IPPC - Surface Engineering

IPPC Eligibility

To enter into a climate change agreement, you must be part of an energy intensive industry. Energy intensive industries were initially defined as industries that are covered by Part A1 or A2, in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (as amended). This definition applies throughout the UK.

To enter the SEA IPPC eligibility agreement you essentially have to operate one of the following processes as defined in the above regulations:

Section 2.3 – Surface Treating Metals & Plastic Materials Part A(1) – Surface treating metals and plastic materials using an electrolytic or chemical process where the aggregated volume of the treatment vats is more then 30m3.*

Section 4.2 – Inorganic Chemicals Part A(1)(f) – Unless falling within another section of this schedule, any manufacturing activity involving the use of mercury or cadmium, or any compound of either element or which may result in the release into air of either of those elements or their compounds. (For the SEA agreement this is cadmium electroplating only).

Section 6.4 – Coating Activities, Printing & Textile Treatments Part A(2) – Unless falling within part A(1) of this section, surface treating substances, objects or products using organic solvents, in particular for dressing, printing, coating, degreasing, waterproofing, sizing, painting, cleaning or impregnating, in plant with a consumption capacity of more than 150kg per hour or more than 200 tonnes per year.* *NB: For the purposes of climate change agreements, the threshold levels do not apply.

If you do not operate one of these processes it is very unlikely that you are eligible to enter the IPPC criteria climate change agreement for the surface engineering sector.

A full information pack containing all of the relevant application and guidance forms can be downloaded below.

IMPORTANT - No new entratns will be allowed into the scheme between 1st Janaury 2010 and when the new agreements begin in Q2 2011.

CCA IPPC Pack