Abstract
The European Commission has published a proposal to revise the IPPC Directive (1996/61, codified as 2008/1). The proposal also incorporates six ‘sectoral’ industrial emissions Directives as annexes: large combustion plants (2001/80); waste incineration (2000/76); solvent emissions (1999/13); and titanium dioxide (78/176, 82/883 and 92/112). The proposal would only extend the scope of the Directive in a limited way (for example, to combustion installations between 20 and 50 MW, the preservation of wood and wood products and the production of wood panels), but it introduces more formal requirements for permitting, reference to BREFs, operator monitoring and inspection. The provisions for the sectoral Directives are largely unchanged with the major exception of large combustion plants and titanium dioxide plants, for which stricter minimum emission limits are proposed. This paper examines the proposal and considers the changes made, commenting on the reasons for them.
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