PART 2U.K.Thresholds and emission limit values
The emission limit values in waste gases shall be calculated at a temperature of 273,15 K, and a pressure of 101,3 kPa.
| Activity(solvent consumption threshold in tonnes/year) | Threshold(solvent consumption threshold in tonnes/year) | Emission limit values in waste gases (mg C/Nm3) | Fugitive emission limit values (percentage of solvent input) | Total emission limit values | Special provisions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New installations | Existing installations | New installations | Existing installations | |||||
| 1 | Heatset web offset printing (> 15) | 15—25 > 25 | 100 20 | 30 (1) 30 (1) | (1) Solvent residue in finished product is not to be considered as part of fugitive emissions. | |||
| 2 | Publication rotogravure (> 25) | 75 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | Other rotogravure, flexography, rotary screen printing, laminating or varnishing units (> 15) rotary screen printing on textile/cardboard (> 30) | 15—25 > 25 > 30 (1) | 100 100 100 | 25 20 20 | (1) Threshold for rotary screen printing on textile and on cardboard. | |||
| 4 | Surface cleaning using compounds specified in Article 59(5). (> 1) | 1—5 > 5 | 20 (1) 20 (1) | 15 10 | (1) Limit value refers to mass of compounds in mg/Nm3, and not to total carbon. | |||
| 5 | Other surface cleaning (> 2) | 2—10 > 10 | 75 (1) 75 (1) | 20 (1) 15 (1) | (1) Installations which demonstrate to the competent authority that the average organic solvent content of all cleaning material used does not exceed 30 % by weight are exempt from application of these values. | |||
| 6 | Vehicle coating (< 15) and vehicle refinishing | > 0,5 | 50 (1) | 25 | (1) Compliance in accordance with point 2 of Part 8 shall be demonstrated based on 15 minute average measurements. | |||
| 7 | Coil coating (> 25) | 50 (1) | 5 | 10 | (1) For installations which use techniques which allow reuse of recovered solvents, the emission limit value shall be 150. | |||
| 8 | Other coating, including metal, plastic, textile (5), fabric, film and paper coating (> 5) | 5—15 > 15 | 100 (1) (4) 50/75 (2) (3) (4) | 25 (4) 20 (4) | (1) Emission limit value applies to coating application and drying processes operated under contained conditions. (2) The first emission limit value applies to drying processes, the second to coating application processes. | |||
| (3) For textile coating installations which use techniques which allow reuse of recovered solvents, the emission limit value applied to coating application and drying processes taken together shall be 150. (4) Coating activities which cannot be carried out under contained conditions (such as shipbuilding, aircraft painting) may be exempted from these values, in accordance with Article 59(3). (5) Rotary screen printing on textile is covered by activity No 3. | ||||||||
| 9 | Winding wire coating (> 5) | 10 g/kg (1) 5 g/kg (2) | (1) Applies for installations where average diameter of wire ≤ 0,1 mm. (2) Applies for all other installations. | |||||
| 10 | Coating of wooden surfaces (> 15) | 15—25 > 25 | 100 (1) 50/75 (2) | 25 20 | (1) Emission limit value applies to coating application and drying processes operated under contained conditions. (2) The first value applies to drying processes, the second to coating application processes. | |||
| 11 | Dry cleaning | 20 g/kg (1) (2) | (1) Expressed in mass of solvent emitted per kilogram of product cleaned and dried. (2) The emission limit value in point 2 of Part 4 does not apply for this activity. | |||||
| 12 | Wood impregnation (> 25) | 100 (1) | 45 | 11 kg/m3 | (1) Emission limit value does not apply for impregnation with creosote. | |||
| 13 | Coating of leather (> 10) | 10—25 > 25 > 10 (1) | 85 g/m2 75 g/m2 150 g/m2 | Emission limit values are expressed in grams of solvent emitted per m2 of product produced. (1) For leather coating activities in furnishing and particular leather goods used as small consumer goods like bags, belts, wallets, etc. | ||||
| 14 | Footwear manufacture (> 5) | 25 g per pair | Total emission limit value is expressed in grams of solvent emitted per pair of complete footwear produced. | |||||
| 15 | Wood and plastic lamination (> 5) | 30 g/m2 | ||||||
| 16 | Adhesive coating (> 5) | 5—15 > 15 | 50 (1) 50 (1) | 25 20 | (1) If techniques are used which allow reuse of recovered solvent, the emission limit value in waste gases shall be 150. | |||
| 17 | Manufacture of coating mixture, varnishes, inks and adhesives (> 100) | 100—1 000 > 1 000 | 150 150 | 5 3 | 5 % of solvent input 3 % of solvent input | The fugitive emission limit value does not include solvent sold as part of a coatings mixture in a sealed container. | ||
| 18 | Rubber conversion (> 15) | 20 (1) | 25 (2) | 25 % of solvent input | (1) If techniques are used which allow reuse of recovered solvent, the emission limit value in waste gases shall be 150. (2) The fugitive emission limit value does not include solvent sold as part of products or mixtures in a sealed container. | |||
| 19 | Vegetable oil and animal fat extraction and vegetable oil refining activities (> 10) | Animal fat: 1,5 kg/tonne Castor: 3 kg/tonne Rape seed: 1 kg/tonne Sunflower seed: 1 kg/tonne Soya beans (normal crush): 0,8 kg/tonne Soya beans (white flakes): 1,2 kg/tonne Other seeds and other vegetable matter: 3 kg/tonne (1) 1,5 kg/tonne (2) 4 kg/tonne (3) | (1) Total emission limit values for installations processing individual batches of seeds and other vegetable matter should be set by the competent authority on a case-by-case basis, applying the best available techniques. (2) Applies to all fractionation processes excluding de-gumming (the removal of gums from the oil). (3) Applies to de-gumming. | |||||
| 20 | Manufacturing of pharmaceutical products (> 50) | 20 (1) | 5 (2) | 15 (2) | 5 % of solvent input | 15 % of solvent input | (1) If techniques are used which allow reuse of recovered solvent, the emission limit value in waste gases shall be 150. (2) The fugitive emission limit value does not include solvent sold as part of products or mixtures in a sealed container. | |