These Regulations amend the Industrial Pollution Control (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. 1998 No. 28) (“the 1998 Regulations”) by adding to the list of prescribed processes in Schedule 1, Section 1.4, Petroleum Processes, Part A, the loading, unloading or other handling of the storage of, or the physical or chemical treatment of emulsified hydrocarbons intended for use as a fuel (Regulation 4).

These Regulations further amend the 1998 Regulations, so that petrol terminals, with throughputs of less than 10,000 tonnes per year, are prescribed for local (district council) control (Regulation 5). Terminals with throughputs equal to or greater than 10,000 tonnes per year continue to be prescribed for restricted central control. Furthermore the date of authorisation of petrol terminals with throughputs of less than 25,000 tonnes per year is amended from 31st December 1998 to 31st December 2004. (Regulation 6 and the Schedule).

Copies of these Regulations can be obtained from the Stationery Office, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GD.