S.L. 549.78 Art. 1Citation. S.L. 549.76 S.L. 549.76

(1) The title of these regulations is the Industrial

Emissions (Large Combustion Plants) Regulations.

(2) These regulations provide for the implementation in part of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast).

(3) These regulations also provide for the implementation of the Industrial Emissions (Framework) Regulations.

(4) These regulations lay down rules for the limitation of atmospheric emissions from large combustion plants and apply to combustion plants, if their total rated thermal input is equal to or greater (≥) than 50 MW , irrespective of the type of fuel used Th (solid, liquid or gaseous). These regulations shall not apply to the following combustion plants:

(a) plants in which the products of combustion are used for the direct heating, drying, or any other treatment of objects or materials;

(b) post-combustion plants designed to purify the waste gases by combustion which is not operated as independent combustion plants;

(c) facilities for the regeneration of catalytic cracking catalysts;

(d) facilities for the conversion of hydrogen sulphide into sulphur;

(e) reactors used in the chemical industry;

(f) coke battery furnaces;

(g) cowpers;

(h) any technical apparatus used in the propulsion of a vehicle, ship or aircraft;

(i) gas turbines and gas engines used on offshore platforms;

(j) plants which use any solid or liquid waste as a fuel other than waste referred to in the paragraph (b) of the definition of "biomass" in regulation 5 of the Industrial Emissions (Framework) Regulations.