The Industrial Pollution Control (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Part A

Any of the following processes unless falling within a description set out in Section 6.8—

(a) the manufacture of styrene or vinyl chloride;

(b) the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of styrene or vinyl chloride (other than the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of a pre-formulated resin or pre-formulated gel coat which contains any styrene) where the process is likely to involve, in any 12 month period, the polymerisation or co-polymerisation of 50 tonnes or more of either of those materials or, in aggregate, of both;

(c) any process if related to and carried on as part of a process falling within another paragraph of this Part 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;

(d) any process of manufacture involving the use of vinyl chloride;

(e) the manufacture of acetylene, any aldehyde, amine, isocyanate, ketone, nitrile, any carboxylic acid or anhydride of carboxylic acid, any organic sulphur compound or any phenol if the process may result in the release of any of those substances into the air;

(f) any process for the manufacture of a chemical involving the use of any substance mentioned in paragraph (e) if the process may result in the release of any such substance into the air;

(g) the manufacture or recovery of carbon disulphide;

(h) any manufacturing process which may result in the release of carbon disulphide into the air;

(i) the manufacture or recovery of pyridine, or of any substituted pyridines;

(j) the manufacture of any organo-metallic compound;

(k) the manufacture, purification or recovery of any designated acrylate;

(l) any process for the manufacture of a chemical which is likely to involve the use in any 12 month period of 1 tonne or more of any designated acrylate or, in aggregate, of more than one such designated acrylate.

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.