{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-22/paragraph-23",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/219",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/22/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Emission limit values for discharges of wastewater from the cleaning of waste gases are as provided for in Table 9—\nTable 9\nPolluting Substances\nEmission limit values for unfiltered samples (mg/l except for dioxins and furans)\n1. Total suspended solids as defined in\nAnnex I of Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban wastewater treatment\n95%\n100%\n30\n45\n2. Mercury and its compounds, expressed\nas mercury (Hg)\n0.03\n3. Cadmium and its compounds,\nexpressed as cadmium (Cd)\n0.05\n4. Thallium and its compounds,\nexpressed as thallium (Tl)\n0.05\n5. Arsenic and its compounds, expressed\nas arsenic (As)\n0.15\n6. Lead and its compounds, expressed as\nlead (Pb)\n0.2\n7. Chromium and its compounds,\nexpressed as chromium (Cr)\n0.5\n8. Copper and its compounds, expressed\nas copper (Cu)\n0.5\n9. Nickel and its compounds, expressed\nas nickel (Ni)\n0.5\n10. Zinc and its compounds, expressed as\nzinc (Zn)\n1.5\n11. Dioxins and furans\n0.3 ng/l",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 22 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 13 (with sch. 23)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/219/schedule/22/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:11:56.403037+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}