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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-2017/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/572",
  "legislation_title": "The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017",
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  "number": "4",
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  "text": "Production and processing of metals\n(a) installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary fusion) including continuous casting;\n(b) installations for the processing of ferrous metals:\n(i) hot-rolling mills;\n(ii) smitheries with hammers;\n(iii) application of protective fused metal coats;\n(c) ferrous metal foundries;\n(d) installations for the smelting, including the alloyage, of non-ferrous metals, excluding precious metals, including recovered products (refining, foundry casting etc.);\n(e) installations for surface treatment of metals and plastic materials using an electrolytic or chemical process;\n(f) manufacture and assembly of motor vehicles and manufacture of motor-vehicle engines;\n(g) shipyards;\n(h) installations for the construction and repair of aircraft;\n(i) manufacture of railway equipment;\n(j) swaging by explosives;\n(k) installations for the roasting and sintering of metallic ores.",
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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."
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