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. Overview of the legislation that may applyWhere to find guidance nowWhere to find guidance in the future. There may be obligations under legislation such as:PPCWaste management licensingCOMAHControlled Activity Regulations (CAR)Waste Incineration Directive (WID)Animal By-Products Regu
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1. Biofuels and NetRegs(& Business Gateway) Alan Parnell
2. Overview of the legislation that may apply
Where to find guidance now
Where to find guidance in the future
3. There may be obligations under legislation such as:
PPC
Waste management licensing
COMAH
Controlled Activity Regulations (CAR)
Waste Incineration Directive (WID)
Animal By-Products Regulations (ABPR)
And almost certainly under:
Duty of care
Special Waste Regulations
Oil Storage Regulations
Information on all of these topics is available on NetRegs
4. Requirements If under PPC or WML then you need an environmental license before you can start operating
If WMX then you need to register an exemption with SEPA
If under CAR then depending on the scale of the activity you will need a licence, registration or follow a general binding rule
If COMAH you need to notify HSE & SEPA and then depending on scale prepare & submit a safety report for assessment before you can start
If WID then you need a PPC permit (as above)
If ABPR you will need permission from Animal Health as well as a licence from SEPA
5. Biodiesel: a case study Making biodiesel from waste vegetable oils.
Uses physical and chemical processing (trans-esterfication)
Prescribed as an activity for control under PPC Part A as a chemical process.
There is no lower throughput threshold level
6. Biodiesel:a case study (2) May not be a Chemical PPC activity if not commercial or at industrial scale.
SEPA undertook a review and with Scottish Government concluded that if capacity is less than 200 tonnes biodiesel production per year then would not be considered to be subject to PPC Part A
A new waste management exemption was issued to allow <200 tonnes per year biodiesel production without need of a licence (still require to comply with certain conditions and other legislation
7. SEPA Guidance for Small Scale Biodiesel Manufacture
8. Developments: Gasification – producing kerosene for aircraft fuel usually from mixed wastes. Gasification and producing hydrocarbons both PPC part A activities
Anaerobic Digestion –producing syngas for gas engines or CHP. Traditional AD plants – WML or WMX. Animal by-products > 10 tonnes per day – PPC
Biomass – some large plants in operation – Stevenscroft and UPM Kynmee Irvine. PPC part A and WID controls, but depends on scale.
9. Bio fuel – Is it still a waste? Treating or processing a waste material does not mean that the ”product” will automatically be considered to be fully recovered and not a waste
Several tests have to be applied
Guidance on ‘Is it waste?’ on SEPA’s website
If product still considered to be a waste then burning as a fuel will require PPC Part A permit with WID controls
Example
Biodiesel made from vegetable oils and tallow by Argent Energy – not a waste (other outputs might be still a waste e.g. residues). Biodiesel produced can be blended with fossil diesel at the refinery with no further environmental licence controls required
10. Advice Complex area
Speak to local SEPA office…
NETREGS: netregs.gov.uk…
SEPA website – position statements; contacts for offices etc….
11. NetRegs UK wide project supported by EA, NIEA and SEPA
Online environmental guidance
Main audience – SMEs with no direct contact with the regulators
Written in clear, plain English
Describes “what you must do”
Includes good practice - concerned with business benefits such as resource efficiency
Up to date, free to use
12. Main types of guidance on NetRegs Guidance by business type
For example “Recycling and reprocessing businesses”
Guidance by environmental topic
For example Biofuels for transport, Oil storage, COMAH
Environmental legislation
Current legislation lists and future legislation such as consultations and EU directives
23. Guidance on NetRegs/Business Gateway Links will be provided from NetRegs as content is ‘switched off’
Legislation pages with current legislation lists – grouped and with short summaries still on NetRegs
Business topics (sector guides) moving to Business Gateway between now and September
New development – i-green project – new technology to deliver guidance through different media
www.netregs.gov.uk
24. i-green summary 2 national surveys of business awareness (benchmarking and evaluation)
1 piece of detailed national geo-demographic market research
multiple targeted marketing campaigns, both National and Regional
1 pilot of a customer intelligence system
5 key product developments:
1.- simple EMS legislation list generator (site specific)
2.- use images and video to deliver advice and guidance rather than text
3.- personalisation of advice and guidance to customer needs
4.- on site checklists delivered to mobile phone
5.- expand the current pilot online learning tools – new topics and sectors