The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Schedule 1 (activities, installations and mobile plant)

11.—(1) Schedule 1(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 1 (interpretation and application: general)—

(a) in paragraph 3(c) (application of activities falling within Part 2), for “and” substitute “or”;

(b) in the heading to paragraph 4 (application of thresholds in Part 2), for “in Part 2” substitute “for Part A activities”;

(c) in paragraph 4, for “given in Part 2 of this Schedule” substitute “for any Part A activity”.

(3) In Part 2 (activities)—

(a) in Section 1.1 (combustion activities)—

(i) in Part B, omit paragraphs (b)(ii) and (iii), (c) and (d);

(ii) in “Interpretation and application of Part B”—

(aa) in paragraph 1, omit the words “or Part A(2)”;

(bb) omit paragraph 2;

(b) in Section 1.2 (gasification, liquefaction and refining activities), in Part A(1)—

(i) for paragraph (d) substitute—

“(d) Gasification or liquefaction of—

(i) coal, or

(ii) other fuels in installations with a total rated thermal input of 20 megawatts or more.”;

(ii) in paragraph (j), omit the words “liquefaction, gasification,”;

(iii) after paragraph (j), insert—

“(ja) Activities involving the liquefaction or gasification of other carbonaceous material. ”;

(c) in Section 4.1 (organic chemicals), in paragraph (d)(i) of Part B, for “1 tonne” substitute “5 tonnes”;

(d) in Section 6.8 (the treatment of animal and vegetable matter and food industries)—

(i) in paragraph (c) of Part A(1), for “falling within Section 5.1” substitute “in a small waste incineration plant”;

(ii) in paragraph (a) of Part A(2), for “plant with” substitute “plant or in a small waste incineration plant, where the plant or small waste incineration plant has”.

(1)

Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2013/390, regulations 19 and 22.