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SCHEDULE 1
Chapter 1
Section 1.1
Part A
(a) Reforming natural gas.
(b) Refining natural gas if that process is related to another Part A process or is likely to involve the use in any 12 month period of 1000 tonnes or more of natural gas.
(c) Producing gas from coal, lignite oil or other carbonaceous material or from mixtures thereof other than from sewage or the biological degradation of waste, unless carried on as part of a process which is a combustion process (whether or not that process falls within Section 1.3 of this Schedule).
(d) Odorising natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas if that process is related to another Part A process.
(e) Purifying or refining any product of a process described in paragraphs (a), (c) or (d) or converting it into a different product.
In this Section “carbonaceous material” includes materials such as charcoal, coke, peat and rubber.

Part B
(a) Blending odorant for use with natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas.
(b) Odorising natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas, except where that process is related to a Part A process.
(c) Any process for refining natural gas not falling within paragraph (b) of Part A of this Section.
In paragraph (c) of Part B of this Section, “refining natural gas” does not include refining mains gas.

Part C


Section 1.2
Part A
(a) The pyrolysis, carbonisation, distillation, liquefaction, partial oxidation or other heat treatment of coal (other than the drying of coal), lignite, oil, other carbonaceous material (as defined in Section 1.1) or mixtures thereof otherwise than with a view to gasification or making of charcoal.
(b) The purification or refining of any of the products of a process mentioned in paragraph (a) or its conversion into a different product.
Nothing in paragraph (a) or (b) refers to the use of any substance as a fuel or its incineration as a waste or to any process for the treatment of sewage. In paragraph (a), the heat treatment of oil does not include heat treatment of waste oil or waste emulsions containing oil in order to recover the oil.

Part B


Part C


Section 1.3
Part A
(a) Burning any fuel in a combustion appliance with a net rated thermal input of 50 megawatts or more.
For the purposes of this paragraph, where—
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .are operated by the same person at the same location those boilers or furnaces, or, as the case may be, those turbines or engines, shall be treated as a single combustion appliance with a net rated thermal input of 50 megawatts or more.
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nothing in this Part of this Section applies to the burning of any fuel in a boiler, furnace or other appliance with a net rated thermal input of less than 3 megawatts.

Part B


Part CThe following processes unless carried on in relation to and as part of any Part A or Part B process—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In paragraph (b) of Part A and paragraph (e) of Part C, “fuel” does not include gas produced by biological degradation of waste; and for the purposes of this Section—
 “net rated thermal input” is the rate at which fuel can be burned at the maximum continuous rating of the appliance multiplied by the net calorific value of the fuel and expressed as megawatts thermal; and
 “waste oil” means any mineral based lubricating or industrial oil which has become unfit for the use for which it was intended and, in particular, used combustion engine oil, gearbox oil, mineral lubricating oil, oil for turbines, hydraulic oil; and
 “recovered oil” means waste oil which has been processed before being used.

Section 1.4
Part A
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part BThe following processes unless falling within a description in Part A of this Section—
 The storage of petrol in stationary storage tanks at a terminal, or the loading or unloading of petrol into or from road tankers, rail tankers or inland waterway vessels at a terminal.
In this part of this Section—
 “petrol” means any petroleum derivative, with or without additives, having a reid vapour pressure of 27.6 kilopascals or more which is intended for use as a fuel for motor vehicles, other than liquefied petroleum gas.
 “terminal” means any premises which are used for the storage and loading of petrol into road tankers, rail tankers or inland waterway vessels;
 “inland waterway vessel” means a vessel other than a sea-going vessel, having a total dead weight of 15 tonnes or more.

Part C


Chapter 2
Section 2.1
Part A
(a) Loading, unloading or otherwise handling or storing iron ore except in the course of mining operations.
(b) Loading, unloading or otherwise handling or storing burnt pyrites.
(c) Crushing, grading, grinding, screening, washing or drying iron ore or any mixture of iron ore and other materials.
(d) Blending or mechanically mixing grades of iron ore or iron ore with other materials.
(e) Pelletising, calcining, roasting or sintering iron ore or any mixture of iron ore and other materials.
(f) Making, melting or refining iron, steel or any ferrous alloy in an electric arc furnace with a designated holding capacity of 5 tonnes or more, or in any furnace other than a cupola, crucible furnace, reverberatory furnace, rotary furnace, induction furnace or resistance furnace.
(g) Any process for the refining or making of iron, steel or any ferrous alloy in which air or oxygen or both are used unless related to a process described in Part B or Part C of this Section.
(h) The desulphurisation of iron, steel or any ferrous alloy made by a process described in this Part of this Section.
(i) 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), if related to another process described in this Part of this Section.
(j) Any foundry process (including ancillary foundry operations such as the manufacture and recovery of moulds, the reclamation of sand, fettling, grinding and shot-blasting) if related to another process described in this Part of this Section.
(k) Handling slag in conjunction with a process described in paragraph (f) or (g).
(l) Any process for rolling iron, steel or any ferrous alloy carried on in relation to any process described in paragraph (f) or (g), and any process carried on in conjunction with such rolling involving the scarfing or cutting with oxygen of iron, steel or any ferrous alloy.
Nothing in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Part of this Section applies to the handling or storing of other minerals in association with the handling or storing of iron ore or burnt pyrites.
A process does not fall within paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Part of this Section unless—
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part B
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part CAny of the following processes, not described in Parts A or B of this Section:
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Any description of a process in this Section includes, where the process produces slag, the crushing, screening or grading or other treatment of the slag if that process is related to the process in question.
In this Section “net rated thermal input” has the same meaning as in Section 1.3.
In this Section and Section 2.2, “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, and “non-ferrous metal alloy” shall be construed accordingly.

Section 2.2
Part A
(a) The extraction or recovery from any material—
(i) by chemical means or the use of heat of any non-ferrous metal or alloy of non-ferrous metal or any compound of a non-ferrous metal; or
(ii) by electrolytic means, of aluminium,if the process may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or any metal, metalloid or any metal or metalloid compound or in the release into water of a substance described in Schedule 5 and is not a process for the separation of copper, aluminium, magnesium or zinc from mixed scrap by differential melting.
In this paragraph “material” includes ores, scrap and other waste.
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(k) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part B
(a) Any process not described in Part A of this Section for making or melting any non-ferrous metal or non-ferrous alloy (other than tin or any alloy which in molten form contains 50 per cent. or more by weight of tin) where the designed holding capacity of molten metal is 0.5 tonnes or more (together with any additional refining).
(b) The fusion of calcined bauxite for the production of artificial corundum.
(c) Melting zinc or a zinc alloy in conjunction with a galvanising process.
(d) Any foundry process (including ancillary foundry operations such as the manufacture and recovery of moulds, the reclamation of sand, fettling, grinding and shot-blasting) if related to another process described in this Part of this Section.
The processes described in paragraphs (a) and (c) include any related process for the refining of any non-ferrous metal or non-ferrous metal alloy.

Part CAny of the following processes, not described in Parts A or B of this Section:
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In this Section “net rated thermal input” has the same meaning as in Section 1.3.
Nothing in this Section shall be taken to prescribe the process of hand soldering or flow soldering.

Chapter 3
Section 3.1
Part A
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part B
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part CAny of the following processes, if not related to a process falling within a description in Part A or B of this Section:
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Section 3.2
Part A
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part BThe industrial finishing of any product mentioned in paragraph (b) of Part A of this Section if the process does not fall within that paragraph.

Part C
In this Section, “asbestos” means any of the following fibrous silicates—
 actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite and tremolite.

Section 3.3
Part AManufacturing
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part B


Part C


Section 3.4
Part A


Part BAny of the following processes except where—
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In this paragraph “designated mineral or mineral product” means—
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part C
(a) Any of the following processes unless carried on at an exempt location or as part of a process falling within another description in this Schedule—
(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. In this paragraph—
 “exempt location” means—
(i) 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, or
(ii) any premises to which petroleum coke, coal, coke or any coal product is supplied only for use there.
 “retail sale” means sale to the final consumer.
(b) The crushing, grinding or other size reduction with machinery designed for that purpose of bricks, tiles or concrete.
(c) Screening the product of any such process as is described in paragraph (b).
(d) Loading, unloading or storing pulverised fuel ash in bulk prior to further transportation in bulk unless carried on as part of or in relation to a process falling within another description in this Schedule.
Nothing in this Section applies to any process carried on underground.

Section 3.5
Part AThe manufacture of glass frit or enamel frit and its use in any process where that process is related to its manufacture and the aggregate quantity of such substances manufactured in any 12 month period is likely to be 100 tonnes or more.

Part B
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part C


Section 3.6
Part A


Part B
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part CFiring heavy clay goods or refractory material (other than heavy clay goods) in a kiln where the process does not fall within a description in Part B of this Section.
In this Section, “clay” includes a blend of clay with ash, sand or other materials;
 “refractory material” means 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.

Chapter 4
(See paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 as to cases where processes described in this chapter of the Schedule fall within two or more descriptions.)

Except where paragraph 2 or 15 of Schedule 2 applies, nothing in this chapter of this Schedule applies to the operation of a waste treatment plant.

Section 4.1
Part A
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part BAny process unless related to and carried on as part of a process falling within Part A of this Section, for the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of any pre-formulated resin or pre-formulated gel coat which contains any unsaturated hydrocarbons, or which contains any product of a process mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) of Part A of this Section, which is likely to involve, in any 12 month period, the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of 100 tonnes or more of unsaturated hydrocarbons or of any such products or, in aggregate, of any combination of those materials and products.
In this Section and in Section 4.2 “pre-formulated resin or pre-formulated gel coat” means any resin or gel coat which has been formulated before being introduced into the polymerisation or co-polymerisation process (whether or not the resin or gel coat contains a colour pigment, activator or catalyst).

Part C


Section 4.2
Part AAny of the following processes unless falling within a description set out in Section 6.8—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(k) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In this Part of this Section, “designated acrylate” means any of the following, namely, acrylic acid, substituted acrylic acids, the esters of acrylic acid and the esters of substituted acrylic acids.

Part BAny process unless related to and carried on as part of a process falling within Part A of this Section, 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.

Part C


Section 4.3
Part A
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part BAny process for the surface treatment of metal which is likely to result in the release into the air of any acid-forming oxide of nitrogen and which does not fall within a description in Section 2.1 or 2.2 of this Schedule and is not treated as so falling by virtue of the rules in Schedule 2.

Part C


Section 4.4
Part AThe following processes if not falling within a description in any other Section of this Schedule—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part B


Part C


Section 4.5
Part A
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(k) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part BThe manufacture of inorganic chemicals not described elsewhere in this Schedule.

Part C


Section 4.6
Part A
(a) The manufacture of chemical fertilisers.
(b) The conversion of chemical fertilisers into granules.
In this Section, “chemical fertilisers” means any inorganic chemical to be applied to the soil to promote plant growth; and “inorganic chemical” includes urea; and “manufacture of chemical fertilisers” shall be taken to include any process for blending chemical fertilisers which is related to a process for their manufacture.

Part B


Part C


Section 4.7
Part AThe manufacture or the formulation of chemical pesticides if the process may result in the release into water of any substance described in Schedule 5 in a quantity which in any 12 month period exceeds the background quantity by more than the amount specified in relation to the description of the substance in column 2 of Schedule 5.

Part B


Part C
In this Section “pesticide” has the same meaning as in Schedule 6.

Section 4.8
Part AThe manufacture or the formulation of a medicinal product if the process may result in the release into water of any substance described in Schedule 5 in a quantity which in any 12 month period exceeds the background quantity by more than the amount specified in relation to the description of the substance in column 2 of Schedule 5.

Part B


Part C
In this Section “medicinal product” means any substance or article (not being an instrument, apparatus or appliance) manufactured for use in one of the ways specified in section 130 (1) of the Medicines Act 1968.

Section 4.9
Part A


Part BThe storage in a tank or tanks, other than as part of a Part A process and other than in a tank for the time being forming part of a powered vehicle, of any of the substances listed below except where the total 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;
In this Section, “designated acrylate” has the same meaning as in Part A of Section 4.2.
 any one or more designated acrylates (20 tonnes)
 acrylonitrile (20 tonnes)
 anhydrous ammonia (100 tonnes)
 anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (1 tonne)
 toluene di-isocyanate (20 tonnes)
 vinyl chloride monomer (20 tonnes)
 ethylene (8000 tonnes)

Part C


Chapter 5
Section 5.1
Part A
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(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part B
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part C
(a) The destruction by burning in an incinerator other than an exempt incinerator of any waste, including animal remains, except where related to a Part A or B process.
(b) The cremation of human remains.
In this part—
 “exempt incinerator” means any incinerator on premises where there is plant designed to incinerate waste including animal remains, at a rate of not more than 50 kgs per hour, not being an incinerator employed to incinerate clinical waste, sewage sludge, sewage screenings or municipal waste; and for the purposes of this section, the weight of waste shall be determined by reference to its weight as fed into the incinerator;
In this section—
 “clinical waste” means waste (other than waste consisting wholly of animal remains) which falls within the definition of such waste in regulation 2(1) of the Waste Collection and Disposal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992, or would fall within that paragraph but for regulation 2(3) of those regulations; and
 “municipal waste” means domestic refuse, as well as commercial or trade refuse and other waste which, because of its nature or composition, is similar to domestic refuse;
 “waste” means solid or liquid wastes or gaseous waste (other than gas produced by biological degradation of waste).

Section 5.2
Part A
(a) the recovery by distillation of any oil or organic solvent.
(b) the cleaning or regeneration of carbon, charcoal or ion exchange resins by removing matter which is, or includes, any substance described in Schedules 4, 5, or 6.
Nothing in this Part of this Schedule applies to—
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Part B


Part C


Section 5.3
Part AMaking solid fuel from waste by any process involving the use of heat other than making charcoal.

Part B


Part C


Chapter 6
Section 6.1
Part A
(a) The making of paper pulp by a chemical method if the person concerned has the capacity at the location in question to produce more than 25,000 tonnes of paper pulp in any 12 month period.
(b) Any process associated with making paper pulp or paper (including processes connected with the recycling of paper such as de-inking) if the process may result in the release into water of any substance described in Schedule 5 in a quantity which in any 12 month period exceeds the background quantity by more than the amount specified in relation to the description of the substance in column 2 of Schedule 5.
In this paragraph, “paper pulp” includes pulp made from wood, grass, straw and similar materials and references to the making of paper are to the making of any product using paper pulp.

Part B


Part C


Section 6.2
Part A
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Part B
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part C


Section 6.3
Part AAny process not falling within any other description in this Schedule involving—
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Part BAny process not falling within Part A of this Section or within any other description in this Schedule involving—
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Part C
In this Section the expressions “tar” and “bitumen” include pitch.

Section 6.4
Part A
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Part B


Part C


Section 6.5
Part A
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Part BProcesses, not described elsewhere in the Schedule, other than for the repainting or respraying of or of parts of road vehicles, involving:—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .where the carrying on of the process by the person concerned at the location in question may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or of any volatile organic compounds and is likely to involve the use in any 12 month period of—
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Part CProcesses, not described elsewhere in the Schedule, other than for the repainting or respraying of or of parts of road vehicles, involving:—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .where the carrying on of the process by the person concerned at the location in question may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or of any volatile organic compounds and is likely to involve the use in any 12 month period of—
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Any process for the repainting or respraying of or of parts of road vehicles if the process may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or of any volatile organic compound and the carrying on of the process by the person concerned at the location in question is likely to involve the use of 1 tonne or more of organic solvents in any 12 month period.
In this section
 “aircraft” includes glider and missile;
 “coating material” includes paint, printing ink, varnish, lacquer, dye, any metal oxide coating, any adhesive coating, any elastomer coating, any metal or plastic coating and any other coating material;
The amount of organic solvents used in a process shall be calculated as—
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Section 6.6
Part AAny process for the manufacture of dyestuffs if the process involves the use of hexachlorobenzene.

Part BAny process—
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Part CAny process—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In this section, “coating material” has the same meaning as in section 6.5 and the amount of organic solvents used in a process shall be calculated as—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Section 6.7
Part AThe curing or chemical treatment as part of a manufacturing process of timber or of products wholly or mainly made of wood if any substances described in Schedule 5 is used.

Part B


Part CThe manufacture of products wholly or mainly of wood at any works if the process involves the sawing, drilling, sanding, shaping, turning, planing, curing or chemical treatment of wood (“relevant processes”) and the throughput of the works in any 12 month period is likely to exceed—
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
For the purposes of this paragraph—
 “relevant processes” other than sawing are “exempt processes” where, if no sawing were carried out at the works, the activities carried on would be treated as not falling within this Part of this Section by virtue of regulation 4(2);
 “throughput” shall be calculated by reference to the amount of wood which is subjected to any of the relevant processes, but where, at the same works, wood is subject to two or more relevant processes, no account shall be taken of the second or any subsequent process;
 “wood” includes any product consisting wholly or mainly of wood; and
 “works” includes a sawmill or any other premises on which relevant processes are carried out on wood.

Section 6.8
Part A


Part BProcesses for the curing of foam rubber products where hydrogen sulphide or other sulphur containing compounds may be released.

Part C
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Section 6.9
Part AAny of the following processes, unless falling within a description in another Section of the Schedule or an exempt process, namely, the processing in any way whatsoever, storing or drying by the application of heat of any dead animal (or part thereof) or any vegetable matter if the process may result in the release into water of any substance described in Schedule 5 in a quantity which in any 12 month period exceeds the background quantity by more than the amount specified in relation to the description of the substance in column 2 of Schedule 5; but excluding any process for the treatment of effluent so as to permit its discharge into controlled waters or into a sewer unless the treatment process involves the drying of any material with a view to its use as an animal feedstuff.

Part BAny process involving the hydrolysis of feathers where the process may result in the release into the air of hydrogen sulphide or other sulphur containing compounds.

Part C
(a) Any process mentioned in Part A of this Section unless an exempt process or a process described in Part B of this Section—
(i) where the process has the characteristics described in regulation 4(1)(b); but
(ii) may release into the air a substance described in Schedule 4 or any offensive smell noticeable outside the premises on which the process is carried on.
(b) breeding maggots in any case where 5 kg or more of animal or of vegetable matter or, in aggregate, of both are introduced into the process in any week.
In this Section—
 “animal” includes a bird or a fish; and
 “exempt process” means—
(i) any process carried on on a farm or agricultural holding other than the manufacture of goods for sale;
(ii) the manufacture or preparation of food or drink for human consumption but excluding—
(a) the extraction, distillation or purification of animal or vegetable oil or fat otherwise than as a process incidental to the cooking of food for human consumption;
(b) any process involving the use of green offal or the boiling of blood except the cooking of food (other than tripe) for human consumption;
(c) the cooking of tripe for human consumption elsewhere than on premises on which it is to be consumed;
(iii) the fleshing, cleaning and drying of pelts of fur-bearing mammals;
(iv) any process carried on in connection with the operation of a knacker’s yard as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993;
(v) any process for the manufacture of soap not falling within a description in Part A or B of Section 4.2 of this Schedule;
(vi) the storage of vegetable matter otherwise than as part of any prescribed process;
(vii) the cleaning of shellfish shells;
(viii) the manufacture of starch;
(ix) the processing of animal or vegetable matter at premises for feeding a recognised pack of hounds registered under regulation 9 of the Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993;
(x) the salting of hides or skins, unless related to any other prescribed process;
(xi) any process for composting animal or vegetable matter or a combination of both, except where that process is carried on for the purposes of cultivating mushrooms;
(xii) any process for cleaning, and any related process for drying or dressing, seeds, bulbs, corms or tubers;
(xiii) the drying of grain or pulses; or
(xiv) any process for the production of cotton yarn from raw cotton or for the conversion of cotton yarn into cloth;
 “food” includes drink, articles and substances of no nutritional value which are used for human consumption, and articles and substances used as ingredients in the preparation of food; and
 “green offal” means the stomach and intestines of any animal, other than poultry or fish, and their contents.

SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 3(2)
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SCHEDULE 3
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SCHEDULE 4
Regulation 6(1)

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SCHEDULE 5
Regulations 4(1) and 6(2)

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SCHEDULE 6
Regulation 6(3)

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