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Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
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) (Text with EEA relevance)
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2.Emission limit values (mg/Nm3) for SO2 for combustion plants using solid or liquid fuels with the exception of gas turbines and gas enginesU.K.
| Total rated thermal input (MW) | Coal and lignite and other solid fuels | Biomass | Peat | Liquid fuels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50-100 | 400 | 200 | 300 | 350 |
| 100-300 | 250 | 200 | 300 | 250 |
| > 300 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
Combustion plants, using solid fuels which were granted a permit before 27 November 2002 or the operators of which had submitted a complete application for a permit before that date, provided that the plant was put into operation no later than 27 November 2003, and which do not operate more than 1 500 operating hours per year as a rolling average over a period of 5 years, shall be subject to an emission limit value for SO2 of 800 mg/Nm3.
Combustion plants using liquid fuels, which were granted a permit before 27 November 2002 or the operators of which had submitted a complete application for a permit before that date, provided that the plant was put into operation no later than 27 November 2003, and which do not operate more than 1 500 operating hours per year as a rolling average over a period of 5 years, shall be subject to an emission limit value for SO2 of 850 mg/Nm3 in case of plants with a total rated thermal input not exceeding 300 MW and of 400 mg/Nm3 in case of plants with a total rated thermal input greater than 300 MW.
A part of a combustion plant discharging its waste gases through one or more separate flues within a common stack, and which does not operate more than 1 500 operating hours per year as a rolling average over a period of 5 years, may be subject to the emission limit values set out in the preceding two paragraphs in relation to the total rated thermal input of the entire combustion plant. In such cases the emissions through each of those flues shall be monitored separately.
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