directive as defined in regulation 3, and the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/228).
[^f00049]: See the Hazardous Substances Regulation as defined in regulation 2(1) in respect of hazard statements and risk phrases.
[^f00050]: S.I. 1994/2716. Relevant amendments are made by paragraph 15 of schedule 2 to the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2), by S.I.1997/3055, 2007/1843 and 2010/490, and by S.S.I.2004/475, 2007/80, 2011/155 and 2012/228.
[^f00051]: See section 1 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (c.28).
[^f00052]: Scottish Water is a body corporate established by section 20 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3).
[^f00053]: 1964 c.40, to which there are no relevant amendments.
[^f00054]: 1965 c.57; section 1 was amended by S.I. 1974/2056 and S.I. 1990/1918.
[^f00055]: S.I. 1999/743, as amended by S.I. 1999/2597, 2002/2469, 2005/676 and 1008, 2008/736, 960, 1087 and 2337, and 2009/1595.
[^f00056]: See section 10 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c.37).
[^f00057]: See Article 73 of, and Annex XX to, the Agreement on the European Economic Area which entered into force on 1stJanuary 2004.
[^f00058]: OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1, as amended by Decision No 2455/2001/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2001, p.1), Directive 2008/32/EC (OJ L 81, 20.3.2008, p.60), Directive 2008/105/EC (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p.84) and Directive 2009/31/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p.114).
[^f00059]: 1947 c.42.
[^f00060]: 1963 c.51. Section 9 was amended by the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), Schedule 33, paragraph7(2). Section 12 was repealed in part by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), Schedules 17 and 19.
[^f00061]: 1970 c.35. Section 9 was amended by the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (2000 asp 5), section 31, Schedule 10, paragraph 32(6) and Schedule 11.
[^f00062]: See Article 73 of, and Annex XX to, the Agreement on the European Economic Area which entered into force on 1stJanuary 2004.
[^f00063]: 1973 c.65; section 210 was amended by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c.63), Schedule 11, paragraph 39.
[^f00064]: S.S.I. 2011/209.
[^f00065]: S.S.I. 2011/228, as amended by S.S.I. 2012/148.
[^f00066]: See Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as defined in regulation 2(1) for the meaning of ‘hazard statements’ and ‘risk phrases’.
[^f00067]: Made by SEPA on 31 March 2012 in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 41 of the Environment Act 1995 (c.25). A copy of the charging scheme is published on the SEPA web site at: http://www.sepa.org.uk/about_us/charging_schemes/current_charging_schemes.aspx.
[^f00068]: 2004 asp 8.
[^f00069]: S..I 1991/472, as relevantly amended by S.I.1993/1749 and 2405, 1995/2678 and 3247, and 1998/767, and by S.S.I.2000/323, 2004/26 and 512, 2005/410 and 2011/418.
[^f00070]: S.I. 1991/1624.
[^f00071]: S.I. 1991/2839.
[^f00072]: S.I. 1994/2716, as relevantly amended by paragraph 15 of schedule 2 to the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2) (“the 2003 Act”), by S.I.1997/3055, 2007/1843 and 2010/490, and by S.S.I.2004/475, 2007/80, 2011/155 and 2012/228.
[^f00073]: S.I. 1996/972, as relevantly amended by S.I. 1997/2019 and S.S.I. 2000/323, 2004/112, 2011/226 and 228.
[^f00074]: S.I. 1996/1527, as last amended by S.I. 2012/885.
[^f00075]: S.S.I. 2000/178, as amended by S.S.I. 2000/323, 2005/658 and 2007/178.
[^f00076]: S.S.I. 2003/235, as amended by paragraph 8 of schedule 2 to the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8), and by S.S.I. 2003/343, 2009/247, 2010/60, 2011/226 and 2012/148.
[^f00077]: S.I. 2005/925, as relevantly amended by S.I. 2005/2903, 2006/737, 2007/465, 3433 and 3538, 2010/675, 1513 and 1996 and 2011/1506 and 2911.
[^f00078]: S.S.I. 2006/133.
[^f00079]: S.I. 2006/3289, as last amended in respect of Scotland alone by S.S.I. 2011/226.
[^f00080]: S.I. 2007/2325.
[^f00081]: S.I. 2007/3106.
[^f00082]: S.I. 2007/871.
[^f00083]: S.S.I. 2008/100.
[^f00084]: S.S.I. 2008/159.
[^f00085]: S.S.I. 2008/298, as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2009/447 and 2011/228.
[^f00086]: S.I. 2009/890.
[^f00087]: S.I. 2009/2037.
[^f00088]: S.I. 2010/265.
[^f00089]: S.S.I. 2011/228, as amended by S.S.I. 2012/148.
[^f00090]: S.S.I. 2011/209.
[^f00091]: S.I. 2011/2860.
[^f00092]: S.I. 2012/1715.
[^f00093]: S.S.I. 2000/323, as amended by paragraph 7 of Part 2 of schedule 1 to the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8), by S.I. 2007/2325, and by S.S.I. 2002/493, 2003/146, 170, 221 and 235, 2004/26, 110, 112 and 512, 2005/101, 340 and 510, 2006/127, 2008/410, 2009/247 and 336, 2010/236 and 2011/171, 226, 285 and 418, and 2012/148.
[^f00094]: S.S.I. 2003/170, as amended by S.S.I. 2011/228.
[^f00095]: S.S.I. 2003/235, as amended by paragraph 8 of schedule 2 to the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8), and by S.S.I. 2003/343, 2009/247, 2010/60, 2011/226 and 2012/148.
[^f00096]: S.S.I. 2004/26, as amended by S.S.I 2010/236.
[^f00097]: S.I. 2007/2325, as amended by S.I. 2007/3476 and 3538 and 2010/675.
[^f00098]: S.S.I. 2009/247, as amended by S.I. 2011/226.
Burning any fuel in a combustion appliance with a rated thermal input of 50 megawatts or more.
Interpretation of Part A
For the purposes of Part A, where two or more appliances with an aggregate rated thermal input of 50 megawatts or more are operated on the same site by the same operator those appliances are be treated as a single appliance with a rated thermal input of 50 megawatts or more.
Unless described in Part A of this section—
- (a) Burning any fuel in a boiler or furnace with a rated thermal input of more than 20 megawatts and less than 50 megawatts,
- (b) Burning any fuel in a gas turbine or compression ignition engine with a rated thermal input of more than 20 megawatts and less than 50 megawatts.
- (c) Burning any fuel in a combination of appliances with a total rated thermal input of more than 20 megawatts and less than 50 megawatts in an installation to which Schedule 1A applies.
- (d) Burning any fuel in a medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input equal to or greater than 1 megawatt and less than or equal to 20 megawatts.
Interpretation of Section 1.1
For the purposes of section 1.1—
- (a) Refining gas including natural gas or its products,
- (b) Production of coke,
- (c) Pyrolysis, carbonisation, distillation, gasification, liquefaction, partial oxidisation or other heat treatment of coal (other than drying of coal), lignite, oil, or other carbonaceous material or mixtures, otherwise than with a view to making charcoal,
- (d) Gasification or liquefaction of fuels other than as described in paragraph (c) in installations with a total rated thermal input of 20 megawatts or more,
- (e) The refining of mineral oils, or the loading, unloading or other handling of, the storage of, or other physical, chemical or thermal treatment of—
- (i) crude oil, or
- (ii) stabilised crude petroleum.
- (f) Purifying or refining any of the products of an activity mentioned in paragraph (a) or its conversion into a different product.
Nothing in paragraph (c) or (f) refers to the use of any substance as a fuel or its incineration or pyrolysis as a waste or to any activity for the treatment of sewage sludge.
In paragraph (c), the heat treatment of oil does not include heat treatment of waste oil or waste emulsions containing oil in order to recover the oil from aqueous emulsions.
Interpretation of Part A
In Part A—
- “carbonaceous material” includes such materials as charcoal, coke, peat, rubber and wood, and
- “rated thermal input” has the same meaning as in Section 1.1.
- (a) Blending odorant for use with natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas,
- (b) The following activities:—
- (i) the storage of petrol in stationary storage tanks at a terminal, or the loading or unloading of petrol into or from a road tanker, a rail tanker or an inland waterway vessel at a terminal,
- (ii) the unloading of petrol into stationary storage tanks at a service station if the total quantity of petrol unloaded into such tanks at the service station in any 12 month period is likely to be equal to or greater than 500m3.
- (c) Motor vehicle refuelling activities at an existing service station if the petrol refuelling throughput at the station in any 12 month period is more than 3000m3,
- (d) Motor vehicle refuelling activities at a new service station if the petrol refuelling throughput at the station in any 12 month period is, or is intended to be, 500m3 or more,
- (e) Motor vehicle refuelling activities at a new service station if the petrol refuelling throughput at the station in any 12 month period is, or is intended to be, 100m3 or more and the service station is under permanent living quarters or working areas.
Interpretation of Part B
- (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 involved are—
- (i) electric arc furnaces of less than 7 tonnes designed holding capacity, 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) of Part A of this Section,
- (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.
- (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, and 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 furnace, reverberatory furnace, rotary furnace, induction furnace, vacuum furnace, electro-slag furnace or resistance furnace,
unless falling within paragraph (e) or (h) of Part A of this Section,
- (c) Desulphurising iron, steel or any ferrous alloy,
- (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 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 net 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,
- (e) Casting iron, steel or any ferrous alloy from deliveries of 50 tonnes or more of molten metal falling within Part A of this Section.
Interpretation of Section 2.1
In this Section, “ferrous alloy” means an alloy of which iron is the largest constituent, or equal to the largest constituent, by weight, whether or not that alloy also has a non-ferrous metal content greater than any percentage specified in Section 2.2 below.
- (a) Producing non-ferrous metals from ore, concentrates or secondary raw materials by metallurgical, chemical or electrolytic activities and in this paragraph “secondary raw materials” include scrap and other waste,
- (b) Melting, including making alloys, of non-ferrous metals, including recovered products, and the operation of non-ferrous metal foundries in an installation with a melting capacity exceeding—
- (i) 4 tonnes per day for lead or cadmium, or
- (ii) 20 tonnes per day for all other metals in aggregate.
- (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 of both of those metals in aggregate,
- (d) Unless described elsewhere in this Section, melting (including making alloys, of non-ferrous metals, including recovered products), refining and foundry casting in a furnace, bath or other holding vessel which has a design holding capacity of 5 tonnes or more.
- (a) The melting, including making alloys, of non ferrous metals, including recovered products, refining, foundry casting, etc. in an installation which has a design holding capacity of less than 5 tonnes, other than in respect of an activity—
- (i) described in Part A, or
- (ii) carried out in respect of tin, or an alloy which in molten form contains 50 per cent or more by weight of tin,
- (b) The separation of copper, aluminium, magnesium or zinc from mixed scrap by differential heating,
- (c) The heating in a furnace or any other application 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; 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 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;
- (d) Melting zinc or a zinc alloy in conjunction with a galvanising activity at a rate not exceeding 20 tonnes per day,
- (e) 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 not exceeding 20 tonnes per day.
Interpretation of Part B
In this Part, “rated thermal input” has the same meaning as in Section 1.1.
Interpretation of Section 2.2
In this Section, “non-ferrous metal alloy” and cognate expressions mean an alloy which is not a ferrous alloy as defined in Section 2.1.
Nothing in paragraph (c) or (d) of Part A or in Part B of this Section prescribes the activities of hand soldering, flow soldering or wave soldering.
- (a) Surface treating metals and plastic materials using an electrolytic or chemical activity where the aggregated volume of the treatment vats exceeds 30m3,
- (b) Surface treating materials using cadmium or any compound thereof where the activity may result in the release into the air or water of cadmium and its compounds, as listed in column 1 of the Table in paragraph 10 of Part 2 of this Schedule, in a quantity which, in any 12 month period, exceeds the background quantity for cadmium and its compounds by more than the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table.
Any process for the surface treatment of metal that is likely to result in the release into air of any acid-forming oxide of nitrogen and which does not fall within a description in Part A of this Section.
- (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 exceeding 50 tonnes per day.
- (a) Any of the following activities:—
- (i) storing, loading or unloading cement or cement clinker in bulk prior to further transportation in bulk,
- (ii) blending cement in bulk or using cement in bulk other than at a construction site, including the bagging of cement and cement mixture, the batching of ready-mixed concrete and the manufacture of concrete blocks and other cement products,
- (iii) grinding cement clinker.
- (b) Slaking lime for the purpose of making calcium hydroxide or calcium magnesium hydroxide.
- (c) Heating calcium carbonate or calcium magnesium carbonate for the purpose of making lime.
- (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
- (iii) where the asbestos is permanently bonded in any material, including in particular in cement, plastic, rubber or resin.
The industrial finishing, including shaping, drilling, or fitting manufactured asbestos products, of any of the following products where not carried out in conjunction with manufacture—
- asbestos filters,
- asbestos friction products,
- asbestos jointing, packaging, and reinforcement material,
- asbestos packing,
- asbestos textiles.
Interpretation of Section 3.2
In this Section, “asbestos” includes any of the following fibrous silicates: actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite and tremolite.
Manufacturing glass or glass fibre in an installation with a melting capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day.
Unless it is an activity described in Part A of this Section—
- (a) Manufacture of glass at any location with the capacity to make 5,000 tonnes or more in any 12 month period, and any activity involving the use of glass which is carried out at any such location in conjunction with its manufacture.
- (b) Manufacture of glass where the use of lead or any lead compound is involved.
- (c) Making 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,
- (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) The manufacture of glass frit or enamel frit and its use in any activity where that activity is related to its manufacture.
Melting mineral substances, including the production of mineral fibres, in an installation with a melting capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day.
NIL
Manufacturing cellulose fibre reinforced calcium silicate board.
- (a) Unless falling within any other description in any Part A of 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) Any of the following activities, unless carried on at an exempt location:—
- (i) crushing, grinding or otherwise breaking up coal or coke or any other coal product,
- (ii) screening, grading or mixing coal, or coke or any other coal product,
- (iii) loading or unloading petroleum coke, coal, coke or any other coal product, except unloading on retail sale.
- (c) The crushing, grinding or other size reduction, with machinery designed for that purpose, of bricks, tiles or concrete.
- (d) Screening the product of any such activity as is described in paragraph (c).
- (e) Coating road stone with tar or bitumen.
- (f) Loading, unloading, or storing pulverised fuel ash in bulk prior to further transportation in bulk.
- (g) The fusion of calcinated bauxite for the production of artificial corundum.
Interpretation of Part B
In this Part—
- “coal” includes lignite,
- “designated mineral or mineral product” means—clay, sand and any other naturally occurring mineral other than coal or lignite,metallurgical slag,boiler or furnace ash produced from the burning of coal, coke or any other coal product,gypsum which is a by-product of any activity,
- “exempt location” means—any premises used for the sale of petroleum coke, coal, coke or any coal product where the throughput of such substances at those premises in any 12 month period is in aggregate likely to be less than 10,000 tonnes, orany premises to which petroleum coke, coal, coke or any coal product is supplied only for use there, and
- “retail sale” means sale to the final customer.
Nothing in this Section applies to any activity carried on underground.
Manufacturing ceramic products (such as roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain) by firing—
- (a) in kilns with a production capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day, or
- (b) where the kiln capacity exceeds 4m3, and the setting density of the kiln exceeds 300 kg/m3.
- (a) Firing heavy clay goods or refractory goods other than heavy clay goods in a kiln where the activity does not fall within a description in Part A of this Section.
- (b) Vapour glazing earthenware or clay with salts.
Interpretation of Part B
In this Part—
- “clay” includes a blend of clay with ash, sand or other materials;
- “refractory” means refractory material (such as fireclay, silica, magnesite, chrome-magnesite, sillimanite, sintered alumina, beryllia and boron nitride) which is able to withstand high temperatures and to function as a furnace lining or in other similar high temperature applications.
Interpretation of Chapter 4
In this Chapter—
Producing organic chemicals including—
- (a) hydrocarbons, linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic,
- (b) organic compounds containing oxygen, including alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, acetates, ethers, peroxides, phenols, epoxy resins,
- (c) organic compounds containing sulphur, including sulphides, mercaptans, sulphonic acids, sulphonates, sulphates and sulphones and sulphur heterocyclics,
- (d) organic compounds containing nitrogen including amines, amides, nitrous-, nitro- or azo-compounds, nitrate, nitriles, nitrogen heterocyclics, cyanates, isocyanates, di-isocyanates and di-isocyanate prepolymers,
- (e) organic compounds containing phosphorus including substituted phosphines and phosphate esters,
- (f) organic compounds containing halogens, such as halocarbons, halogenated aromatic compounds and acid halides,
- (g) organometallic compounds, such as lead alkyls, Grignard reagents and lithium alkyls,
- (h) plastic materials such as polymers, synthetic fibres and cellulose-based fibres;
- (i) synthetic rubbers,
- (j) dyes and pigments,
- (k) surface-active agents,
- (l) any other organic compounds not described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (k) above which have the potential to pollute the environment.
- (a) Unless described in Part A of this Section, the carrying out of any activity involving the use in any 12 month period of—
- (i) 5 tonnes or more of diphenyl methane di-isocyanate or other di-isocyanate of lower volatility than toluene di-isocyanate, or
- (ii) partly polymerised di-isocyanates or prepolymers containing 5 tonnes or more of di-isocyanate monomers, where the activity may result in a release into the air of such monomers.
- (b) The flame bonding or cutting with heated wires of polyurethane foams or polyurethane elastomers.
- (c) Any activity, if not related to any other Part A activity, for the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of any pre-formulated resin or pre-formulated gel coat which contains any styrene, which is likely to involve, in any 12 month period, the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of 100 tonnes or more of styrene,
- (d) Any activity, if not related to any Part A activity, for polymerising or co-polymerising any unsaturated hydrocarbons or a product of an activity described in Part A of this Section (other than a pre-formulated resin or pre-formulated gel coat which contains any unsaturated hydrocarbons), which is likely to involve, in any 12 month period, the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of 50 tonnes or more of any of those materials or, in aggregate, of any combination of those materials.
Interpretation of Part B
In this Part, “pre-formulated resin or pre-formulated gel coat” means any resin or gel coat which has been formulated before being introduced into polymerisation or co-polymerisation activity, whether or not the resin or gel coat contains a colour pigment, activator or catalyst.
- (a) Producing inorganic chemicals including—
- (i) inorganic substances, including those in gaseous form, such as ammonia, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen sulphide, carbon oxides, sulphur compounds, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, sulphur dioxide, and phosgene,
- (ii) acids, such as chromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, hydroiodic acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, oleum, sulphurous acids, and chlorosulphonic acid,
- (iii) bases, such as ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and calcium 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,
- (vi) halogens or any compound comprising only—
- (aa) two or more halogens, or
- (bb) any one or more of those halogens and oxygen.
- (b) Unless falling within a description in any other Section of any Chapter of this Schedule, any production activity which is likely to result in the release—
- (i) into the air of any hydrogen halides (other than the coating, plating or surface treatment of metal), or
- (ii) into the air or water of any halogens or any of the compounds mentioned in paragraph (a)(vi) (other than the treatment of water by chlorine).
- (c) Unless falling within a description in any other Section of any Chapter of this Schedule, any production activity which uses, or is likely to result in the release of, hydrogen cyanide or hydrogen sulphide.
- (d) Unless falling within a description in any other Section of any Chapter of this Schedule, producing any compounds, or using or recovering any mixture (other than in the application of a glaze or vitreous enamel), containing any of the following substances or their compounds:—
- (i) antimony,
- (ii) arsenic,
- (iii) beryllium,
- (iv) gallium,
- (v) indium,
- (vi) lead,
- (vii) palladium,
- (viii) platinum,
- (ix) selenium,
- (x) tellurium,
- (xi) thallium,
- (xii) cadmium, or
- (xiii) mercury,
where the activity may result in the release into the air of any of those elements or their compounds or the release into water of any substance listed in column 1 of the Table referred to in paragraph 10 of Part 2 of this Schedule in a quantity which, in any 12 month period, exceeds the background quantity by more than the amount specified in relation to that substance in column 2 of that Table.
- (e) Unless falling within a description in any other Section of any Chapter of this Schedule, recovering any compound of or engaging in any process of production which involves the use of cadmium or mercury or of any compound of either of those elements or which may result in the release to air of either of those elements or their compounds.
- (f) Any other activity (except the combustion or incineration of carbonaceous material as defined in Section 1.2) which does not fall within a description in Sections 2.1, 2.2 or 2.3 and which may result in the release into the air of any acid forming oxide of nitrogen.
NIL
Producing phosphorous, nitrogen or potassium based fertilisers (simple or compound).
NIL
Producing plant health products and biocides.
NIL
Producing pharmaceutical products, including intermediates.
NIL
Producing explosives, other than as part of an activity described in any other Section of this Chapter.
NIL
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.
NIL
NIL
The storage, other than as part of a Part A activity or in a tank for the time being forming part of a powered vehicle, of any substance listed in column 1 of Table 1, except where the total capacity of tanks used for storage is less than the amount specified in column 2 of the Table.
| Substance | Amount(in tonnes) |
|---|---|
| Any one or more acrylates | 20 |
| Acrylonitrile | 20 |
| Anhydrous ammonia | 100 |
| Anhydrous hydrogen fluoride | 1 |
| Toluene di-isocyanate | 20 |
| Vinyl chloride monomer | 20 |
| Ethylene | 8,000 |
Interpretation of Part B
In this Part, “acrylate” means—
- (a) acrylic acid,
- (b) substituted acrylic acids,
- (c) esters of acrylic acids, and
- (d) esters of substituted acrylic acids.
This chapter is to be interpreted in accordance with Article 3 of the Waste Framework Directive and the Special Waste Regulations 1996.
Unless carried out as part of any other Part A activity, the—
- (a) Incineration of hazardous waste in an incineration or co-incineration plant,
- (b) Incineration of non-hazardous waste with the exception of waste which is biomass or animal carcasses in an incineration or co-incineration plant,
- (c) Incineration of biomass waste in an incineration or co-incineration plant with a capacity of more than 3 tonnes per hour,
- (d) Incineration of animal carcasses in an incineration or co-incineration plant, with a capacity of more than 10 tonnes per day,
- (e) Incineration, other than incidentally in the course of burning solid or liquid waste, of any gaseous compound containing halogens arising from electrical equipment.
- (a) Incineration of biomass waste in an incineration or co-incineration plant with a capacity of—
- (i) more than 50 kilograms per hour, and
- (ii) equal to or less than 3 tonnes per hour.
- (b) Incineration of animal carcasses in an incineration or co-incineration plant with a capacity—
- (i) of more than 50 kilograms per hour, and
- (ii) equal to or less than 10 tonnes per day.
- (c) Cremation of human remains.
Interpretation of Section 5.1
In this Section—
- “biomass waste” means—vegetable waste from agriculture and forestry,vegetable waste from the food processing industry, but only if the heat generated during incineration of the waste is recovered,fibrous vegetable waste from virgin pulp production and from production of paper from pulp, but only if the—waste is co-incinerated at the place of production of the waste, andheat generated during incineration of the waste is recovered,cork waste, andwood waste, with the exception of wood waste which may contain halogenated organic compounds or heavy metals as a result of treatment with wood preservatives or coating and which includes, in particular, such wood waste originating from construction and demolition waste,
- “co-incineration” means—the use of waste as a regular or additional fuel in a co-incineration plant, orthe thermal treatment of waste for the purposes of disposal in a co-incineration plant,
- “co-incineration plant” means any stationary or mobile plant which uses waste as a regular or additional fuel—whose main purpose is the generation of energy or the production of material products, andin which waste is thermally treated for the purpose of disposal through—the incineration by oxidisation of waste, orother thermal treatment processes (such as pyrolysis, gasification or a plasma process),provided that the substances resulting from the treatment are subsequently incinerated,
- “hazardous waste” does not include any—combustible liquid waste (including waste oils) provided that—the mass content of polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons (that is, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) or pentachlorophenol (PCP)) in the waste amounts to concentrations not higher than those set out in the relevant Union legislation ,the waste is not rendered hazardous by virtue of displaying properties set out in Annex III to the Waste Framework Directive, andthe net calorific value of the waste amounts to at least 30 megajoules per kilogramme; andother combustible liquid waste which cannot cause in the flue gas directly resulting from their combustion—emissions other than those from gas oil as defined in Article 2(2) of Council Directive 1999/32/EC relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 2005/33 , ora higher concentration of emissions than those resulting from the combustion of gas oil as so defined;
- “incineration” means the thermal treatment of waste with or without recovery of the combustion heat generated,
- “incineration plant” means any stationary or mobile technical unit and equipment dedicated to the thermal treatment of waste, with or without recovery of the combustion heat generated, through—incineration by oxidisation of waste, orother thermal treatment processes (such as pyrolysis, gasification or a plasma process),provided that the substances resulting from the treatment are subsequently incinerated,
- “waste” means any solid or liquid waste as defined in Article 3(1) of the Waste Framework Directive.
- (a) Landfill of waste at a landfill (other than a landfill for inert waste)—
- (i) receiving more than 10 tonnes of waste per day, or
- (ii) with a total capacity exceeding 25,000 tonnes.
- (b) The disposal of waste in any other landfill to which the Landfill Regulations apply.
NIL
Interpretation of Section 5.2
In this Section, “inert waste” means waste—
- (a) that does not undergo any significant physical, chemical or biological transformation, or
- (b) that will not dissolve, burn or otherwise physically or chemically react, biodegrade or adversely affect other matter with which it comes into contact in a way likely to give rise to environmental pollution or harm to human health,
- (a) Recovery by distillation of oil or organic solvents, other than as part of an activity described in any other Section of this Chapter or in Part 1 of Schedule 2.
- (b) Disposal or recovery of hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day involving one or more of—
- (i) biological treatment,
- (ii) physico-chemical treatment,
- (iii) blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the other activities listed in this Section or in Section 5.1,
- (iv) repackaging prior to submission to any of the other activities listed in this Section or in Section 5.1,
- (v) solvent reclamation or regeneration,
- (vi) recycling or 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, recovery of oil by distillation, or other reuses of oil,
- (xi) surface impoundment.
NIL
- (a) Disposal of non-hazardous waste at an installation with a capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day by one or more of—
- (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 electronics equipment and end-of-life vehicles and their components.
- (b) Recovery or a mix of recovery and disposal of non-hazardous waste at an installation with a capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day (or 100 tonnes per day if the only waste treatment activity is anaerobic digestion) by one or more of—
- (i) biological treatment,
- (ii) pre-treatment of waste for incineration or co-incineration,
- (iii) treatment of slags or ashes,
- (iv) treatment in shredders of metal waste, including waste electrical and electronic equipment and end-of-life vehicles and their components.
Interpretation of Section 5.4
Nothing in this Section applies to any activity covered by the Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Regulations 1994.
NIL
Making solid fuel from waste using any process involving the use of heat, other than making charcoal.
NIL
- (a) Temporary storage in an installation with a capacity of more than 50 tonnes of hazardous waste pending any of the activities described in any of Sections 5.1 to 5.3 and paragraph (b) of this Section, excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where the waste is generated.
- (b) Underground storage of hazardous waste in an installation with a total capacity exceeding 50 tonnes.
Interpretation of Part A
Nothing in paragraph (a) applies to waste at a storage site for the purposes of Section 5.2.
NIL
Independently operated treatment of waste water not covered by the Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Regulations 1994 and discharged by an installation carrying out any other Part A activity.
NIL
Producing in an industrial installation—
- (a) pulp from timber or other fibrous materials,
- (b) paper or card board if the production capacity is more than 20 tonnes per day,
- (c) if the production capacity is more than 600 m3 per day, one or more of the following wood-based panels:—
- (i) fibreboard,
- (ii) orientated strand board, or
- (iii) particleboard,
NIL
Producing carbon or hard-burnt coal or electro-graphite by means of incineration or graphitization.
NIL
Distilling tar or bitumen in connection with any process of manufacture 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 tar or of bitumen or, in aggregate, both.
Interpretation of Part A
Nothing in Part A applies where the process of manufacture is carried out in connection with any other Part A activity at the same location where that activity is carried out.
- (a) Heating (but not distilling) tar or bitumen in connection with any process of manufacture, where the carrying on of those activities by the person concerned at the location in question is likely to involve a qualifying amount.
- (b) Oxidising bitumen by blowing air through it, at installations where there are no other activities described in this Schedule where the carrying on of the activities by the person concerned at the location in question is likely to involve a qualifying amount,
Interpretation of Part B
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Interpretation of Section 6.3
In Section 6.3, “tar” and “bitumen” include pitch.
- (a) Pre-treating textile fibres or textiles by operations such as washing, bleaching, mercerisation or dyeing, where the treatment capacity is 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, with a consumption capacity of more than 150 kilogrammes per hour or more than 200 tonnes per year (whichever is the lesser).
- (a) Unless it is a Part A activity, any activity (other than the repainting or respraying of, or of part 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 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 12 month period at any location of—
- (i) 20 tonnes or more of any printing ink, paint or other coating material which is applied in solid form (other than in respect of an activity described in paragraph (g) of Part of Section 2.1),
- (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 other than one described in sub-paragraph (iii).
- (b) Repainting or respraying road vehicles or parts of them if the activity is not described in Part A and may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or of any volatile organic compound and the carrying on of the activity by the person concerned at the location in question is likely to involve the use of 2 tonnes 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 on 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—
- (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 coating which is sprayed on in molten form, or
- (iii) 5 tonnes or more of organic solvents.
Interpretation of Part B
Any manufacture of dyestuffs if the activity involves the use of hexachlorobenzene and is carried out at an installation not falling within any other description in any Part A of this Schedule.
An activity, unless carried out at an installation described in any Part A of this Schedule, involving the—
- (a) manufacture or formulation of any coating material (such as printing ink) containing, or involving the use of, an organic solvent, where the carrying on of the activity by the person concerned at the location in question is likely to involve the use of 100 tonnes or more of organic solvents in any 12 months period,
- (b) manufacture of a powder for use as a coating material where the installation has capacity to produce 200 tonnes or more of such powder in any 12 month period.
Interpretation of Part B
The amount of organic solvent used in an activity is calculated using the formula A-B, where—
- A is the total input of organic solvents into the process, including both solvents contained in coating materials and solvents used for cleaning or other purposes, and
- B is the amount of organic solvents, not contained in coating materials, that are removed from the process for re-use or for recovery for re-use.
In this Part—
- “coating material” has the same meaning as in Section 6.4, and
- “organic solvent” has the same meaning as in Part 5 of Schedule 2.
Preserving wood or wood products ... with chemicals, other than exclusively treating against sapstain, in an installation with a production capacity of more than 75 m3 per day.
Manufacturing wood products at any works, unless in connection with an activity described in paragraph (c) of Part A of Section 6.1, if the manufacture involves a relevant activity and the throughput of the works in any 12 month period is likely to exceed—
- (a) 10,000 m3 in the case of works at which—
- (i) wood is sawed but not otherwise subjected to a relevant activity, or
- (ii) wood is subjected only to exempt activities, or
- (b) 1,000 m3 in any other case.
Interpretation of Section 6.6
In this Section, “wood” includes any product consisting wholly or mainly of wood.
In Part B—
- “relevant activity” means the sawing, drilling, sanding, shaping, turning, planing, shredding, curing or chemical treatment of wood,
- “exempt activities” means a relevant activity where, if no sawing were carried on at the works, any such activity would be unlikely to result in the release into the air of any substances listed in paragraph 9 of Part 2 of this Schedule in a quantity which is capable of causing significant harm,
- “throughput” is calculated by reference to the amount of wood which is subjected to a relevant activity, provided that where wood is subject to two or more relevant activities at the same works no account is taken of the second or subsequent activity,
- “works” means any premises, such as a sawmill, on which a relevant activity is carried out on wood.
Manufacturing new tyres, other than remoulds or retreads, involving the use in any 12 month period of 50,000 tonnes or more of one or more of natural rubber, or a synthetic organic elastomer, or any substance mixed with rubber or such an elastomer.
- (a) The mixing, milling or blending of natural rubber, or a synthetic organic elastomer, in which carbon black is used.
- (b) Any activity which converts the product of an activity described in paragraph (a) into a finished product, if related to a activity falling within that paragraph.
- (a) Tanning hides and skins where the treatment capacity exceeds 12 tonnes of finished products per day.
- (b) Disposing of or recycling animal carcasses and animal waste at installations with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day and other than by incineration or co-incineration at installations falling within Section 5.1 of this Schedule.
- (c) Slaughtering animals in slaughterhouses with a carcass production capacity of more than 50 tonnes per day.
- (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 only) with a finished product production capacity of more than 75 tonnes per day,
- (ii) only vegetable raw materials with a finished product production capacity of more than—
- (aa) 300 tonnes per day, or
- (bb) 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 (other than milk only), 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, or
- (bb) 300 – (22.5 x A) in any other case
where ‘A’ is the portion of animal material in percent of weight of the finished product production capacity.
- (e) Treating and processing milk, the quantity of milk received being more than 200 tonnes per day (average value on an annual basis).
- (a) Processing, storage or drying by heat of any part of a dead animal or of vegetable matter, unless it is an exempt activity, or an activity described in paragraph (d) of this Part, which may—
- (i) result in the release into the air a substance referred to in paragraph 9 of Part 2 of this Schedule, or
- (ii) give rise to an offensive smell noticeable outside the premises in which the activity is carried on.
- (b) Breeding maggots in any case where 5 kilograms or more of animal or of vegetable matter or, in aggregate, of both are introduced into the process in any week.
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