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Commission Implementing Decision of 28 February 2012 establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions for iron and steel production (notified under document C(2012) 903) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/135/EU)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.The BAT conclusions for iron and steel production are set...

  3. Article 2.Application and Interpretation

  4. Signature

    1. ANNEX

      BAT CONCLUSIONS FOR IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION

      1. SCOPE

      2. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

        1. EXPRESSION OF EMISSION LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BEST AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES...

      3. DEFINITIONS

        1. 1.1. General BAT Conclusions

          1. 1.1.1. Environmental management systems

            1. 1. BAT is to implement and adhere to an environmental management...

              1. Applicability

          2. 1.1.2. Energy management

            1. 2. BAT is to reduce thermal energy consumption by using a...

              1. Description of BAT I.i

              2. Description of BAT II – IV

              3. Applicability of BAT II – IV

            2. 3. BAT is to reduce primary energy consumption by optimisation of...

              1. Description

              2. Applicability

            3. 4. BAT is to use desulphurised and dedusted surplus coke oven...

              1. Applicability

            4. 5. BAT is to minimise electrical energy consumption by using one...

              1. Applicability

          3. 1.1.3. Material management

            1. 6. BAT is to optimise the management and control of internal...

              1. Description

            2. 7. In order to achieve low emission levels for relevant pollutants,...

              1. Applicability

          4. 1.1.4. Management of process residues such as by-products and waste

            1. 8. BAT for solid residues is to use integrated techniques and...

              1. Description

              2. Applicability

            2. 9. BAT is to maximise external use or recycling for solid...

            3. 10. BAT is to use the best operational and maintenance practices...

          5. 1.1.5. Diffuse dust emissions from materials storage, handling and transport of...

            1. 11. BAT is to prevent or reduce diffuse dust emissions from...

          6. 1.1.6. Water and waste water management

            1. 12. BAT for waste water management is to prevent, collect and...

              1. Applicability

          7. 1.1.7. Monitoring

            1. 13. BAT is to measure or assess all relevant parameters necessary...

            2. 14. BAT is to measure the stack emissions of pollutants from...

            3. 15. For relevant emission sources not mentioned in BAT 14, BAT...

              1. Description (relevant for BAT 14 and 15)

            4. 16. BAT is to determine the order of magnitude of diffuse...

              1. Description

                1. Direct or quasi-direct measurement

                2. Indirect measurements

                3. Calculation of emissions with emission factors

          8. 1.1.8. Decommissioning

            1. 17. BAT is to prevent pollution upon decommissioning by using necessary...

          9. 1.1.9. Noise

            1. 18. BAT is to reduce noise emissions from relevant sources in...

        2. 1.2. BAT Conclusions For Sinter Plants

          1. Air emissions

            1. 19. BAT for blending/mixing is to prevent or reduce diffuse dust...

            2. 20. BAT for primary emissions from sinter plants is to reduce...

              1. Bag Filter

                1. Description

                2. Applicability

              2. Advanced electrostatic precipitator

                1. Description

            3. 21. BAT for primary emissions from sinter strands is to prevent...

            4. 22. BAT for primary emissions from sinter strands is to reduce...

              1. Description of the RAC process mentioned under BAT V

              2. Applicability of techniques mentioned under BAT V

            5. 23. BAT for primary emissions from sinter strands is to reduce...

              1. Description of waste gas recirculation under BAT I.i

              2. Applicability of BAT I.i

              3. Applicability of other primary measures under BAT I.ii

              4. Description and applicability of the RAC process under BAT II.i...

              5. Applicability of the SCR process under BAT II.ii

            6. 24. BAT for primary emissions from sinter strands is to prevent...

            7. 25. BAT for primary emissions from sinter strands is to reduce...

            8. 26. BAT for secondary emissions from sinter strand discharge, sinter crushing,...

          2. Water and waste water

            1. 27. BAT is to minimise water consumption in sinter plants by...

            2. 28. BAT is to treat the effluent water from sinter plants...

          3. Production residues

            1. 29. BAT is to prevent waste generation within sinter plants by...

            2. 30. BAT is to recycle residues that may contain oil, such...

            3. 31. BAT is to lower the hydrocarbon content of the sinter...

              1. Description

          4. Energy

            1. 32. BAT is to reduce thermal energy consumption within sinter plants...

              1. Description

              2. Applicability

        3. 1.3. BAT Conclusions For Pelletisation Plants

          1. Air emissions

            1. 33. BAT is to reduce the dust emissions in the waste...

            2. 34. BAT is to reduce the sulphur oxides (SOX), hydrogen chloride...

            3. 35. BAT is to reduce NOX emissions from the drying and...

              1. Description

            4. 36. BAT for existing plants is to reduce NOX emissions from...

              1. Applicability

            5. 37. BAT for new plants is to reduce NOX emissions from...

          2. Water and waste water

            1. 38. BAT for pelletisation plants is to minimise the water consumption...

            2. 39. BAT for pelletisation plants is to treat the effluent water...

          3. Production residues

            1. 40. BAT is to prevent waste generation from pelletisation plants by...

          4. Energy

            1. 41. BAT is to reduce/minimise thermal energy consumption in pelletisation plants...

              1. Description

              2. Applicability

        4. 1.4. BAT Conclusions For Coke Oven Plants

          1. Air emissions

            1. 42. BAT for coal grinding plants (coal preparation including crushing, grinding,...

            2. 43. BAT for storage and handling of pulverised coal is to...

            3. 44. BAT is to charge coke oven chambers with emission-reduced charging...

              1. Description

            4. 45. BAT for coking is to extract the coke oven gas...

            5. 46. BAT for coke plants is to reduce the emissions through...

            6. 47. BAT for the gas treatment plant is to minimise fugitive...

              1. Applicability

            7. 48. BAT is to reduce the sulphur content of the coke...

            8. 49. BAT for the coke oven underfiring is to reduce the...

            9. 50. BAT for coke pushing is to reduce dust emissions by...

              1. Applicability

            10. 51. BAT for coke quenching is to reduce dust emissions by...

              1. Description of BAT I

              2. Applicability of BAT II

              3. Applicability of BAT III

            11. 52. BAT for coke grading and handling is to prevent or...

          2. Water and waste water

            1. 53. BAT is to minimise and reuse quenching water as much...

            2. 54. BAT is to avoid the reuse of process water with...

            3. 55. BAT is to pretreat waste water from the coking process...

            4. 56. BAT for pretreated waste water from the coking process and...

          3. Production residues

            1. 57. BAT is to recycle production residues such as tar from...

          4. Energy

            1. 58. BAT is to use the extracted coke oven gas (COG)...

        5. 1.5. BAT Conclusions For Blast Furnaces

          1. Air emissions

            1. 59. BAT for displaced air during loading from the storage bunkers...

            2. 60. BAT for burden preparation (mixing, blending) and conveying is to...

            3. 61. BAT for casting house (tap holes, runners, torpedo ladles charging...

            4. 62. BAT is to use tar-free runner linings.

            5. 63. BAT is to minimise the release of blast furnace gas...

              1. Applicability of BAT II

            6. 64. BAT is to reduce dust emissions from the blast furnace...

            7. 65. BAT for hot blast stoves is to reduce emissions by...

          2. Water and waste water

            1. 66. BAT for water consumption and discharge from blast furnace gas...

            2. 67. BAT for treating waste water from blast furnace gas treatment...

          3. Production residues

            1. 68. BAT is to prevent waste generation from blast furnaces by...

            2. 69. BAT for minimising slag treatment emissions is to condense fume...

          4. Resource management

            1. 70. BAT for resource management of blast furnaces is to reduce...

              1. Applicability

          5. Energy

            1. 71. BAT is to maintain a smooth, continuous operation of the...

            2. 72. BAT is to use the extracted blast furnace gas as...

            3. 73. BAT is to recover the energy of top blast furnace...

              1. Applicability

            4. 74. BAT is to preheat the hot blast stove fuel gases...

              1. Description

              2. Applicability

        6. 1.6. BAT Conclusions For Basic Oxygen Steelmaking And Casting

          1. Air emissions

            1. 75. BAT for basic oxygen furnace (BOF) gas recovery by suppressed...

            2. 76. BAT for basic oxygen furnace (BOF) gas recovery during oxygen...

            3. 77. BAT is to minimise dust emissions from the oxygen lance...

            4. 78. BAT for secondary dedusting, including the emissions from the following...

              1. Description

              2. Applicability

            5. 79. BAT for on-site slag processing is to reduce dust emissions...

          2. Water and waste water

            1. 80. BAT is to prevent or reduce water use and waste...

            2. 81. BAT is to minimise the waste water discharge from continuous...

          3. Production residues

            1. 82. BAT is to prevent waste generation by using one or...

              1. Applicability of BAT V

          4. Energy

            1. 83. BAT is to collect, clean and buffer BOF gas for...

              1. Applicability

            2. 84. BAT is to reduce energy consumption by using ladle-lid systems....

              1. Applicability

            3. 85. BAT is to optimise the process and reduce energy consumption...

              1. Description

              2. Applicability

            4. 86. BAT is to reduce energy consumption by using continuous near...

              1. Description

              2. Applicability

        7. 1.7. BAT Conclusions For Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking And Casting

          1. Air emissions

            1. 87. BAT for the electric arc furnace (EAF) process is to...

            2. 88. BAT for the electric arc furnace (EAF) primary and secondary...

            3. 89. BAT for the electric arc furnace (EAF) primary and secondary...

              1. Applicability of BAT I

            4. 90. BAT for on-site slag processing is to reduce dust emissions...

          2. Water and waste water

            1. 91. BAT is to minimise the water consumption from the electric...

            2. 92. BAT is to minimise the waste water discharge from continuous...

          3. Production residues

            1. 93. BAT is to prevent waste generation by using one or...

              1. Applicability

          4. Energy

            1. 94. BAT is to reduce energy consumption by using continuous near...

              1. Description

              2. Applicability

          5. Noise

            1. 95. BAT is to reduce noise emissions from electric arc furnace...

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