# The Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013 (“the PPC Regulations”) to transpose obligations in Directive (EU) 2015/2193 of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 November 2015 on the emissions of certain pollutants (“the MCPD”) and in Part III of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast) (“the IED”), insofar as those obligations apply to offshore combustion installations.
Amendment of Part 1 of the PPC Regulations
Regulation 3 inserts new definitions and amends certain existing definitions. Regulation 4 provides that two or more medium combustion plant must be treated as a single medium combustion plant in certain circumstances.
Amendment of Part 2 of the PPC Regulations
Regulation 5 provides that no medium combustion plant brought into operation after 20th December 2018 can operate without a permit. In relation to plant already in operation as at that date, those with a rated thermal input above 5 megawatts are brought within the permitting regime from 1st January 2024, and those with a rated thermal input of 1 to 5 megawatts are brought within the permitting regime from 1st January 2029. The amendments require medium combustion plant to comply with emission limit values for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and dust, subject to specified exceptions.
Regulation 7 provides that an application for a permit for a medium combustion plant must include certain information.
Regulation 15 provides that conditions must be set in a permit for a medium combustion plant to secure certain specified matters and to assess compliance with relevant emission limit values. The Secretary of State may also include such other conditions as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
Regulations 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 17 amend existing provisions so that they apply only to large combustion installations.
Regulation 18 inserts new provisions to secure compliance with the IED by large combustion plant, set emission limit values for medium combustion plant and make provision in respect of exceptions, temporary derogations, the simultaneous use of fuels and compliance.
Amendment of Part 3 of the PPC Regulations
Regulations 19, 21 and 22 make further amendments to existing provisions relating to the variation of operations and variation and review of permits so that they apply only to large combustion installations.
Regulations 20 and 23 insert new provisions for the variation of operations and variation and review of permits for medium combustion plant.
Amendment of Part 4 of the PPC Regulations
Regulations 24 to 26 amend certain provisions in order to limit their application to large combustion installations only.
Amendment of Part 5 of the PPC Regulations
Regulations 27 and 28 amend certain provisions in order to limit their application to large combustion installations only.
Regulation 29 inserts provision for a register of medium combustion plant.
Regulation 30 makes provision for further fees to be charged in relation to certain activities.
Regulation 31 amends provision in relation to information notices and reporting.
Amendment of Part 6 of the PPC Regulations
Regulations 32 to 36 make amendments in order to limit the application of certain provisions to large combustion installations only.
An assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is published alongside these Regulations, together with a Transposition Note setting out how the MCPD and Part III of the IED are transposed in these Regulations, on www.legislation.gov.uk and is available from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy at 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/798/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-combustion-installations-pollution-prevention-and-control-amendment-regulations-2018/note
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