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Paragraph 13 Compliance: emission limit valuesF1

(1)

Emission limit values for solvent emissions activities are to be determined in accordance with Table 2—

Table 2

ActivityThreshold (solvent consumption threshold in tonnes/year)Emission limit values in waste gases (mg C/Nm3)Fugitive emission limit values (percentage of solvent input)Total Emission Limit Values
(1)

Emission limit values (1) and (2) refer to mass of compounds in mg/Nm3 and not to total carbon.

(2)

Installations which demonstrate to SEPA that the average organic solvent content of all cleaning material used does not exceed 30% by weight are exempt from application of the emission limit values for this activity.

(3)

Compliance with paragraph 9(2) of this schedule is to be demonstrated based on 15 minute average measurements.

(4)

Coating activities which cannot be carried out under contained conditions (e.g., shipbuilding, aircraft painting) may be exempt from the emission limit values for this activity.

(5)

The emission limit values in paragraph 7(1)(b)(ii) of this schedule do not apply to this activity.

(6)

Does not apply for impregnation with creosote.

(7)

Total emission limit values for installations processing individual batches of seeds and other vegetable matter are to be determined by SEPA on a case-by-case basis applying the best available techniques.

1. Heatset web offset printing

1. 15 -25

2. >25

1. 100

2. 20

1. 30

2. 30

2. Publication rotogravure75

New installations: 10

Existing: 15

3(a). Other rotogravure, flexography, rotary screen printing (other than that described in 3(b)), laminating or varnishing units

1. 15-25

2. >25

1. 100

2. 100

1. 25

2. 20

3(b). Rotary screen printing on textiles or cardboard1. >3010020
4. Surface cleaning using substances that are hazard statement solvent substances

1. 1-5

2. >5

1. 20

2. 20f1

1. 15

2. 10

5. Other surface cleaning f2

1. 2-10

2. >10

1. 75

2. 75

1. 20

2. 15

6. Vehicle coating (<15) and vehicle refinishing>0.550 f325
7. Coil coating1. Installations using techniques allowing the reuse of recovered solvents: 150

New installations: 5

Existing installations: 10

2. All other installations: 50
8. Other coating activities, including metal, plastic, textiles (except rotary screen printing on textiles), fabric, film and paper coating f4

1. 5-15

2. >15

1. 100 (coating application and drying processes operated under contained conditions)

1. 25

2. 20

2. 50 (drying)

75 (coating application processes)

Textile coating installations which use techniques which allow reuse of recovered solvents: 150
9. Winding wire coatingInstallations where diameter of wire ≤ 0.1 mm: 10 g/kg
All other installations: 5 g/kg
10. Coating activity applied to wooden surfaces

1. 15 -25

2. >25

1. 100 (coating application and drying processes under contained conditions)

1. 25

2. 20

2. Drying processes: 50

Coating processes: 75

11. Dry cleaningf5Mass of solvent emitted per kilogram of product cleaned and dried: 20 g/kg
Paragraph 7(2)(b) does not apply to this activity.
12. Wood impregnation100 f64511 kg/m3
13. Coating activity applied to leather

1. 10-25

2. > 25

3. >10 (for leather coating activities in furnishing and particular leather goods used as small consumer goods)

1. 85 g/m2

2. 75 g/m2

3. 150 g/m2

14. Footwear manufacture25 g per pair
15. Wood and plastic lamination30 g/m2
16. Adhesive coating

1. 5-15

2. >15

1. 50

2. 50

For both: 150 where techniques are used which allow reuse of recovered solvent.

1. 25

2. 20

17. Manufacture of coating mixtures, varnishes, inks and adhesives

1. 100-1000

2. >1000

1. 150

2. 150

1. 5

2. 3

1. 5% of solvent input

2. 3% of solvent input

18. Rubber Conversion

20

Where techniques are used which allow reuse of recovered solvent: 150

2525% of solvent input
19. Vegetable oil and animal fat extraction and vegetable oil refining activities

1. Animal fat: 1.5 kg/tonne

2. Castor: 3 kg/ tonne

3. Rape seed: 1 kg/tonne

4. Sunflower seed: 1 kg/tonne

5. Soya beans (normal crush): 0.8 kg/tonne

6. Soya beans (white flakes): 1.2 kg/tonne

7. Other seeds and other vegetable matter: 3 kg/tonnef7

8. Fractionation processes excluding de-gumming (the removal of gums from the oils): 1.5 kg/tonne

9. De-gumming: 4 kg/tonne

20. Manufacturing of pharmaceutical products

20

If techniques are used which allow reused of recovered solvent: 150

New installations: 5

Existing installations: 15

New installations: 5% of solvent input

Existing installations: 15% of solvent input

(2)

All emission limit values in waste gases are to be calculated at a temperature of 273.15K and a pressure of 101.3kPa.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 23 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 14 (with sch. 23)

Footnotes

f1

(1)

Emission limit values (1) and (2) refer to mass of compounds in mg/Nm3 and not to total carbon.

f2

(2)

Installations which demonstrate to SEPA that the average organic solvent content of all cleaning material used does not exceed 30% by weight are exempt from application of the emission limit values for this activity.

f3

(3)

Compliance with paragraph 9(2) of this schedule is to be demonstrated based on 15 minute average measurements.

f4

(4)

Coating activities which cannot be carried out under contained conditions (e.g., shipbuilding, aircraft painting) may be exempt from the emission limit values for this activity.

f5

(5)

The emission limit values in paragraph 7(1)(b)(ii) of this schedule do not apply to this activity.

f6

(6)

Does not apply for impregnation with creosote.

f7

(7)

Total emission limit values for installations processing individual batches of seeds and other vegetable matter are to be determined by SEPA on a case-by-case basis applying the best available techniques.