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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-9/part-1/chapter-4",
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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/9/part/1/chapter/4",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Other emissions activities",
  "text": "1.\n(a)\nusing crushing and screening equipment, above ground, to—\n(a)\nEmissions—\n(i)\ncrush, grind or carry on other size reduction including breaking up (except for the cutting of stone) of, any designated mineral or mineral product, or the grading, screening or heating of any of those reduced materials,\n(i)\ndust emissions must be minimised by—\n(aa)\ncontainment, or\n(bb)\nsuppression using water, or both,\n(ii)\ndust emissions must not have a significant impact upon the environment, people or property,\n(ii)\ncrush, grind or carry on other size reduction and/or screening (with machinery designed for that purpose) of waste bricks, tiles or concrete at the place where the waste is produced or at the place where the recovered aggregate will be used,\n(iii)\nwhere the activity takes place inside a building, any such building must be as dust tight as possible and arrestment equipment must be used where necessary to ensure there are no emissions of dust, resulting in a significant impact upon the environment, people or property,\n(b)\nDust arrestment—\n(b)\nthe temporary storage of waste materials prior to use or generated as part of the activity in 1(a), including the raw material feed, mid-process stockpiles and the storage of end-product at the place where the waste is produced or used.\n(i)\narrestment equipment for dust emissions must be—\n(aa)\ndesigned to emit less than 50 mg/m 3 of dust, and\n(bb)\nfitted with a continuously indicative monitor which provides visual and audible notification when 75% of that emission limit is reached,\n(ii)\narrestment equipment for dust emissions must be regularly inspected and maintained to ensure it is fully operational,\n(c)\nSite design and infrastructure—\n(i)\nwhere the materials to be loaded or unloaded have the potential to generate dust, the loading and unloading of those materials must be shielded from wind,\n(ii)\nconveyors, and discharge points to and from conveyors, must be enclosed,\n(iii)\ncrushing, grinding, screening and separation processes and associated plant must be enclosed, or water sprays must be in use when these processes are being carried out,\n(iv)\ndrop heights must be minimised by using—\n(aa)\nvariable height conveyors,\n(bb)\nchutes,\n(v)\nthe discharge point from conveyor to stockpile must have water spray bars in use,\n(vi)\nthe number of movements of materials must be minimised,\n(vii)\nthere must be an adequate supply of water available for use as dust suppression,\n(viii)\nall reasonable steps must be taken to ensure that the use of water for dust suppression does not result in the introduction of any substances or heat to the water environment which may cause harm to the water environment.\n(d)\nStockpiles—\n(i)\nwater suppression of stockpiles must take place regularly,\n(e)\n(ii)\nstockpiles must be—\n(aa)\nfully covered,\n(bb)\nshielded using wind-breaks, bunding or fencing, or\n(cc)\nprofiled so as to reduce wind-whipping.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 Pt. 1 Chs. 2-4 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), regs. 1(2), 40(h) (with sch. 23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/219/schedule/9/part/1/chapter/4",
    "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."
}