# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007, Paragraph 6: Application of Part B activities: releases into the air


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), an activity must not be taken to be a Part B activity within Part 2 of this Schedule if it cannot result in the release into the air of a substance listed in sub-paragraph (3) or there is no likelihood that it will result in the release into the air of any such substance except in a quantity which is so trivial that it is incapable of causing pollution or its capacity to cause pollution is insignificant.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to—
(a) an SED activity; or
(b) an activity which may give rise to an offensive smell noticeable outside the site where the activity is carried on.
(3) References to, or to the release into the air of, a substance listed in this paragraph are to any of the following substances—
(a) oxides of sulphur and other sulphur compounds;
(b) oxides of nitrogen and other nitrogen compounds;
(c) oxides of carbon;
(d) organic compounds and partial oxidation products;
(e) metals, metalloids and their compounds;
(f) asbestos (suspended particulate matter and fibres), glass fibres and mineral fibres;
(g) halogens and their compounds;
(h) phosphorus and its compounds;
(i) particulate matter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110788760/schedule/1/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-6
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