# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 10: Emission limit values: exemptions


(1) A medium combustion plant is exempt until 1 January 2030 from the requirements in paragraph 8(1) or (2) to comply with an emission limit value for dust in Tables 1, 2, or 3 where—–
(a) the plant fires solid biomass as its main fuel,
(b) the plant is situated in a zone which conforms with the limit values set out in retained EU law implementing Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.
(2) An authorisation for a medium combustion plant which is exempt by sub-paragraph (1) from the requirements in paragraph 8(1) or (2) must contain—
(a) emission limit values which do not exceed 150 mg/Nm3 for dust,
(b) conditions necessary to ensure that—
(i) no significant environmental harm is caused,
(ii) a high level of protection for the environment as a whole is achieved.
(3) A new medium combustion plant is exempt from the requirements in paragraph 8(3) where the plant does not operate more than 500 hours per year (calculated as a rolling average over a period of 3 years).
(4) An authorisation for a plant which—
(a) is exempt by sub-paragraph (3) from the requirements in paragraph 8(3) of this schedule, and
(b) is firing solid fuels
must contain an emission limit value for dust of 100 mg/Nm3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/219/schedule/27/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-27/paragraph-10
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