{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-2010/annex/division-4/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/2010",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2010 of 12 November 2019 establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for waste incineration (notified under document C(2019) 7987) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-2010",
  "path": "annex/division/4/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Emission levels associated with the best available techniques (BAT-AELs) for emissions to air",
  "text": "Emission levels associated with the best available techniques (BAT-AELs) for emissions to air given in these BAT conclusions refer to concentrations, expressed as mass of emitted substances per volume of flue-gas or of extracted air under the following standard conditions: dry gas at a temperature of 273,15 K and a pressure of 101,3 kPa, and expressed in mg/Nm3, µg/Nm3, ng I-TEQ/Nm3 or ng WHO-TEQ/Nm3.\nThe reference oxygen levels used to express BAT-AELs in this document are shown in the table below.\nActivity\nReference oxygen level (OR)\nIncineration of waste\n11 dry vol-%\nBottom ash treatment\nNo correction for the oxygen level\nThe equation for calculating the emission concentration at the reference oxygen level is:\nWhere:\nER emission concentration at the reference oxygen level OR;\nOR reference oxygen level in vol-%;\nEM measured emission concentration;\nOM measured oxygen level in vol-%.\nFor averaging periods, the following definitions apply:\nFor any parameter where, due to sampling or analytical limitations, 30-minute sampling/measurement and/or an average of three consecutive measurements is inappropriate, a more suitable procedure may be employed. For PCDD/F and dioxin-like PCBs, one sampling period of 6 to 8 hours is used in the case of short-term sampling.\nType of measurement\nAveraging period\nDefinition\nContinuous\nHalf-hourly average\nAverage value over a period of 30 minutes\nDaily average\nAverage over a period of one day based on valid half-hourly averages\nPeriodic\nAverage over the sampling period\nAverage value of three consecutive measurements of at least 30 minutes each\nLong-term sampling period\nValue over a sampling period of 2 to 4 weeks\nWhen waste is co-incinerated together with non-waste fuels, the BAT-AELs for emissions to air given in these BAT conclusions apply to the entire flue-gas volume generated.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "For any parameter where, due to sampling or analytical limitations, 30-minute sampling/measurement and/or an average of three consecutive measurements is inappropriate, a more suitable procedure may be employed. For PCDD/F and dioxin-like PCBs, one sampling period of 6 to 8 hours is used in the case of short-term sampling."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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."
}