The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 No.

SCHEDULE 1 ACTIVITIES AND INSTALLATIONS AND MOBILE PLANT

PART 1 ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER 3: MINERAL INDUSTRIES

SECTION 3.1: Production of cement, lime and magnesium oxide

PART A

(a)

Producing cement clinker in rotary kilns with a production capacity exceeding 500 tonnes per day or in other kilns with a production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day,

(b)

Producing lime or magnesium oxide in kilns with a production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day.

PART B

(a)

Any of the following activities:—

(i)

storing, loading or unloading cement or cement clinker in bulk prior to further transportation in bulk,

(ii)

blending cement in bulk or using cement in bulk other than at a construction site, including the bagging of cement and cement mixture, the batching of ready-mixed concrete and the manufacture of concrete blocks and other cement products,

(iii)

grinding cement clinker.

(b)

Slaking lime for the purpose of making calcium hydroxide or calcium magnesium hydroxide.

(c)

Heating calcium carbonate or calcium magnesium carbonate for the purpose of making lime.