The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2005

Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000

11.  In Schedule 1, Part 1, Chapter 5 (waste management) in section 5.1 (incineration and co-incineration of waste)–

(a) (i) in Part A, after paragraph (h)(1) insert:–

“(i) unless carried out as part of any other Part A activity, the thermal treatment (with or without heat or energy recovery, or production of material products) other than incidentally in the course of burning solid or liquid waste of any gaseous compound containing halogens arising from electrical equipment.”;

(ii) in Part B(2), in the first paragraph, delete “The following activities if operated at installations not falling under Part A of this Section;”;

(iii) in the interpretation section of section 5.1, in the definition of “excluded plant”, in paragraph (a)(vii), delete “Directive 90/667/EEC and by”;

(b) in section 5.3 (disposal of waste other than by incineration or landfill) in Part A (interpretation of Part A) for paragraph 3 substitute:–

“(3) Nothing in this Part applies to the treatment of waste soil by means of mobile plant for the treatment of contaminated material, substances or products for the purpose of remedial action with respect to land or controlled waters.”;

(c) in section 5.4 (recovery activities), in Part A (interpretation of Part A):–

(i) in Part A, for paragraph (a) substitute:–

“Unless carried on as part of an activity falling within any description in Part B of section 6.4 of Chapter 6 or Part B of Chapter 7 of this Schedule, recovering by distillation any other organic solvent.”;

(ii) for paragraph (2) substitute:–

“(2) Nothing in this Part applies to the treatment of waste soil by means of mobile plant for the treatment of contaminated material, substances or products for the purpose of remedial action with respect to land or controlled waters.”.

(1)

Paragraph (h) was inserted by S.S.I. 2005/101.

(2)

Part B was amended by S.S.I. 2005/101.