The Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1991

Section 3.1 Cement and lime manufacture and associated processes

PART A

(a)

Making cement clinker.

(b)

Grinding cement clinker.

(c)

Any of the following processes, where the process is related to a process described in paragraph (a) or (b), namely, blending cement; putting cement into silos for bulk storage; removing cement from silos in which it has been stored in bulk; and any process involving the use of cement in bulk, including the bagging of cement and cement mixtures, the batching of ready-mixed concrete and the manufacture of concrete blocks and other cement products.

(d)

The heating of calcium carbonate or calcium magnesium carbonate for the purpose of making lime.

(e)

The slaking of lime for the purpose of making calcium hydroxide or calcium magnesium hydroxide where the process is related to a process described in paragraph (d) above.

PART B

(a)

Any of the following processes, if not related to a process falling within a description in Part A of this Section—

(i)

storing, loading or unloading cement or cement clinker in bulk prior to further transportation in bulk;

(ii)

blending cement in bulk or using cement in bulk other than at a construction site, including the bagging of cement and cement mixtures, the batching of ready-mixed concrete and the manufacture of concrete blocks and other cement products.

(b)

The slaking of lime for the purpose of making calcium hydroxide or calcium magnesium hydroxide unless related to a process falling within another description in this Schedule.