# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 8: Limited operating hours - new medium combustion plants


(1) A new medium combustion plant which operates for no more than 500 operating hours per year, as a rolling average over a period of three years, is not required to comply with the emission limit values set out in Part 2 of Annex II, provided that the operator has signed a declaration in accordance with paragraph 7 of Annex I.
(2) Where a new medium combustion plant firing solid fuels falls within sub-paragraph (1), an emission limit value for dust of 100mg/Nm3 applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1154/schedule/25A/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-25A/paragraph-8
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