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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1147/annex/division-3/division-3.3/division-3.3.1/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1147/annex/division-3/division-3.3/division-3.3.1/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2018/1147",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1147 of 10 August 2018 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions for waste treatment, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2018) 5070) (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "path": "annex/division/3/division/3.3/division/3.3.1/division/1",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Description",
  "text": "Implementation of a manual and/or automatic monitoring system to:\nensure a stable digester operation;\nminimise operational difficulties, such as foaming, which may lead to odour emissions;\nprovide sufficient early warning of system failures which may lead to a loss of containment and explosions.\nThis includes monitoring and/or control of key waste and process parameters, e.g.:\npH and alkalinity of the digester feed;\ndigester operating temperature;\nhydraulic and organic loading rates of the digester feed;\nconcentration of volatile fatty acids (VFA) and ammonia within the digester and digestate;\nbiogas quantity, composition (e.g. H2S) and pressure;\nliquid and foam levels in the digester.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1147/annex/division/3/division/3.3/division/3.3.1/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:01.289264+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."
}