The Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013

Emission limit values [F1: large combustion installations] U.K.

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10.—(1) Where paragraph (2) applies and subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary of State may set emission limit values as a condition of a permit which are less strict than the values required by Article 15(3) of the 2010 Directive (“the Article 15(3) values”).

(2) The Secretary of State must—

(a)assess that to impose the Article 15(3) values would lead to disproportionately higher costs compared to the environmental benefits because of—

(i)the geographical location of, or the local environmental conditions at, the [F2large combustion installation]; or

(ii)the technical characteristics of the [F3large combustion installation];

and

(b)be satisfied that by setting the emission limit values, no significant pollution will be caused and a high level of protection of the environment as a whole will be achieved.

(3) The Secretary of State must include in an annex to the permit—

(a)the result of the assessment under paragraph (2)(a); and

(b)the justification for being satisfied under paragraph (2)(b).

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