For Part B installations, DEFRA has published ‘Secretary of State’s Guidance – General Guidance Manual on Policy and Procedures for A2 and B installations’.
Guidance for Part B Processes - Guidance Notes for Processes Subject to Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC) Regimes Process Guidance Notes
The Process Guidance (PG) notes below are issued by DEFRA. They form the Secretary of State’s guidance on what constitute the Best Available Techniques (BAT) for LAPPC installations (Part B installations) the Environmental Permitting Regulations (2007). Copies of all the notes are available here.
Animal and Vegetable Processing Sectors
Combustion and Incineration
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AQ23(04) |
Amendments of PG 1/3(95) Boilers and Furnaces, 20-50 MW Net Rated Thermal Input |
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AQ24(04) |
Amendments of PG 1/4(95) Gas Turbines, 20-50 MW Net Thermal Input |
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PG1/1(04) |
Waste Oil and Recovered Oil Burners less than 0.4MW |
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PG1/12(04) |
Combustion of Fuel Manufactured from of comprised from Solid Waste in Appliances |
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PG5/2(04) |
Crematoria |
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PG5/3(04) |
Animal Carcase Incineration |
Minerals sector
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PG 3/01 (04) |
Blending, Packing, Loading, Unloading and Use of Bulk Cement |
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PG 3/02 (04) |
Manufacture of Heavy Clay Goods and Refractory Goods |
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PG 3/04 (04) |
Lead Glass, Glass Frit and Enamel Frit Manufacturing Processes |
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PG 3/05 (04) |
Coal, Coke, Coal Product and Petroleum Coke |
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PG 3/06 (04) |
Polishing or Etching Glass or Glass Products using Hydrofluoric Acid |
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PG 3/07 (04) |
Exfoliation of Vermiculite and Expansion of Perlite |
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PG 3/08 (04) |
Quarry Processes |
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PG 3/12 (04) |
Plaster Processes |
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PG15 (04) |
Asbestos Processes |
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PG 3/14 (04) |
Lime Processes |
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PG 3/15a (04) |
Roadstone Coating Processes |
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PG 3/15b (04) |
Mineral Drying and Cooling |
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PG 3/16 (04) |
Mobile Crushing and Screening |
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PG 3/17 (04) |
China and Ball Clay Processes including the Spray Drying of Ceramics |
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PG 6/02 (04) |
Manufacture of Timber and Wood-Based Products |
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PG 6/29 (04) |
Di-isocyanate Proceses |
Metals sector Petroleum, gas odorising and powder coating sector
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PG2/01 (04) |
Furnaces for the Extraction of Non-Ferrous Metal from Scrap |
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PG2/02 (04) |
Hot Dip Galvanizing Processes |
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PG2/03 (04) |
Electrical, Crucible and Reverberatory Furnaces |
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PG2/04 (04) |
Iron, Steel and Non-Ferrous Metal Foundry Processes |
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PG2/05 (04) |
Hot and Cold Blast Cupolas, and Rotary Furnaces |
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PG2/06a (04) |
Processes Melting and Producing Aluminium and its Alloys |
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PG2/06b (04) |
Processes Melting and Producing Magnesium and its Alloys |
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PG2/07 (04) |
Zinc and Zinc Alloy Processes |
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PG2/08 (04) |
Copper and Copper Alloy Processes |
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PG2/09 (04) |
Metal Decontamination Processes |
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PG4/01 (04) |
Surface Treatment of Metal Processes |
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1/13 (04) |
Storage, Unloading and Loading Petrol at Terminals |
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1/14 (04) |
Unloading of Petrol into Storage at Petrol Stations |
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1/15 (04) |
Odorising Natural Gas and Liquified Petroleum Gas |
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6/9 (04) |
Manufacture of Coating Powder |
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6/31 (04) |
Powder Coating including Sherardizing and Vitreous Enamelling Dry |
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6/42 (04) |
Bitumen and Tar Processes |
Solvents sector
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AQ6 04 |
Signposting Note for solvents notes |
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6/03 (04) |
Chemical treatment of timber and wood-based products |
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6/07 (04) |
Printing and coating of metal packaging |
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6/08 (04) |
Textile and fabric coating and finishing |
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6/13 (04) |
Coil coating |
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6/14 (04) |
Film coating |
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6/15 (04) |
Coating in drum manufacturing and reconditioning |
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6/16 (04) |
Printing |
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6/17 (04) |
Printing of flexible packaging |
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6/18 (04) |
Paper Coating |
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6/20 (04) |
Paint application in vehicle manufacturing |
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6/22 (04) |
Leather finishing |
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6/23 (04) |
Coating of metal and plastic |
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6/25 (04) |
Vegetable oil extraction and fat and oil refining |
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6/28 (04) |
Rubber |
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6/32 (04) |
Adhesive coating including footwear manufacturing |
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6/33 (04) |
Wood coating |
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6/34 (04) |
Respraying of road vehicles |
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6/40 (04) |
Coating and recoating of aircraft and aircraft components |
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6/41 (04) |
Coating and recoating of rail vehicles |
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6/43 (04) |
Formulation and finishing of pharmaceutical products |
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6/44 (04) |
Manufacture of coating materials |
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6/45 (04) |
Surface cleaning |
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6/46 (04) |
Dry cleaning |