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Hello,
Can anyone shed some light on the IPPC license, i've had a look around the web and im fidning it difficult to work out if a business i support "needs" one, or if its a benifit for having one?
The business is a plating company, has "a lot" of hazardous chemistry on site, extracts an amount of extract vapour to atmosphere, and has trade effluent waste. Currently they have got a consent to discharge trade effluent and all othe hazards are controlled and disposed of correctly.
Can anyone shed any light on this for me?
Regards,
Gary
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An IPPC permit is not optional - the facility will either require one or not which would be determined by the local authority as consideration of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 (amended). As the trade effluent is likely to be tightly controlled through discharge consents it is more probable that the facility permitting would arise due to what was the Emissions Directive - quite a complex calculation to determine if discharge to air (both point source e.g. exhaust stack and fugitive e.g. doors/wndows) is at or below set thresholds.
From memory:
1) "VOC" is defined as anything with a vapour pressure over 0.01Kpa being included in the calculation (so not just degreasing agents such as trichloroethylene). 2a) consumption 5 - 15 tpa "solvent" - emission value typically total solids x1.2 2b) consumption >15 tpa "solvent" - emission value typically total solids x1 3) particulate matter <50mg/Nm3 Really you need to engage with the local authority who are very helpful locating a lot of the guidance documents that used to be readily available via the Environment Agency web site.
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An IPPC permit is not optional - the facility will either require one or not which would be determined by the local authority as consideration of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 (amended). As the trade effluent is likely to be tightly controlled through discharge consents it is more probable that the facility permitting would arise due to what was the Emissions Directive - quite a complex calculation to determine if discharge to air (both point source e.g. exhaust stack and fugitive e.g. doors/wndows) is at or below set thresholds.
From memory:
1) "VOC" is defined as anything with a vapour pressure over 0.01Kpa being included in the calculation (so not just degreasing agents such as trichloroethylene). 2a) consumption 5 - 15 tpa "solvent" - emission value typically total solids x1.2 2b) consumption >15 tpa "solvent" - emission value typically total solids x1 3) particulate matter <50mg/Nm3 Really you need to engage with the local authority who are very helpful locating a lot of the guidance documents that used to be readily available via the Environment Agency web site.
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