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The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012
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Permits: greenhouse gas emissions
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17.—(1) SEPA must not, where emissions of a pollutant from an installation are subject to conditions imposed for the purposes of regulation 10(2) and (3) of the ETS Regulations, include an emission limit value in a permit in respect of those emissions unless—
(a)the installation is an excluded installation for the purposes of regulation 11 of the ETS Regulations, or
(b)it considers the emission limit value is necessary to ensure that no significant local pollution is caused.
(2) SEPA may, in respect of an activity that is a Schedule 1 activity for the purpose of the ETS Regulations(1), choose not to impose a requirement under these Regulations relating to energy efficiency in respect of combustion units or other units emitting carbon dioxide.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to the requirement in regulation 29(1)(b).
(4) In this regulation—
“emission limit value” includes any parameter or technical measure referred to in regulation 25(3), and
“ETS Regulations” means the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2005(2).
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