October 2012 [PDF, 556 Kb] - South Norfolk Council

NORFOLK LOCAL AUTHORITY POLLUTION
PREVENTION & CONTROL NEWSLETTER
Introduction
October 2012 issue
Welcome to the third edition of the Norfolk LAPPC Newsletter produced
on behalf of and in collaboration with all 7 local authorities across Norfolk.
The aim is to give consistent advice across the county aiding with permit
compliance and providing advice to SME. If you have any issues you want
covering then please don’t hesitate to contact your local regulator. Contact
details are listed on the back page.
Contents
• Variations: -
How and When to Apply
• Extension to “operating
below threshold”
• Waste Operations & Permits
• Defra Fees & Charges
• IED Update
• Keep Up-To-Date
• Useful Numbers
Variations: How & When to Apply.
The Environmental Permitting Regulations do not include a variation
notification procedure that is why all permits will have the following condition
as part of the permit:
If the operator proposes to make a change in operation of the installation,
he must, at least 14 days before making the change, notify the regulator in
writing. The notification must contain a description of the proposed change
in operation. It is not necessary to make such a notification if an application
to vary this permit has been made and the application contains a description
of the proposed change.
In accordance with schedules 7 & 8 of the Environmental Permitting
Regulations the Industrial Pollution Prevention & Control Directive
definition of “changes in operation” applies namely to “a change in the
nature or functioning, or an extension, of the installation, which may have
consequences for the environment. A change in operation could entail
either technical alterations or modifications in operational or management
practices or procedures; including changes to raw materials or fuels used
and to the installation throughput.
Many changes at an installation may not have consequences for the
environment however it is always considered good practice to notify the
regulator of any administrative changes such as the name and address
of the operator (where the installation has not changed ownership) and
the regulator can simply amend the permit without going through formal
procedures.
The Industrial Pollution Prevention & Control Directive defines a
“substantive” change as “a change in operation which in the opinion of the
regulator may have significant negative effects on human beings or the
environment.” This definition is also incorporated into the Environmental
Permitting Regulations. For installations covered by the Solvent Emissions
Directive other criteria are also relevant.
Thus in practice it is always better to talk things over with your regulator
before they happen. They will be able to let you know whether a simple/
letter or electronic mail notification will suffice or whether in the case of a
substantive change a formal application is required.
Most variations do not attract a charge - only formal applications for
substantive changes require a fee to be paid.

Extension to the maximum period for operating below threshold.
Has your business reduced in size or is it using fewer raw materials With the exception of reduced fee
processes, all businesses which have a permit to operate based on a threshold level of consumption,
can apply for their permit to be declared “operating below threshold” where the business is operating at
reduced levels.
This means that where a business has fallen below the permit threshold, for example the volume of
solvent used has dropped, but it feels hopeful that business will grow again, to avoid surrender of the
permit only to reapply a few months later, you can apply to have your permit declared operating below
threshold. Subsistence fees are reduced by 60% for these permits. From April 2012 this 3 year period
has been extended to indefinitely. If you feel your business could qualify for this reduction in fees please
contact your local authority for an application form. Your permit will be varied to require you to keep
your local authority updated on your consumption levels and to inform them if you plan on restarting any
redundant equipment.
The above also applies to activities which have been ‘mothballed’. This means they are no longer
operating but the operator wishes to keep the permit rather than surrender and close the installation
permanently.
Waste Operations
Part B – Permitted Activities
Usually you need a permit to undertake waste recovery, treatment, or disposal activities, however
there are situations where this doesn’t apply. These are known as waste exemptions, which are
specific low risk waste operations.
Waste exemptions are normally registered by the Environment Agency. However if the activity is
directly associated to your permitted process, it is not exempt. Your permit will need to be varied to
include conditions regarding your waste operations, this is free of charge.
Waste activities include; use, treatment, disposal and storage. The following are some which are likely
to be directly associated with a permitted process:
U5
U8
T3
T5
T6
T7
T9
Use of waste-derived biodiesel as a fuel
Use of Waste
Use of waste for a specific purpose (especially use of waste paint as paint)
Treatment of Waste
Treatment of waste metals and metal alloys by heating for the purposes of removing grease, etc.
Screening and blending waste (e.g. waste gravel, crushed rocks, shellfish shells, waste bark and wood,
concrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics).
Treatment of waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising.
Treatment of waste bricks, tiles and concrete by crushing, grinding or reducing in size.
Recovery of scrap metal
Storage of Waste
Some storage activities don’t require exemptions or variations to permits, e.g. the temporary storage waste at
the place of production, pending its collection.
S1
S2
Storage of waste in secure containers (specific waste at a different place to where the waste was
produced, before the waste is transported to another site for recovery e.g. waste oil, paper, cardboard, etc.)
Storage of waste in a secure place e.g. Storing construction and demolition waste, capable of being
reused without treatment, at an intermediate site before it is moved to another place for reuse.
A full list of exempt activities can be found at www.environment-agency.gov.uk/exemptions.
If any of the listed exempt waste activities are directly linked to your permitted process, please contact
your Local Authority for further information and guidance. Any T3 or T7 activities should be registered
with your Local Authority even if they are not directly associated.
Any other activities which aren’t directly associated to your permitted process, should be registered
with the Environment Agency on 03708 506 506 or visit www.environment-agency.gov.uk for further
information.

New LAPPC Fees & Charges for 2012/13 Part B
Application Fees Price Annual Subsistence Charges Price
Standard process £1,579 Standard process Low Risk £739 (+99*)
Additional fee operating without Permit £1,137 Standard process Medium Risk £1,111 (£149*)
Reduced fee activities (apart from VR) £148 Standard process High Risk £1,672 (+198)
PVR I & II combined £246 For Combined Permit & Waste add * in brackets
Vehicles Refinishers (VRs) £346 Reduced fee activities - (Low/Med/High) £76 / £151 / £227
Reduced Fee: additional fee operating PVR I & II Combined £108 / £216 / £326
without permit £68 Vehicle Refinishers - (Low/Med/High) £218 / £349 / £524
Mobile screening plant Mobile screening plant (Low/Med/High) £618 /£989 / £1485
1st & 2 nd plant £1,579 3 rd to 7 th plant £368 / £590 / £884
3 rd to 7 th plant £943 8 th and subsequent (Low/Med/High) £189 /£302 / £453
8 th and subsequent £477 Where Permit is subject to E-PRTR add £99
Combined Permit & Waste add £297 Add £36 for annual subsistence charges paid quarterly
Transfer
Charge for late payment of fees £50
Substantial Change
Transfer £162 Standard process £1005
Partial transfer £476 Standard process where substantial change results in a new activity £1579
New operator at a reduced fee activity £75 Reduced fee activities £98
Reduced fee activities transfer £0
Reduced fee activity partial transfer £45
Temporary transfer for Mobiles
Surrender
First transfer £51 Surrender ALL part B activities £0
Following enforcement or warning £51
Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU
The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) is a recast of 7 existing pieces of legislation, these being directives
on integrated pollution prevention control, solvent emissions, waste incineration, large combustion plants and
titanium dioxide industry. Its aim is to achieve significant benefits to the environment and human health by
reducing harmful industrial emissions. The IED entered into force on 6 January 2011 and has to be transposed
into national legislation by Member States by 7 January 2013.
The IED requires each of the industrial installations concerned to have a permit from the competent authority,
ie the Environment Agency or relevant local authority. Pollutant emission limit values (ELVs) are set by permit
conditions and the IED requires these to be based on Best Available Techniques (BAT).
The IED is based on the following principles:-
1. An integrated approach which means that the permits must take into account the whole environmental
performance of the plant, including emissions to air, water and land, generation of waste, use of raw
materials, energy efficiency, noise, prevention of accidents, and restoration of the site upon closure. The
purpose of the Directive is to ensure a high level of protection of the environment taken as a whole.
2. Permit conditions, including emission limit values (ELVs), must be based on the Best Available
Techniques (BAT).
“Techniques” includes both the technology used and the way in which the installation is designed, built,
maintained, operated and decommissioned. “Available techniques” means those developed on a scale
which allows implementation in the relevant industrial sector, under economically and technically viable
conditions, taking into consideration the costs and advantages. “Best” means most effective in achieving
a high general level of protection of the environment as a whole. BAT reference documents (BREF’s) are
used for the setting of permit conditions and ELV’s. BREFs are written by an EU technical working group
comprising operators & technical experts.
3. The IED contains elements of flexibility by allowing the regulating authority to set less strict emission
limit values in specific cases. Such measures are only applicable where an assessment shows that the
achievement of emission levels associated with BAT would lead to disproportionately higher costs compared
to the environmental benefits. This may be due to geographical location, the local environmental conditions or
the technical characteristics of the installation.
4. The IED contains mandatory requirements on environmental inspections. Site visit shall take place at least
every 1 to 3 years, using risk-based criteria which is based on polluter pays policy.
5. The Directive ensures that the public has a right to participate in the decision-making process, and to be
informed of its consequences. This means that the public has access to permit applications in order to give
opinions, permits and results of the monitoring of emissions.
6. Should further information be required on IED, please contact your relevant local authority or see the Defra
website http://www.defra.gov.uk/industrial-emissions/eu-international/industrial-emissions-directive/

Simplified Permits
10 Process Guidance notes, listed below, for the Local Authority Pollution Control regime Minerals
Sector were published recently. All contain simplified model permits with reduced fees. The fees will
apply to existing installations from September 2013, one year after the publication of the relevant
note. They will apply to new applications as soon as the Part B charging scheme has been updated.
These are currently expected to be £346 for application and £218, £349 and £524 respectively for low
medium and high for annual subsistence (same as reduced fee vehicle resprayers). Model permits will
apply to most activities covered by the PG notes with some exceptions (outliers) set out at paragraph
1.6/7 of each note
In all cases, if there are good reasons to consider diverging from normal use of the model permit, the
starting point for drafting any additional conditions should be the arrowed bullets in the main body of
the note.
In all cases, except those covered by 3/16(12) mobile crushing and screening, sites with more than
one Pt B activity (Part C in Northern Ireland) which in accordance with the relevant charging scheme
are to be treated as a single activity will require a full permit not a simplified permit, therefore the whole
installation comprising both activities should be subject to a full permit.
3/01(12) Blending, packing, loading, unloading and use of cement
3/02 (12) Manufacture of heavy clay goods and refractory goods
3/05 (12) Coal, coke, coal product and petroleum coke
3/07 (12) Exfoliation of vermiculite and expansion of perlite
3/08 (12) Quarry processes
3/15 (12) Roadstone coating processes
3/16 (12) Mobile crushing and screening
3/17 (12) China and ball clay processes including spray drying of ceramics
3/18 (12) Mineral drying and cooling
6/02 (12) Manufacture of timber and wood-based products
Contact Details for your Regulators
Breckland
Environmental Protection e-mail envprotect@breckland.gov.uk
Telephone 01362 656350
Broadland
Environmental Protection Team e-mail envon.protect@broadland.gov.uk
Telephone 01603 430488
Great Yarmouth
Richard Agar e-mail raa@great-yarmouth.gov.uk
Telephone 01493 846622
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk
Environmental Quality Team e-mail environmentalquality@west-norfolk.gov.uk
Telephone 01553 616200
North Norfolk
Environmental Protection Team e-mail ep@north-norfolk.gov.uk
Telephone 01263 516 085
Norwich City Council
Environmental Protection Team e-mail ehealth@norwich.gov.uk
Telephone 0344 980 3333
South Norfolk
Environmental Services e-mail envserv@s-norfolk.gov.uk
Telephone 01508 533653 / 08081684444

Keep up to Date!!
Defra has issued the following new guidance notes (PGN) since our last newsletter that of:-
PGN 1/03 Boilers and furnaces, 20-50 MW net rated thermal input
PGN 5/03 Animal Carcase Incineration
PGN 6/29 Di-isocyanate processes
Further Information:
• DEFRA website http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/industrial/las-regulations/guidance/
• Business Link website www.businesslink.gov.uk
• Environmental Agency website http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/
• Free copy of legislation http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1999a.htm
• Net Regs http://www.netregs.gov.uk/
• Carbon Trust http//www.CarbonTrust.co.uk
• Rev Active. http://www.revactive.co.uk/