151 tal-2007 - Regolamenti tal-2007 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar il-Limitazzjoni ta’ Emissjonijiet ta’ Komposti Organiċi li Jiżvintaw

L.N. 151 of 2007

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 435)

The Limitation of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds

(Amendment) Regulations, 2007

BY virtue of the powers conferred by article 9 of the Environment

Protection Act, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment has

made the following regulations >-

The title of these regulations is The Limitation of Emissions

of Volatile Organic Compounds (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 and

shall be read and construed as one with The Limitation of Emissions of

Volatile Organic Compounds Regulations, 2001, hereinafter referred

to as “the principal regulations”.

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be amended as

follows>

(a) for paragraph (a) thereof, there shall be substituted the

following>–

“(a) all existing installations comply with regulations

5, 8 and 9 no later than 31 October 2007<”<

(b) for paragraph (b) thereof, there shall be substituted the

following>

“(b) all existing installations are registered or

authorised by 31 October 2007 at the latest<”< and

(c) for paragraph (c) thereof, there shall be substituted the

following>

“(c) those installations to be authorized or registered

using the reduction scheme of Annex IIB are to notify this to

the competent authority by 31 October 2005 at the latest<”.

In sub-regulation (11) of regulation 5 of the principal

regulations, for the words “until 10th March, 2011” there shall be

substituted the words “until 31 st March, 2013”.

In the section entitled ‘Vehicle refinishing’ of Annex I to the

Amends Annex 1 to

principal regulations, the following shall be deleted>

“the coating of road vehicles as defined in the Type Approval

of Motor Vehicles and their Trailers Regulations, as in Directive

70#156#EEC or part of them, carried out as part of vehicle repair,

conservation or decoration outside of manufacturing installations,

or”.

Item 8 under part I of Annex IIA to the principal regulations, Amends Annex IIA

to the principal

shall be amended as follows>

regulations.

Against the entry “5-15” in the third column thereto and

against the entry “100 (1) (4) ” in the fourth column thereto, in

the fifth column thereto, under the heading “Fugitive emission

values (percentage of solvent input)”, for the words “20 (4) ”

there shall be substituted the words “25 (4) ”.

Immediately after Annex IIB to the principal regulations, there Addition of Annex

III to the principal

shall be added the following new Annex III>

regulations.

“ANNEX III

SOLVENT MANAGEMENT PLAN

1. Introduction

This Annex provides guidance on carrying out a solvent management plan. It

identifies the principles to be applied (item 2) and provides a framework for the mass

balance (item 3) and an indication of the requirements for verification of compliance

(item 4).

2. Principles

The solvent management plan serves the following purposes>

(i) verification of compliance as specified in Regulation 8 (1)<

(ii) identification of future reduction options<

(iii) enabling of the provision of information on solvent consumption,

solvent emissions and compliance with the regulations to the public.

3. Definitions

The following definitions provide a framework for the mass balance exercise.

Inputs of organic solvents (I)>

I1 The quantity of organic solvents or their quantity in preparations purchased

which are used as input into the process in the time frame over which the mass

balance is being calculated.

I2 The quantity of organic solvents or their quantity in preparations recovered

and reused as solvent input into the process. (The recycled solvent is counted

every time it is used to carry out the activity.)

Outputs of organic solvents (O)>

O1 Emissions in waste gases.

O2 Organic solvents lost in water, if appropriate taking into account waste water

treatment when calculating O5.

O3 The quantity of organic solvents which remains as contamination or residue

in products output from the process.

O4 Uncaptured emissions of organic solvents to air. This includes the general

ventilation of rooms, where air is released to the outside environment via windows,

doors, vents and similar openings.

O5 Organic solvents and#or organic compounds lost due to chemical or physical

reactions (including for example those which are destroyed, e.g. by incineration or

other waste gas or waste water treatments, or captured, e.g. by absorption, as long as

they are not counted under O6, O7 or O8).

O6 Organic solvents contained in collected waste.

O7 Organic solvents, or organic solvents contained in preparations, which are

sold or are intended to be sold as a commercially valuable product.

O8 Organic solvents contained in preparations recovered for reuse but not as

input into the process, as long as not counted under O7.

O9 Organic solvents released in other ways.

4. Guidance on use of the solvent management plan for verification of

compliance

The use made of the solvent management plan will be determined by the particular

requirement which is to be verified, as follows>

(i) Verification of compliance with the reduction option in Annex IIB, with

a total emission limit value expressed in solvent emissions per unit product, or

otherwise stated in Annex IIA.

(a) For all activities using Annex IIB the solvent management plan

should be done annually to determine consumption (C). Consumption can

be calculated according to the following equation>

C = I1 – O8

A parallel exercise should also be undertaken to determine solids used

in coating in order to derive the annual reference emission and the target

emission each year.

(b) For assessing compliance with a total emission limit value

expressed in solvent emissions per unit product or otherwise stated in Annex

IIA, the solvent management plan should be done annually to determine

emissions (E). Emissions can be calculated according to the following

equation>

E = F + O1

where F is the fugitive emission as defined in section (ii)(a). The emission

figure should then be divided by the relevant product parameter.

(c) For assessing compliance with the requirements of regulation

5(5)(b)(ii), the solvent management plan should be done annually to determine

total emissions from all activities concerned, and that figure should then be

compared with the total emissions that would have resulted had the

requirements of Annex II been met for each activity separately.

(ii) Determination of fugitive emissions for comparison with fugitive

emission values in Annex IIA>

(a)

Methodology

The fugitive emission can be calculated according to the following

equation>

F = I1 – O1 – O5 – O6 – O7 – O8

or

F = O2 + O3 + O4 + O9

This quantity can be determined by direct measurement of the quantities.

Alternatively, an equivalent calculation can be made by other means, for

instance by using the capture efficiency of the process.

The fugitive emission value is expressed as a proportion of the input,

which can be calculated according to the following equation>

I = I1 + I2

(b) Frequency

Determination of fugitive emissions can be done by a short but

comprehensive set of measurements. It need not be done again until the

equipment is modified.”.

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