# The Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013, Regulation 11C: Limited operating hours – existing medium combustion plant


(1) An existing medium combustion plant which operates for no more than 500 operating hours per year, as a rolling average over a period of five years, is not required to comply with the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex 2 during that period of five years, provided that the operator has signed a declaration in accordance with paragraph 7 of Annex 1 before the start of that period of five years.
(2) An existing medium combustion plant which operates for no more than 1,000 operating hours per year, as a rolling average over a period of five years, is not required to comply with the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex 2 where it operates to produce heat in cases of exceptionally cold weather events during that period of five years, provided that the operator has signed a declaration in accordance with paragraph 7 of Annex 1 before the start of that period of five years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/971/regulation/11C (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-combustion-installations-pollution-prevention-and-control-regulations-2013/regulation-11C
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