S.L. 549.10 Art. 6Emission standards.

(1) The competent authority shall in granting the licence pursuant to regulation 4, lay down emission standards to determine:

(a) the maximum concentration of a substance permissible in a discharge. In the case of dilution, the limit value provided for in regulation 7(1)(a) shall be divided by the dilution factor;

(b) the maximum quantity of a substance permissible in a discharge during one specified period of time or more. This quantity may, if necessary, also be expressed as a unit of weight of the pollutant per unit of the characteristic element of the polluting activity (such as the unit of weight per unit of raw material or per product unit).

(2) The competent authority may, in each licence it grants, where necessary, impose more stringent emission standards than those resulting from the application of the limit values laid down pursuant to regulation 7, taking into account in particular the toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulation of the substance concerned in the environment into which it is discharged.

(3) The competent authority shall refuse to grant a licence if the person who is effecting the discharges declares that he is unable to comply with the required emission standards, or if this situation is evident to the competent authority.

(4) If the emission standards are not complied with, the competent authority shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that the conditions of licence are fulfilled and, if necessary, that the discharge is prohibited.