How do I find out if my facility is a regulated installation?
An installation is made up of any stationary technical unit carrying out one or more activities listed in Schedule 1 and any directly associated activities.
If your proposal concerns any of the industries listed below, then it is probable that you will need an Environmental Permit.
The following activities are prescribed under Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Regulations:
- Energy: combustion; gasification, liquification & refining activities.
- Metals: ferrous metals; non-ferrous metals; surface treating metals & plastic materials.
- Minerals: production of cement & lime; activities involving asbestos; manufacture of glass & glass fibre; other minerals; ceramics.
- Chemicals: organic; inorganic; fertiliser production; plant health products & biocides; pharmaceutical production; explosives production; manufacturing involving carbon disulphide or ammonia; storage in bulk.
- Waste management: incineration and co-incineration of waste, landfills, other forms of disposal of waste, recovery of waste, production of fuel from waste.
- Other: paper, pulp & board manufacture; carbon; tar & bitumin; coating activities, printing & textile treatments; dyestuffs; timber; rubber; food industries; intensive farming.
If your proposal involves any of the above processes, you must check to see if you need an Environmental Permit. If your facility meets the appropriate desciption in the Environmental Permitting Regulations, then it is an installation subject to regulation.
Note that there are certain exclusions from the list and certain other rules for interpretation.
Abricon can quickly identify whether your particular installation is legally required to have an Environmental Permit, and will guide you through the entire application process.
Contact Abricon for free initial advice on these and other environmental permitting issues.
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