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Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste (repealed)

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ANNEX VU.K.AIR EMISSION LIMIT VALUES

(a)Daily average valuesU.K.

a

Until 1 January 2007 and without prejudice to relevant (Community) legislation the emission limit value for NOx does not apply to plants only incinerating hazardous waste.

Total dust10 mg/m3
Gaseous and vaporous organic substances, expressed as total organic carbon10 mg/m3
Hydrogen chloride (HCl)10 mg/m3
Hydrogen fluoride (HF)1 mg/m3
Sulphur dioxide (SO2)50 mg/m3
Nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) expressed as nitrogen dioxide for existing incineration plants with a nominal capacity exceeding 6 tonnes per hour or new incineration plants200 mg/m3 a
Nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), expressed as nitrogen dioxide for existing incineration plants with a nominal capacity of 6 tonnes per hour or less400 mg/m3 a

Exemptions for NOx may be authorised by the competent authority for existing incineration plants:

  • with a nominal capacity of 6 tonnes per hour, provided that the permit foresees the daily average values do not exceed 500 mg/m3 and this until 1 January 2008,

  • with a nominal capacity of >6 tonnes per hour but equal or less than 16 tonnes per hour, provided the permit foresees the daily average values do not exceed 400 mg/m3 and this until 1 January 2010,

  • with a nominal capacity of >16 tonnes per hour but <25 tonnes per hour and which do not produce water discharges, provided that the permit foresees the daily average values do not exceed 400 mg/m3 and this until 1 January 2008.

Until 1 January 2008, exemptions for dust may be authorised by the competent authority for existing incinerating plants, provided that the permit foresees the daily average values do not exceed 20 mg/m3.

(b)Half-hourly average valuesU.K.

a

Until 1 January 2007 and without prejudice to relevant Community legislation the emission limit value for NOx does not apply to plants only incinerating hazardous waste.

(100 %) A(97 %) B
Total dust30 mg/m310 mg/m3
Gaseous and vaporous organic substances, expressed as total organic carbon20 mg/m310 mg/m3
Hydrogen chloride (HCl)60 mg/m310 mg/m3
Hydrogen fluoride (HF)4 mg/m32 mg/m3
Sulphur dioxide (SO2)200 mg/m350 mg/m3
Nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), expressed as nitrogen dixoide for existing incineration plants with a nominal capacity exceeding 6 tonnes per hour or new incineration plants400 mg/m3 a200 mg/m3 a

Until 1 January 2010, exemptions for NOx may be authorised by the competent authority for existing incineration plants with a nominal capacity between 6 and 16 tonnes per hour, provided the half-hourly average value does not exceed 600 mg/m3 for column A or 400 mg/m3 for column B.

(c)All average values over the sample period of a minimum of 30 minutes and a maximum of 8 hoursU.K.

a

Until 1 January 2007 average values for existing plants for which the permit to operate has been granted before 31 December 1996, and which incinerate hazardous waste only.

Cadmium and its compounds, expressed as cadmium (Cd)total 0,05 mg/m3total 0,1 mg/m3 a
Thallium and its compounds, expressed as thallium (Tl)
Mercury and its compounds, expressed as mercury (Hg)0,05 mg/m30,1 mg/m3 a
Antimony and its compounds, expressed as antimony (Sb)total 0,5 mg/m3total 1 mg/m3 a
Arsenic and its compounds, expressed as arsenic (As)
Lead and its compounds, expressed as lead (Pb)
Chromium and its compounds, expressed as chromium (Cr)
Cobalt and its compounds, expressed as cobalt (Co)
Copper and its compounds, expressed as copper (Cu)
Manganese and its compounds, expressed as manganese (Mn)
Nickel and its compounds, expressed as nickel (Ni)
Vanadium and its compounds, expressed as vanadium (V)

These average values cover also gaseous and the vapour forms of the relevant heavy metal emissions as well as their compounds.

(d)Average values shall be measured over a sample period of a minimum of 6 hours and a maximum of 8 hours. The emission limit value refers to the total concentration of dioxins and furans calculated using the concept of toxic equivalence in accordance with Annex I.U.K.

Dioxins and furans0,1 ng/m3

(e)The following emission limit values of carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations shall not be exceeded in the combustion gases (excluding the start-up and shut-down phase):U.K.

  • 50 milligrams/m3 of combustion gas determined as daily average value;

  • 150 milligrams/m3 of combustion gas of at least 95 % of all measurements determined as 10-minute average values or 100 mg/m3 of combustion gas of all measurements determined as half-hourly average values taken in any 24-hour period.

Exemptions may be authorised by the competent authority for incineration plants using fluidised bed technology, provided that the permit foresees an emission limit value for carbon monoxide (CO) of not more than 100 mg/m3 as an hourly average value.

(f)Member States may lay down rules governing the exemptions provided for in this Annex.U.K.

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