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Transposition of the industrial emissions directive in Scotland: consultation
Public consultation on draft regulations to transpose the Industrial Emissions Directive into Scottish law.
APPENDIX B - legacy activities - remove from PPC Part A because they are ‘moribund’ or ‘superfluous’
1. The activity descriptions tabulated here are proposed to be removed from Part A in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the PPC Regulations because the activities are-
(i) not practiced and are considered unlikely to be (‘moribund’), or
(ii) in practice covered by other Part A activity descriptions (‘superfluous’).
2. Except where a number of permits is stated, there are no extant permits under these activity descriptions.
3. References to the PPC Regulations are to the existing Regulations rather than the new draft Regulations (from which these activities have already been omitted).
| PPC Sch. 1, Part 2, Section… | ‘Moribund’ activities - short description (The section heading under which the activity is listed is quoted in italics) |
| 1.2 A (d) | Refining Mineral Oil and Gas, Operating Coke Ovens and Coal Gasification and Liquefaction Activities - producing gas from oil or other carbonaceous material &c. Reference to coal and lignite would be retained. |
| 1.2 A (f)(iii) | Refining Mineral Oil and Gas, Operating Coke Ovens and Coal Gasification and Liquefaction Activities - loading/storage/treatment etc of crude shale oil. NB this has no effect on the reference to refining of mineral oils. |
| 1.2 A (f)(v) | Refining Mineral Oil and Gas, Operating Coke Ovens and Coal Gasification and Liquefaction Activities - loading/storage/treatment etc of emulsified hydrocarbons intended for use as a fuel. |
| 1.2 A (g) | Refining Mineral Oil and Gas, Operating Coke Ovens and Coal Gasification and Liquefaction Activities - further refining or conversion. [1 permit but installation also has another activity so will still be covered as a Directly Associated Activity] |
| 2.1 A (i) | Ferrous Metals - Handling slag |
| 2.2 A (g) | Non-Ferrous Metals - mining zinc or tin-bearing ores where the activity may result in the release into water of cadmium or any compound of cadmium in concentrations in water above background concentrations. |
| 3.2 A (c) | Activities Involving Asbestos - destroying a railway vehicle by burning. |
| 4.1 A (e)(i) | Organic Chemicals - recovering carbon disulphide. |
| 4.2 A (f)(i) | Inorganic Chemicals - recovering etc. sulphuric acid. |
| 4.2 A (f)(ii) | Inorganic Chemicals - recovering etc. nitric acid. |
| 4.2 A (f)(v) | Inorganic Chemicals - recovering ammonia. |
| 4.2 A (f)(vi) | Inorganic Chemicals - extracting any magnesium compound from sea water. |
| 4.5 A (b) | Pharmaceutical Production - formulating if there may be releases of specified substances to water. |
| 5.1 A (f) | Incineration and Co-incineration of Waste - incineration of hazardous waste in an excluded plant. |
| 5.1 A (g) | Incineration and Co-incineration of Waste - incineration of non-hazardous waste in an excluded plant. |
| 6.3 A (ii) | Tar and Bitumen Activities - manufacture of electrodes or carbon-based refractory materials. |
| PPC Sch. 1, Part 2, Section… | ‘Superfluous’ activities - short description (The section heading under which the activity is listed is quoted in italics) |
| 1.2 A (b) | Refining Mineral Oil and Gas, Operating Coke Ovens and Coal Gasification and Liquefaction Activities - reforming natural gas. |
| 1.2 A (e) | Refining Mineral Oil and Gas, Operating Coke Ovens and Coal Gasification and Liquefaction Activities - purifying or refining products. [1 permit but installation also has another activity so will still be covered as a Directly Associated Activity] |
| 1.2 A (f)(iv) | Refining Mineral Oil and Gas, Operating Coke Ovens and Coal Gasification and Liquefaction Activities - handling etc. any gas or condensate associated with crude oil etc. [2 permits but installations also have another activity so will still be covered as a Directly Associated Activity] |
| 1.2 A (j) | Refining Mineral Oil and Gas, Operating Coke Ovens and Coal Gasification and Liquefaction Activities - odorising gas where related to a Part A activity. |
| 2.2 A (c) | Non-Ferrous Metals - refining any non-ferrous metal, other than electrolytic refining of copper. |
| 2.2 A (d) | Non-Ferrous Metals - melting etc. lead. |
| 2.2 A (e) | Non-Ferrous Metals - recovering gallium , indium, palladium, tellurium or thallium. |
| 2.2 A (h) | Non-Ferrous Metals - use of beryllium or selenium. |
| 2.2 A (j) | Non-Ferrous Metals - pelletising etc. any non-ferrous metal ore. |
| 3.1 A (b)(ii) - second leg | Production of Cement And Lime - producing lime with input >5,000 tonnes in 12 months. |
| 4.1 A(a)(xii) | Organic Chemicals - producing any other organic compounds not described in paragraphs (a)(i) to (xi). |
| 4.1 A (b) | Organic Chemicals - polymerising etc. unsaturated hydrocarbons. [2 permits. 1 installation also has another activity so will still be covered as a Directly Associated Activity.] |
| 4.1 A (c) | Organic Chemicals - use of toluene di-isocyanate. |
| 4.1 A (e)(ii) | Organic Chemicals - recovering pyridines. |
| 4.1 A (f) | Organic Chemicals - recovering or purifying designated acrylates. |
| 4.2 A (c) | Inorganic Chemicals - activities using or likely to release hydrogen cyanide or hydrogen sulphide. [2 permits. 1 can be permitted as 1.2 A (e). Other installation has another activity so will still be covered as a Directly Associated Activity] |
| 4.2 A (f)(iii) | Inorganic Chemicals - purifying phosphoric acid. |
| 4.3 A (b) | Chemical Fertiliser Production - converting into granules. |
| 4.7 A (a) | Manufacturing activities involving carbon disulphide or ammonia - activities which may release carbon disulphide. [1 permit but installation also has another activity so will still be covered as a Directly Associated Activity.] |
| 5.4 A (b) | Recovery activities- cleaning/regenerating carbon, charcoal or ion exchange resins . |
| 6.1 A (b) | Paper and pulp manufacturing activities - making or recycling paper with possible release of scheduled substances to water. |
| 6.4 A (d) | Coating activities, printing and textile treatments - treating textiles with possible release of scheduled substances to water. [1 permit but registration under the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 considered sufficient] |
| 6.8 A (f) | The treatment of animal and vegetable matter and food industries - processing, storing or drying with possible release of scheduled substances. |
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