{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1442/annex/division-5/division-5.1/division-5.1.6/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1442/annex/division-5/division-5.1/division-5.1.6/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/1442",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1442 of 31 July 2017 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for large combustion plants (notified under document C(2017) 5225) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1442",
  "path": "annex/division/5/division/5.1/division/5.1.6/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "BAT 59",
  "heading": "In order to reduce emissions to air of volatile organic compounds and polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins and -furans from the combustion of process fuels from the chemical industry in boilers, BAT is to use one or a combination of the techniques given in BAT 6 and below.",
  "text": "Technique\nDescription\nApplicability\na.\nActivated carbon injection\nSee description in Section 8.5\nOnly applicable to combustion plants using fuels derived from chemical processes involving chlorinated substances.\nFor the applicability of SCR and rapid quenching see BAT 56 and BAT 57\nb.\nRapid quenching using wet scrubbing/flue-gas condenser\nSee description of wet scrubbing/flue-gas codenser in Section 8.4\nc.\nSelective catalytic reduction (SCR)\nSee description in Section 8.3.\nThe SCR system is adapted and larger than an SCR system only used for NOX reduction\nTable 38\nBAT-associated emission levels (BAT-AELs) for PCDD/F and TVOC emissions to air from the combustion of 100 % process fuels from the chemical industry in boilers\nThese BAT-AELs only apply to plants using fuels derived from chemical processes involving chlorinated substances.\nPollutant\nUnit\nBAT-AELs\nAverage over the sampling period\nPCDD/F\nng I-TEQ/Nm3\n< 0,012–0,036\nTVOC\nmg/Nm3\n0,6–12",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "These BAT-AELs only apply to plants using fuels derived from chemical processes involving chlorinated substances."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/1442/annex/division/5/division/5.1/division/5.1.6/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:23.628050+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."
}