The Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances Etc.) (Amendment) (Petrol Vapour Recovery) Regulations 1996

Amendment of the principal Regulations

3.  In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (descriptions of processes), for Part B of Section 1.4 (petroleum processes) there shall be substituted the following—

“PART B

The following processes unless falling within a description in Part A of this Section—

(a) the storage of petrol in stationary storage tanks at a terminal, or the loading or unloading of petrol into or from road tankers, rail tankers or inland waterway vessels at a terminal;

(b) the unloading of petrol into stationary storage tanks at a service station, other than an exempt service station, if the total quantity of petrol unloaded into such tanks at the service station in any 12 month period is likely to be equal to or greater than 100m³.

Paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2(1) shall not apply to a process described in paragraph (b) of this Part of this Section.

In this Part of this Section—

“inland waterway vessel” means a vessel, other than a sea-going vessel, having a total dead weight of 15 tonnes or more;

“petrol” means any petroleum derivative, with or without additives, having a reid vapour pressure of 27.6 kilopascals or more which is intended for use as a fuel for motor vehicles, other than liquefied petroleum gas;

“service station” means any premises where petrol is dispensed to motor vehicle fuel tanks from stationary storage tanks;

“exempt service station” means a service station—

(a)

which was not in operation, and for the construction of which planning permission was not granted, before 31st December 1995;

(b)

at which the total quantity of petrol unloaded into stationary storage tanks does not exceed 500m³ in any 12 month period; and

(c)

which—

(i)

is situated in one of the following local government areas established by section 1 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(2)—

• Argyll and Bute;

• Moray;

• Orkney Islands;

• Shetland Islands;

• Western Isles; or

(ii)

is situated in the local government area of Aberdeenshire established by that section and outside the Aberdeen area the boundary of which is shown as “The derogated boundary: Aberdeen area” on the maps contained in the volume of maps entitled “Volume of maps indicating the extent of derogated areas for new small petrol stations under the Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances Etc) (Amendment) (Petrol Vapour Recovery) Regulations 1996” (“the Maps”); or

(iii)

is situated in the local government area of Highland established by that section and outside the Inverness area the boundary of which is shown on the Maps as “The derogated boundary: Inverness area”; or

(iv)

is situated in the local government area of Angus, Perth and Kinross(3) or Stirling established by that section and to the north of the line shown on the Maps as “The derogated boundary: Central Scotland”;

“terminal” means any premises which are used for the storage and loading of petrol into road tankers, rail tankers or inland waterway vessels;

and other expressions which are also used in European Parliament and Council Directive 94/63/EC on the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions resulting from the storage of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations(4) have the same meaning as in that Directive.”.

(1)

A new paragraph 2 was substituted by S.I. 1993/2405, regulation 3.

(2)

1994 c. 39.

(3)

The name of Perthshire and Kinross was changed to Perth and Kinross in January 1996 under section 23 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65).

(4)

OJ No. L.365, 31.12.1994, p.24.