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7 1992

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACT, 1992

FIRST SCHEDULE

Activities to which Part IV applies

Sections 3 and 82 .

1.

Minerals and Other Materials

1.1

The extraction, production and processing of raw asbestos.

1.2

The extraction of aluminium oxide from an ore.

1.3

The extraction and processing (including size reduction, grading and heating) of minerals within the meaning of the Minerals Development Acts, 1940 to 1979, and storage of related mineral waste.

1.4

The extraction of peat in the course of business which involves an area exceeding 50 hectares.

2.

Energy

2.1

The production of energy in combustion plant the rated thermal input of which is equal to or greater than 50MW other than any such plant which makes direct use of the products of combustion in a manufacturing process.

2.2

The burning of any fuel in a boiler or furnace with a nominal heat output exceeding 50MW.

3.

Metals

3.1

The initial melting or production of iron or steel.

3.2

The processing of iron and steel in forges, drawing plants and rolling mills where the production area exceeds 500 square metres.

3.3

The production, recovery, processing or use of ferrous metals in foundries having melting installations with a total capacity exceeding 5 tonnes.

3.4

The production, recovery or processing of non-ferrous metals, their compounds or other alloys including antimony, arsenic, beryllium, chromium, lead, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, selenium, cadmium or mercury, by thermal, chemical or electrolytic means in installations with a batch capacity exceeding 0.5 tonnes.

3.5

The reaction of aluminium or its alloys with chlorine or its compounds.

3.6

The roasting, sintering or calcining of metallic ores in plants with a capacity exceeding 1,000 tonnes per year.

3.7

Swaging by explosives where the production area exceeds 100 square metres.

3.8

The pressing, drawing and stamping of large castings where the production area exceeds 500 square metres.

3.9

Boilermaking and the manufacture of reservoirs, tanks and other sheet metal containers where the production area exceeds 500 square metres.

4.

Mineral Fibres and Glass

4.1

The processing of asbestos and the manufacture and processing of asbestos-based products.

4.2

The manufacture of glass fibre or mineral fibre.

4.3

The production of glass (ordinary and special) in plants with a capacity exceeding 5,000 tonnes per year.

4.4

The production of industrial diamonds.

5.

Chemicals

5.1

The manufacture of chemicals in an integrated chemical installation.

5.2

The manufacture of olefins and their derivatives or of monomers and polymers, including styrene and vinyl chloride.

5.3

The manufacture, by way of chemical reaction processes, of organic or organo-metallic chemical products other than those specified at 5.2.

5.4

The manufacture of inorganic chemicals.

5.5

The manufacture of artificial fertilizers.

5.6

The manufacture of pesticides, pharmaceutical or veterinary products and their intermediates.

5.7

The manufacture of paints, varnishes, resins, inks, dyes, pigments or elastomers where the production capacity exceeds 1,000 litres per week.

5.8

The formulation of pesticides.

5.9

The chemical manufacture of glues, bonding agents and adhesives.

5.10

The manufacture of vitamins involving the use of heavy metals.

5.11

The storage, in quantities exceeding the values shown, of any one or more of the following chemicals (other than as part of any other activity)—

methyl acrylate (20 tonnes); acrylonitrile (20 tonnes); toluene di-isocyanate (20 tonnes); anhydrous ammonia (100 tonnes); anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (1 tonne).

6.

Intensive Agriculture

6.1

The rearing of poultry in installations, whether within the same complex or within 100 metres of that complex, where the capacity exceeds 100,000 units and where units have the following equivalents—

1 broiler [html] 1 unit,

1 layer, turkey or other fowl [html] 2 units.

6.2

The rearing of pigs in installations, whether within the same complex or within 100 metres of that complex, where the capacity exceeds 1,000 units on gley soils or 3,000 units on other soils and where units have the following equivalents—

1 pig [html] 1 unit,

1 sow [html] 10 units.

7.

Food and Drink

7.1

The manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats where the capacity for processing raw materials exceeds 40 tonnes per day.

7.2

The manufacture of dairy products where the processing capacity exceeds 50 million gallons of milk equivalent per year.

7.3

Commercial brewing and distilling, and malting in installations where the production capacity exceeds 100,000 tonnes per year.

7.4

The slaughter of animals in installations where the daily capacity exceeds 1,500 units and where units have the following equivalents—

1 sheep                             [html]    1 unit,

1 pig                                   [html]    2 units,

1 head of cattle          [html]    5 units.

7.5

The manufacture of fish-meal and fish-oil.

7.6

The manufacture of sugar.

7.7

The rendering of animal by-products.

8.

Wood, Paper, Textiles and Leather

8.1

The manufacture of paper pulp, paper or board (including fibre-board, particle board and plywood) in installations with a production capacity equal to or exceeding 25,000 tonnes of product per year.

8.2

The manufacture of bleached pulp.

8.3

The treatment or protection of wood, involving the use of preservatives, with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day.

8.4

The manufacture of synthetic fibres.

8.5

The dyeing, treatment or finishing (including moth-proofing and fireproofing) of fibres or textiles (including carpet) where the capacity exceeds 1 tonne per day of fibre, yarn or textile material.

8.6

The fell-mongering of hides and tanning of leather in installations where the capacity exceeds 100 skins per day.

9.

Fossil Fuels

9.1

The extraction, other than offshore extraction, of petroleum, natural gas, coal or bituminous shale.

9.2

The handling or storage of crude petroleum.

9.3

The refining of petroleum or gas.

9.4

The pyrolysis, carbonisation, gasification, liquefaction, dry distillation, partial oxidation or heat treatment of coal, lignite, oil or bituminous shale, other carbonaceous materials or mixtures of any of these in installations with a processing capacity exceeding 500 tonnes per day.

10.

Cement

10.1

The production of cement.

11.

Waste

11.1

The incineration of hazardous waste.

11.2

The incineration of hospital waste.

11.3

The incineration of waste other than that mentioned in. 11.1 and 11.2 in plants with a capacity exceeding 1 tonne per hour.

11.4

The use of heat for the manufacture of fuel from waste.

12.

Surface Coatings

12.1

Operations involving coating with organo-tin compounds.

12.2

The manufacture or use of coating materials in processes with a capacity to make or use at least 10 tonnes per year of organic solvents, and powder coating manufacture with a capacity to produce at least 50 tonnes per year.

12.3

Electroplating operations.

13.

Other Activities

13.1

The testing of engines, turbines or reactors where the floor area exceeds 500 square metres.

13.2

The manufacture of integrated circuits and printed circuit boards.

13.3

The production of lime in a kiln.

13.4

The manufacture of coarse ceramics including refractory bricks, stoneware pipes, facing and floor bricks and roof tiles.