The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

1.—(1) An application to an enforcing authority for a permit under regulation 10 shall be in writing and, subject to paragraphs 2 to 5, shall contain the following information—

(a) the name, telephone number and address (including post code) of the applicant and, if different, any address to which correspondence relating to the application should be sent and, if the applicant is a body corporate, its registered number, the address of its registered or principal office and, if that body corporate is a subsidiary of a holding company, within the meaning of the Companies Act 2006(1), the name of the ultimate holding company and the address of its registered or principal office;

(b) in the case of an application for a permit to operate an installation or Part A mobile plant, the address of the site of the installation or mobile plant and its Irish grid reference, a map or plan showing that site and, in the case of an installation, the location of the installation on that site and the name of any district council in whose district the site is situated;

(c) in the case of an application for a permit to operate a Part B or Part C mobile plant, the name of the district council in whose district the applicant has their principal place of business and the address of that place of business or, where the operator of the mobile plant has their principal place of business outside of Northern Ireland, the name of the district council in whose district the plant was first operated or, where the plant has not been operated in Northern Ireland, the district council in whose district it is intended by the operator that the plant will first be operated;

(d) a description of the installation or mobile plant, the activities listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to be carried out in the installation or by means of the mobile plant and, in the case of an installation, any other directly associated activities to be carried out on the same site as the installation;

(e) the nature, quantities and sources of foreseeable emissions from the installation or mobile plant into each environmental medium and a description of any foreseeable significant effects of the emissions on the environment;

(f) for a Part B or Part C installation or a Part B or Part C mobile plant, the reference to emissions from the installation or mobile plant into each environmental medium in head (e) shall be read as a reference to emissions from the installation or mobile plant into the air;

(g) the proposed technology and other techniques for preventing or, where that is not practicable, reducing emissions from the installation or mobile plant;

(h) the proposed measures to be taken to monitor the emissions;

(i) a description of any proposed additional measures to be taken to comply with the general principles set out in regulation 11;

(j) in the case of an application for a permit to operate an installation or mobile plant covered by general binding rules, a statement as to whether the applicant wishes the aspects of the operation of the installation or mobile plant covered by the requirements in the rules to be subject to those requirements instead of conditions included in the permit; and

(k) any additional information which the applicant wishes the enforcing authority to take into account in considering the application.

(2) An application to the chief inspector to operate a Part A installation or Part A mobile plant shall additionally require the following information—

(a) subject to sub-paragraph (4), a site report containing the information required by sub-paragraph (3);

(b) the raw and auxiliary materials and other substances and the energy to be used in or generated by the carrying out of the activities referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(d);

(c) a description of the measures to be taken for the prevention, preparation for re-use, recycling and recovery of waste generated by the operation of the installation or mobile plant;

(d) any relevant information obtained or conclusion arrived at in relation to the installation pursuant to Articles 5, 6, 7 and 9 of Directive 2011/92/EU(2) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (codification);

(e) in the case of an application for a permit that will authorise the carrying out of a specified waste management activity, any information which the applicant wishes the chief inspector to take into account when considering whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to carry out that activity;

(f) an outline of the main alternatives to the proposed technology, techniques or measures, if any, studied by the applicant; and

(g) a non-technical summary of the information referred to in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2).

(3) The site report required by sub-paragraph (2)(a) shall describe the condition of the site of the Part A installation or Part A mobile plant and shall, in particular, identify any substance in, on or under the land which may constitute a pollution risk.

(4) Where a Part A activity involves the use, production or release of relevant hazardous substances and having regard to the possibility of soil and groundwater contamination at the site of the installation or mobile plant, the operator shall also prepare and submit to the chief inspector a baseline report before starting operation of an installation. The information within the baseline report—

(a) shall contain the information necessary to determine the state of soil and groundwater contamination so as to make a quantified comparison with the state upon definitive cessation of activities, and shall contain at least the following information—

(i) information on the present use and, where available, on past uses of the site; and

(ii) where available, existing information on soil and groundwater measurements that reflect the state at the time the report is drawn up or, alternatively, new soil and groundwater measurements having regard to the possibility of soil and groundwater contamination by those hazardous substances to be used, produced or released by the installation concerned; and

(b) may include, or have attached to it, information produced pursuant to other national or European Union law which fulfils the requirements of head (a).

(5) The requirements in sub-paragraphs (2)(a) and (4) shall not apply to any part of an application which relates to an activity falling within paragraphs (b), (d), (g) or (h) of Part A of section 5.1 of Schedule 1.

(1)

2006 c 46

(2)

O.J. No. L26, 28.1.2012, p1