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This Act implemented the 1996 EU Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control 96/61/EC (which has since been updated and superseded by the Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EC). | This Act implemented the 1996 EU Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control 96/61/EC (which has since been updated and superseded by the Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EC). | ||
This Act and its subsequent regulations (the Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) Regulations 2000) formed the basis for the new IPPC regime in the UK. | This Act and its subsequent regulations (the Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) Regulations 2000) formed the basis for the new IPPC regime in the UK. | ||
Under both of these regulations, industrial sites that fell under the PPC regime were known as installations with the operator of the installation required to hold a permit to operate the facilities. The permit specified the application of [[Best Available | Under both of these regulations, industrial sites that fell under the PPC regime were known as installations with the operator of the installation required to hold a permit to operate the facilities. The permit specified the application of [[Best Available Technique]]s (BAT) to either eliminate pollution or reduce pollution to harmless levels. | ||
The PPC regulations apply to all installations carrying out ‘activities’, which are listed in Schedule 1 to the Regulation’s. Waste management is one of the listed activity sectors. | The PPC regulations apply to all installations carrying out ‘activities’, which are listed in Schedule 1 to the Regulation’s. Waste management is one of the listed activity sectors. | ||
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*A1 installations – includes waste activities and regulated by the EA. | *A1 installations – includes waste activities and regulated by the EA. | ||
*LA-IPPC / A2 installations – less polluting industries and regulated by the Local Authority. | *LA-IPPC / A2 installations – less polluting industries and regulated by the Local Authority. | ||
*Part B – only concerned with emissions to air such as crematoria and dry cleaners etc. regulated by the Local Authority <ref> Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999. (1999). London: UK Public General Acts, legislation.gov.uk.</ref > | *Part B – only concerned with emissions to air such as crematoria and dry cleaners etc. regulated by the Local Authority <ref>Defra, 2011. [http://adlib.everysite.co.uk/adlib/defra/content.aspx?doc=18740&id=18742 Pollution Prevention and Control Act - Summary. Adlib.everysite.co.uk.] [online] [Accessed 21 Nov. 2019].</ref> <ref> [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/24/contents Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999. (1999). London: UK Public General Acts, legislation.gov.uk.]</ref > | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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