This page provides links to the full text of key pieces of pollution prevention control environmental legislation that may affect your business in Northern Ireland. The websites hosting the legislation may list amendments separately.
If you are setting up an environmental management system (EMS) for your business, you can use this list to start compiling your legal register. Your legal adviser or environmental consultant will be able to tell you if other environmental legislation applies to your specific business.
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Sets procedures for applying or varying consents under Part 2 of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, including advertising applications and details required on the water pollution control register.
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Lists which processes and substances require authorisation for release to air, water, and land.
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Sets out the requirements to apply for a service station licence.
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Varies the time available to enforcing authorities to consider applications for a prescribed process in Northern Ireland.
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Amends 1998/28 to provide a framework for requirements on service stations to control volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions resulting from storing petrol and distributing it from terminals to service stations.
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Amends 1998/28 to place all hazardous waste incineration plants under the integrated central control of the Department of the Environment’s Chief Industrial Pollution and Radiochemical Inspector.
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Amends 1998/28 to add loading, unloading, handling, storing and physical or chemical treatment of emulsified hydrocarbons intended for use as a fuel to the list of processes that require authorisation.
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Establishes a pollution control regime for certain installations or mobile plants. Sets out a permitting regime based on Best Available Techniques for regulating installations and activities.
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Guidance on Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
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Amends 2003/46 with rules on controlling volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions resulting from storing petrol and distributing it from terminals to service stations.
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Amends 2003/46 and 1997/2777.
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Amends 2003/46 to limit emissions of volatile organic compounds from using organic solvents in certain paints, varnishes and vehicle refinishing products.
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Amends 2003/46 to require that the public are invited to participate in the development of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment in Northern Ireland. Also amends the PPC Regulations.
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Amends 2003/46 to make changes to regulation of activities such as combustion, gasification, liquefaction and refining, and incineration and co-incineration of waste.
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Amends 2003/46 by inserting a new section on carbon capture and storage into Part 1 of Schedule 1 and making some additional minor amendments.
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Amends 2003/46 to allow a permit to temporarily remain in force when a permit holder dies, removes burning of waste from section 1.1 combustion activities and transposes EC 2009/126 on Stage II Petrol Vapour Recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles.
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Requires businesses to apply the waste management hierarchy, introduces a two-tier system for waste carrier, broker and dealer registration, establishes waste prevention programmes and amends other legislation.
