The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003

Amendment of the Regulations

20.  In Schedule 1 in Part 1 in Chapter 6 (other activities)–

(a) in Section 6.1 (paper and pulp manufacturing activities)–

(i) in Part A, in paragraph (b), for “listed in paragraph 12” there is substituted “listed in the table in paragraph 13”, and for “of substance in column 2 of that Schedule” there is substituted “of the substance set out in column 1 of that Table in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table.”; and

(ii) in Part A, after paragraph (b) there is inserted–

“(c) Manufacturing wood particleboard, oriented strand board, wood fibreboard, plywood, cement-bonded particleboard or any other composite wood-based board with a production capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day.”;

(b) in Section 6.4 (coating activities, printing and textile treatments) in Part B in paragraph (b), for “or organic” there is substituted “of organic”;

(c) in Section 6.5 (the manufacture of dyestuffs, printing ink and coating materials) in Part B in paragraph (b), for “Manufacture” there is substituted “Manufacturing”;

(d) in Section 6.6 (timber activities) in Part B before “Manufacturing products” there is inserted “Unless falling within paragraph (c) of Part A of Section 6.1,”;

(e) in Section 6.7 (activities involving rubber) in Part A for “NIL” there is substituted–

“Manufacturing new tyres (but not remoulds or retreads) if this involves the use in any period of 12 months of 50,000 tonnes or more, of one or more of the following–

(i) natural rubber;

(ii) synthetic organic elastomers;

(iii) other substances mixed with them.”; and

(f) in Section 6.8 (the treatment of animal and vegetable matter and food industries)–

(i) in Part A, in paragraph (f) for “feedstuffs” there is substituted “feedstuff”;

(ii) in Part B for paragraph (a) there is substituted–

“(a) Any activity mentioned in paragraph (f) of Section 6.8, unless an exempt activity, or excluded for control by the provisions of paragraph 2 of Part 2 of this Schedule and which may release into the air a substance referred to in paragraph 12 of Part 2 of this Schedule or give rise to an offensive smell noticeable outside the premises in which the activity is carried on.”;

(iii) in paragraph (c)(i) and (ii) of Part B, after “than” there is inserted “or equal to”;

(iv) in the paragraph headed “Interpretation of Section 6.8” in the definition of “exempt activity”, in paragraph (i), after “carried” there is inserted “out”.