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

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.