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All activities, installations and mobile plants and the list as to whether they are A(1), A (2) or B permits can be found within Schedule 1 of the [[Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010]] as amended.

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 waste [[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<ref>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/a1-installations-environmental-permits</ref> to [[landfill]], [[Hazardous Waste]] treatment and waste [[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).

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 waste.

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 waste<ref>https://www.gov.uk/local-authority-environmental-permit</ref>.

Part B permits are also regulated by the Local Authority but only relate to installations and activities that cause emissions to air such as crematoria, dry cleaners and small car body work companies re-spraying damaged cars etc.

The [[Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010]] were amended in 2013 to transpose the requirements of the [[Industrial Emissions Directive]] (2010/75/EU) which amongst other things repealed the [[Waste Incineration Directive]] (2000/76/EC).

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