Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
ENVIRONMENT
Made
9th December 2004
Coming into operation
31st December 2004
The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Article 4 of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(1), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf and, in accordance with Article 4(4) of that Order, having consulted district councils and such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of district councils as it considers appropriate, such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of industry, agriculture and business as it considers appropriate and such other bodies or persons as it considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 31st December 2004.
2.—(1) The Industrial Pollution Control (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(2) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (a) of Part C of Section 1.4 of Chapter 1 of Schedule 1 (Petroleum Processes), for the figure “100m3” substitute the figure “500m3”.
3.—(1) The Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(3) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (b) of Part C of Section 1.2 of Part 1 of Chapter 1 of Schedule 1 (Gasification, Liquefaction and Refining Activities), for the figure “100m3” substitute the figure “500m3”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 9th December 2004.
L.S.
Ian Maye
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and the Industrial Pollution Control (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 to take account in Northern Ireland of the derogation of the United Kingdom from European Parliament and Council Directive 94/63/EC of 20th December 1994 on the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions resulting from the storage of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations.
S.I. 2002/3153 (N.I. 7)
S.R. 1998 No. 28. Relevant amendments were made by regulation 4 of S.R. 1998 No. 268 and regulation 5 of S.R. 2003 No. 96
S.R. 2003 No. 46 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations