Paragraph 6 Authorisation conditions: loading and unloading installations at terminalsF1
This paragraph applies to—
any existing terminal loading petrol onto road tankers, rail tankers or vessels where the through-put is greater than 10 000 tonnes/year,
any new terminal unless—
the new terminal is located on a small, remote island, and
the actual or intended throughput in a twelve-month period is less than 5000 tonnes.
Where this paragraph applies, SEPA must ensure that authorisations include such conditions as it considers appropriate to ensure that the requirements of sub-paragraphs (3) to (11) are met.
Subject to the exceptions in sub-paragraph (4), displacement vapours from the mobile container being loaded must be returned through a vapour-tight connection line to a vapour recovery unit for regeneration at the terminal.
The exceptions are—
the requirement in sub-paragraph (3) does not apply to top-loading tankers where that loading system is permitted,
at terminals which load petrol onto vessels, a vapour incineration unit may be substituted for a vapour recovery unit if vapour recovery is unsafe or technically impossible because of the volume of return vapour, provided that atmospheric emissions requirements in respect of vapour recovery units are applied to the vapour incineration unit, and
at terminals with a throughput of less than 25,000 tonnes/year, intermediate storage of vapours may be substituted for immediate vapour recovery at the terminal.
The mean concentration of vapours in the exhaust from the vapour recovery unit, corrected for dilution during treatment, must not exceed 35 g/normal cubic metre (Nm3) for any one hour.
The monitoring and analysis of the mean concentration of vapours in the exhaust from the vapour recovery unit must satisfy the following requirements—
measurements must be made over the course of one full working day (seven hours minimum) of normal throughput,
measurements may be continuous or discontinuous, but if discontinuous measurements are employed, at least four measurements per hour must be made,
the overall measurement error due to the equipment used, the calibration gas and the procedure used must not exceed 10% of the measured value,
the equipment used must be capable of measuring concentrations at least as low as 3g/Nm3, and
the precision must be at least 95% of the measured value.
All terminals with loading facilities for road tankers must be equipped with at least one gantry which meets the specifications for bottom-loading equipment set out in paragraph 7 of this schedule.
Connection lines and pipe installations must be checked regularly for leaks.
Loading operations must be shut down at the gantry in the case of a leak of vapour, and equipment for shut-down operations must be installed at the gantry.
Where top-loading of mobile containers is permitted, the outlet of the loading arm must be kept near the bottom of the mobile container in order to avoid splash loading.
Where intermediate storage of vapours is substituted for immediate vapour recovery in accordance with sub-paragraph (4)(c)—
vapours displaced by the delivery of petrol in fixed-roof tanks used for the intermediate storage of vapours must be returned through a vapour-tight connections line to the mobile container delivering the petrol, and
loading operations may not take place unless the arrangements under head (a) are in place and properly functioning.
SEPA must maintain a list of the addresses of any terminal to which this paragraph does not apply as a result of sub-paragraph (1)(b).
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Sch. 28 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 19 (with sch. 23)