Division SCOPE

These BAT conclusions concern the following activities specified in Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU:

• 1. 6.4 (b)

     Treatment and processing, other than exclusively packaging, of the following raw materials, whether previously processed or unprocessed, intended for the production of food or feed from:

     1. (i)

        only animal raw materials (other than exclusively milk) with a finished product production capacity greater than 75 tonnes per day;

     2. (ii)

        only vegetable raw materials with a finished product production capacity greater than 300 tonnes per day or 600 tonnes per day where the installation operates for a period of no more than 90 consecutive days in any year;

     3. (iii)

        animal and vegetable raw materials, both in combined and separate products, with a finished product production capacity in tonnes per day greater than:

        • 75 if A is equal to 10 or more; or,

        • [300 – (22,5 × A)] in any other case,

        where ‘A’ is the portion of animal material (in percent of weight) of the finished product production capacity.

     Packaging shall not be included in the final weight of the product.

     This subsection shall not apply where the raw material is milk only.

     

• 1. 6.4 (c)

     Treatment and processing of milk only, the quantity of milk received being greater than 200 tonnes per day (average value on an annual basis).

• 1. 6.11

     Independently operated treatment of waste water not covered by Council Directive 91/271/EEC^f1 provided that the main pollutant load originates from activities specified in points 6.4 (b) or (c) of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU.

These BAT conclusions also cover:

• the combined treatment of waste water from different origins provided that the main pollutant load originates from the activities specified in point 6.4 (b) or 6.4 (c) of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU and that the waste water treatment is not covered by Council Directive 91/271/EEC;

• the production of ethanol taking place on an installation covered by the activity description in point 6.4 (b) (ii) of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU or as a directly associated activity to such an installation.

These BAT conclusions do not address the following:

• On-site combustion plants generating hot gases that are not used for direct contact heating, drying or any other treatment of objects or materials. This may be covered by the BAT conclusions for Large Combustion Plants (LCP) or by Directive (EU) 2015/2193 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f2.

• Production of primary products from animal by-products, such as rendering and fat melting, fish-meal and fish oil production, blood processing and gelatine manufacturing. This may be covered by the BAT conclusions for Slaughterhouses and Animal By-products Industries (SA).

• The making of standard cuts for large animals and cuts for poultry. This may be covered by the BAT conclusions for Slaughterhouses and Animal By-products Industries (SA).

Other BAT conclusions and reference documents which could be relevant for the activities covered by these BAT conclusions include the following:

• Large Combustion Plants (LCP);

• Slaughterhouses and Animal By-products Industries (SA);

• Common Waste Water and Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in the Chemical Sector (CWW);

• Large Volume Organic Chemical Industry (LVOC);

• Waste Treatment (WT);

• Production of Cement, Lime and Magnesium Oxide (CLM);

• Monitoring of Emissions to Air and Water from IED Installations (ROM);

• Economics and Cross-Media Effects (ECM);

• Emissions from Storage (EFS);

• Energy Efficiency (ENE);

• Industrial Cooling Systems (ICS).

These BAT conclusions apply without prejudice to other relevant legislation, e.g. on hygiene or food/feed safety.