The Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1993

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the 1991 Regulations

2.—(1) Part A of Section 2.2 (non-ferrous metals) shall be amended as follows:

(a) after paragraph (e) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

“(ee) Any process for producing or recovering any of the elements listed below if the process may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or smoke which contains any of those elements—

• gallium

• indium

• palladium

• tellurium

• thallium.”;

(b) in paragraph (f), for the words from the beginning to “heat)” there shall be substituted the words “Any process for melting (whether by chemical means or by electrolysis or by the use of heat), producing or recovering”.

(2) Part A of Section 4.5 (inorganic chemical processes) shall be amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph (d), for the words “any of the following or of any compound containing any of them” there shall be substituted the words “any compound containing any of the following”;

(b) in paragraph (e), the words “element or” shall be omitted;

(c) for paragraph (g) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

“(g) The production or recovery of any compound of cadmium or mercury.”;

(d) in paragraph (i), the word “magnesium” shall be omitted;

(e) for paragraph (k) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

“(k) Any process for the manufacture of a chemical involving the use of a metal carbonyl.”;

(f) at the end there shall be added the following paragraph:

“(p) The extraction of any magnesium compound from sea water.”.