SCHEDULE 2SOLVENT EMISSIONS

PART 1Solvent emission activities

1.  An activity listed in column 1 of table 1 is a solvent emissions activity if it is operated above the solvent consumption threshold (“SCT”) as described in column 2 of the table.

Table 1

Activity

SCT

(tonnes/year)

1. Heatset web offset printing15
2. Publication rotogravure25
3. Other rotogravure, flexography, rotary screen printing, laminating or varnishing units15
4. Rotary screen printing on textiles or cardboard30

5. Surface cleaning using substances that are—

(a)

volatile organic compounds assigned, or that need to carry, one or more of the hazard statements(1) H340, H350, H350i, H360D or H360F

(b)

halogenated volatile organic compounds are assigned, or that need to carry, either of the hazard statements H341 or H351

1
6. Other surface cleaning2
7. Vehicle coating and vehicle refinishing0.5
8. Coil coating25
9. Other coating activities, including metal, plastic, textiles (except rotary screen printing on textiles), fabric, film and paper coating5
10. Winding wire coating5
11. Coating activity applied to wooden surfaces15
12. Dry cleaning0
13. Wood impregnation25
14. Coating activity applied to leather10
15. Footwear manufacture5
16. Wood and plastic lamination5
17. Adhesive coating5
18. Manufacture of coating mixtures, varnishes, inks and adhesives100
19. Rubber conversion15
20. Vegetable oil and animal fat extraction and vegetable oil refining activities10
21. Manufacturing of pharmaceutical products50
(1)

See the Hazardous Substances Regulation, as defined in regulation 2(1), for the meaning of ‘hazard statements’ and ‘risk phrases’.