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A1 installations are facilities which carry out industrial processes like refineries, food and drink factories and intensive farming activities. They also include certain waste activities like disposing of waste to [[landfill]], [[hazardous waste]] treatment and waste1 [[incineration]], [[gasification]] and [[pyrolysis]]. | A1 installations are facilities which carry out industrial processes like refineries, food and drink factories and intensive farming activities. They also include certain waste activities like disposing of waste to [[landfill]], [[hazardous waste]] treatment and waste1 [[incineration]], [[gasification]] and [[pyrolysis]]. | ||
All A(1) Permits are regulated by the[[ Environment Agency]] in England and [[Natural Resources Wales]] in Wales. (Scotland and Northern Ireland continue to operate under a slightly different regime). | All A(1) Permits are regulated by the [[Environment Agency]] in England and [[Natural Resources Wales]] in Wales. (Scotland and Northern Ireland continue to operate under a slightly different regime). | ||
Part A(2) permits are regulated by the Local Authority as these activities are less polluting than their A(1) counterparts and include industries and activities such as gas refining, metal works e.g. producing pig iron or steel, casting ferrous metal, melting non-ferrous metals, surface treatment of metals and plastic materials, grinding cement clinker, ceramic product manufacturing, animal waste incineration, new tyre manufacturing, disposing or recycling animal carcasses or waste2. | Part A(2) permits are regulated by the Local Authority as these activities are less polluting than their A(1) counterparts and include industries and activities such as gas refining, metal works e.g. producing pig iron or steel, casting ferrous metal, melting non-ferrous metals, surface treatment of metals and plastic materials, grinding cement clinker, ceramic product manufacturing, animal waste incineration, new tyre manufacturing, disposing or recycling animal carcasses or waste2. | ||