The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

SECTION 6.5 The Manufacture of Dyestuffs, Printing Ink and Coating Materials

Part B

(a) Unless falling within Part A(1) or Part A(2) of any other Section—

(i) manufacturing or formulating printing ink or any other coating material containing, or involving the use of, an organic solvent, where the carrying on of the activity is likely to involve the use of 100 or more tonnes of organic solvents in any period of 12 months,

(ii) manufacturing any powder for use as a coating material where there is the capacity to produce 200 tonnes or more of such powder in any period of 12 months.

Interpretation of Part B

1.  In this Part, “coating material” has the same meaning as in Section 6.4.

2.  The amount of organic solvents used in an activity must be calculated as—

(a) the total input of organic solvents into the process, including both solvents contained in coating materials and solvents for cleaning or other purposes; less

(b) any organic solvents, not contained in coating materials, that are removed from the process for re-use or for recovery for re-use.