Schedule 1
Activities, Installation and Mobile Plant
Part 2: Activities
Below is a brief summary table of the activities covered by the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007. If the activity / activities undertaken by your company fall within any of the categories listed in this table a detailed breakdown of thresholds and / or capacities to determine if a permit is / will be required can be accessed at the link below:
- Office of Public Sector Information
| Activity | Relevant Section of Schedule 1 to the EP Regulations |
|---|---|
| Energy Industries | |
| Combustion | 1.1 |
| Gasification, Liquefaction and Refining | 1.2 |
| Production and Processing of Metals | |
| Ferrous Metals | 2.1 |
| Non-Ferrous Metals | 2.2 |
| Surface Treating Metals and Plastic Materials | 2.3 |
| Mineral Industries | |
| Production of Cement and Lime | 3.1 |
| Activities involving Asbestos | 3.2 |
| Manufacturing Glass and Glass Fibre | 3.3 |
| Production of Other Mineral Fibres | 3.4 |
| Other Mineral Activities | 3.5 |
| Ceramic Production | 3.6 |
| The Chemical Industry | |
| Organic Chemicals | 4.1 |
| Inorganic Chemicals | 4.2 |
| Chemical Fertiliser Production | 4.3 |
| Plant Health Products and Biocides | 4.4 |
| Pharmaceutical Production | 4.5 |
| Explosives Production | 4.6 |
| Manufacturing Activities involving Carbon Disulphide or Ammonia | 4.7 |
| The Storage of Chemicals in Bulk | 4.8 |
| Waste Management | |
| Incineration and Co-incineration of Waste | 5.1 |
| Disposal of Waste by Landfill | 5.2 |
| Disposal of Waste other than by Incineration or Landfill | 5.3 |
| Recovery of Waste | 5.4 |
| The Production of Fuel from Waste | 5.5 |
| Other Activities | |
| Paper, Pulp and Board Manufacturing Activities | 6.1 |
| Carbon Activities | 6.2 |
| Tar and Bitumen | 6.3 |
| Coating Activities, Printing and Textile Treatments | 6.4 |
| The Manufacture of Dyestuffs, Printing Ink and Coating Materials | 6.5 |
| Timber Activities | 6.6 |
| Activities involving Rubber | 6.7 |
| The Treatment of Animal and Vegetable Matter and Food Industries | 6.8 |
| Intensive Farming | 6.9 |
In addition to Sections 6.4 and 6.5 above, a new Section 7 – SED Activities, has been inserted into the EP Regulations. This is due to recent legislation being introduced to further control solvent emission, namely The Solvent Emissions Directive. Section 7 is reproduced below detailing the solvent consumption over which a permit is required.
Section 7 - SED Activities
| Activity | Solvent consumption threshold in tonnes/year |
|---|---|
| Heatset web offset printing | 15 |
| Publication rotogravure | 25 |
| Other rotogravure, flexography, rotary screen printing, laminating or varnishing units | 15 |
| Rotary screen printing on textile/cardboard | 30 |
| Surface cleaning using substances or preparations which because of their content of volatile organic compounds classified as carcinogens, mutagens or toxic to reproduction under Directive 67/548/EEC[10] as last amended by Commission Directive 98/98/EC[11] are assigned or need to carry one or more of the risk phrases R45, R46, R49, R60 or R61, or halogenated VOC's which are assigned or need to carry the risk phase R40 | 1 |
| Other surface cleaning | 2 |
| Vehicle coating and vehicle refinishing | 0.5 |
| Coil coating | 25 |
| Other coating activities, including metal, plastic, textile (except rotary screen printing on textile), fabric, film and paper coating | 5 |
| Winding wire coating | 5 |
| Coating activity applied to wooden surfaces | 15 |
| Dry cleaning | 0 |
| Wood impregnation | 25 |
| Coating activity applied to leather | 10 |
| Footwear manufacture | 5 |
| Wood and plastic lamination | 5 |
| Adhesive coating | 5 |
| Manufacture of coating preparations, varnishes, inks and adhesives | 100 |
| Rubber conversion | 15 |
| Vegetable oil and animal fat extraction and vegetable oil refining activities | 10 |
| Manufacturing of pharmaceutical products | 50 |
Contact information
Environmental Protection Service
Tame Street Depot
Tame Street
Stalybridge
Tameside
SK15 1ST
Tame Street Depot
Tame Street
Stalybridge
Tameside
SK15 1ST