The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

2.—(1) The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In Part 1 of Schedule 1—

(a) in Section 3.1—

(i) for paragraph (a) of Part A(1) substitute—

“(a) Producing cement clinker or producing and grinding cement clinker.”;

(ii) for Part A(2) substitute—

“Part A(2)

(a) Unless falling with Part A(1) of this Section, grinding cement clinker.

(b) Unless falling within Part A(1) of Section 2.1 or 2.2, grinding metallurgical slag in plant with a grinding capacity of more than 250,000 tonnes in any period of 12 months.”;

(b) in Section 3.5, for Part A(2) substitute—

“Part A(2)

(a) Manufacturing cellulose fibre reinforced calcium silicate board using unbleached pulp.”;

(c) in Section 6.1 for Part A(2) substitute—

“Part A(2)

(a) Manufacturing wood particleboard, oriented strand board, wood fibreboard, plywood, cement-bonded particleboard or any other composite wood-based board.”;

(d) in paragraph (a) of Part B of Section 6.6, for “Manufacturing” substitute “Unless falling within Part A(2) of Section 6.1, manufacturing”;

(e) for Part A(2) of Section 6.7 substitute—

“Part A(2)

(a) Manufacturing new tyres (but not remoulds or retreads) if this involves the use in any period of 12 months of 50,000 tonnes or more of one or more of the following—

(i) natural rubber;

(ii) synthetic organic elastomers;

(iii) other substances mixed with them.”; and

(f) in paragraph (v) of the definition of “exempt activity” in the Interpretation of Section 6.8 for “Section 4.2” substitute “Section 4.1”.

(3) In the Table in paragraph 2(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 add entries to show that the relevant period—

(a) for an activity falling within Part A(2) of Section 3.1, is 1st April 2002 to 30th June 2002;

(b) for an activity falling within Part A(2) of Section 3.5, is 1st April 2002 to 30th June 2002;

(c) for an activity falling within Part A(2) of Section 6.1, is 1st April 2002 to 30th June 2002; and

(d) for an activity falling within Part A(2) of Section 6.7, is 1st April 2003 to 30th June 2003.

(4) In Part 2 of Schedule 4—

(a) in paragraph 9(1)(b)(iii), for “Scottish National Heritage” substitute “Scottish Natural Heritage”; and

(b) in paragraph 9(1)(d), for “a Part A installation or a Part B installation” substitute “an installation or Part A mobile plant”.

(5) In Schedule 10—

(a) in paragraph 21 of Part 1, for “section 43A” substitute “section 43A(4)”; and

(b) in paragraph 29 of Part 2, for “regulation 30(1)” substitute “regulation 32(1)”.

(1)

S.I. 2000/1973.