Solvent Emissions (Scotland) Regulations 2004: guidance

Activity

(solvent consumption threshold in tonnes/year)

Threshold

(solvent consumption threshold in tonnes/year)

Emission limit values in waste gases
(mg C/Nm3)

Fugitive emission values

(percentage of solvent input)

Total emission limit values

Special provisions

New

Existing

New

Existing

1

Heatset web offset printing

15 - 25

100

30 (1)

(1) Solvent residue in finished product is not to be considered as part of fugitive emissions

(> 15)

> 25

20

30 (1)

2

Publication rotogravure

> 25

75

10

15

(> 25)

3

Other rotogravure, flexography, rotary screen printing, laminating or varnishing units (> 15) rotary screen printing on textile /cardboard

15 - 25

100

25

(1) Threshold for rotary screen printing on textile and on cardboard.

> 25

100

20

> 30 (1)

100

20

(> 30)

4

Surface cleaning (1)

1 - 5

20 (2)

15

(1) Using compounds specified in Article 5(6) & (8).

(2) Limit refers to mass of compounds in mg/Nm3, and not to total carbon.

(> 1)

> 5

20 (2)

10

5

Other surface cleaning

2 - 10

75 (1)

20 (1)

(1) Installations which demonstrate to the competent that the average organic solvent content of all cleaning material used does not exceed 30% by weight are exempt from application of these values.

(> 2)

> 10

75 (1)

15 (1)

6

Vehicle coating (< 15) and vehicle refinishing

> 0.5

50 (1)

25

(1) Compliance in accordance with Article 9(3) should be demonstrated based on 15 minute average measurements.

7

Coil coating

> 25

50 (1)

5

10

(1) For installations which use techniques which allow reuse of recovered solvents, the emission limit shall be 150.

(> 25)

8

Other coating including metal, plastic, textile (5), fabric, film and paper coating

5 - 15

100 (1) (4)

25(4)

(1) Emission limit value applies to coating application and drying processes operated under contained conditions.

(2) The first emission limit value applies to drying processes, the second to coating application processes.

(3) For textile coating installations which use techniques which allow reuse of recovered solvents, the emission limit applied to coating application and drying processes taken together shall be 150.

(4) Coating activities which cannot be applied under contained conditions (such as shipbuilding, aircraft painting) may be exempted from these values, in accordance with Article 5(3)(b).

(5) Rotary screen printing on textile is covered by activity No 3.

(> 5)

> 15

50/75(2) (3) (4)

20 (4)

9

Winding wire coating

> 5

10 g/kg (1)

(1) Applies for installations where average diameter of wire 0.1 mm.

(2) Applies for all other installations.

(> 5)

5 g/kg (2)

10

Coating of wooden surfaces

15 - 25

100 (1)

25

(1) Emission limit applies to coating application and drying processes operated under contained conditions.

(2) The first value applies to drying processes, the second to coating application processes.

(> 15)

> 25

50/75 (2)

20

11

Dry cleaning

20 g/kg (1) (2)

(1) Expressed in mass of solvent emitted per kilogram of product cleaned and dried.

(2) The emission limit in Article 5(8) does not apply for this sector.

12

Wood impregnation

> 25

100 (1)

45

11 kg/m3

(1) Does not apply for impregnation with creosote.

(> 25)

13

Coating of leather

10 - 25

85 g/m2

Emission limits are expressed in grams of solvent emitted per m2 of product produced.

(1) For leather coating activities in furnishing and particular leather goods used as small consumer goods like bags, belts, wallets etc.

(> 10)

> 25

75 g/m2

> 10 (1)

150 g/m2

14

Footwear manufacture

> 5

25 g per pair

Total emission limit values are expressed in grams of solvent emitted per pair of complete footwear produced.

(> 5)

15

Wood and plastic lamination

> 25

30 g/m2

(>5)

16

Adhesive coating

5 - 15

50 (1)

25

(1) If techniques are used which allow reuse of recovered solvent, the emission limit value in waste gases shall be 150.

(> 5)

> 15

50 (1)

20

17

Manufacture of coating preparations, varnishes, inks and adhesives

100 - 1 000

150

5

5% of solvent input

The fugitive emission value does not include solvent sold as part of a coatings preparation in a sealed container.

(> 100)

> 1 000

150

3

3% of solvent input

18

Rubber conversion

> 15

20 (1)

25 (2)

25% of solvent input

(1) If techniques are used which allow reuse of recovered solvent, the emission limit value in waste gases shall be 150

(2) The fugitive emission value does not include solvent sold as part of products or preparations in a sealed container.

(> 15)

19

Vegetable oil and animal fat extraction and vegetable oil refining activities

> 10

Animal fat: 1.5 kg/tonne

Castor: 3 kg/tonne

Rape seed: 1 kg/tonne

Sunflower seed: 1 kg/tonne

Soya beans (normal crush): 0.8 kg/tonne

Soya beans (white flakes): 1.2 kg/tonne

Other seeds and other vegetable matter:

3 kg/tonne(1)

1.5 kg/tonne (2)

4 kg/tonne (3)

(1) Total emission limit values for installations processing individual batches of seeds and other vegetable matter should be set by SEPA on a case-by-case basis, applying the best available techniques.

(2) Applies to all fractionation processes excluding de-gumming (the removal of gums from oil).

(3) Applies to de-gumming.

(> 10)

20

Manufacturing of pharmaceutical products.

> 50

20(1)

5 (2)

15 (2)

5% of solvent input

15 % of solvent input

(1) If techniques are used which allow reuse of recovered solvent, the emission limit value in waste gases shall be 150.

(2) The fugitive emission limit value does not include solvent sold as part of products or preparations in a sealed container.

(> 50)