The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

Part A(1)

(a)Producing, in industrial plant, pulp from timber or other fibrous materials.

(b)Producing, in industrial plant, paper and board where the plant has a production capacity of more than 20 tonnes per day.

(c)Any activity associated with making paper pulp or paper, including activities connected with the recycling of paper such as de-inking, if the activity may result in the release into water of any substance in paragraph 7 of Part 1 in a quantity which, in any period of 12 months, is greater than the background quantity by more than the amount specified in that paragraph in relation to that substance.