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Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2017 47 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,723 – 07.02.2017 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali

Preamble — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

L.N. 47 of 2017

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 549)

Industrial Emissions (Large Combustion Plants)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2017

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 54 of the

Environment Protection Act, the Minister for Sustainable

Development, the Environment and Climate Change, in consultation

with the Environment and Resources Authority, has made the

following regulations:-

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Reg. 1 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

The title of these regulations is the Industrial Emissions Citation.

(Large Combustion Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017, and

these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Industrial Emissions (Large Combustion Plants) Regulations, S.L. 549.78

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

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Reg. 2 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

These regulations provide for the implementation, in part, Scope.

of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated

pollution prevention and control) (Recast) * .

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Reg. 3 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, for the Amends

definition "emission limit value" there shall be substituted the regulation

the principal

following

regulations.

"emission limit value" shall have the same meaning as in

the Industrial Emissions (Framework) Regulations, and shall be

expressed at standard conditions according to the following

equation

Where

[P] s is the mass concentration of the pollutant at standard

conditions.

[P] M is the mass concentration of the pollutant measured at

* OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17 – 119.

the temperature T in Kelvin (K), at a Pressure P in kilopascal

(kPa), at a percentage flue gas water vapour content of W and at

a flue gas oxygen content of O M .

T is the actual flue gas temperature in K.

P is the actual flue gas pressure in kPa.

W is the percentage water vapour content of the flue gas.

O S is the standard oxygen content by volume in the waste

gas which shall be 3% in the case of liquid and gaseous fuels,

6% in the case of solid fuels and 15% in the case of gas turbines

or gas engines.

O M is the measured oxygen content in the flue gas;".

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Reg. 4 Amends regulation 15 of the principal regulations. — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

Immediately after sub-regulation (13) of regulation 15 of

the principal regulations there shall be added the following new sub-

regulation

"(14) The operator shall inform the competent authority

of any significant changes in the type of fuel used or in the

mode of operation of the plant. The competent authority shall

decide whether the monitoring requirements laid down in sub-

regulations (1) to (13) are still adequate or require adaptation.".

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Reg. 5 Amends regulation 17 of the principal regulations. — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

Regulation 17 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a)

the present regulation shall be re-numbered as sub-

regulation (1) thereof;

(b)

in sub-regulation (1) thereof, as re-numbered

(i) for paragraph (c) thereof there shall be

substituted the following

"(c) validated

average

values

are

determined as set out in paragraphs 4 and 5 of

Schedule XIII; and"; and

(ii) immediately after paragraph (c) thereof, there

shall be added the following new paragraph

"(d) 95% of all the validated hourly average

values over the year do not exceed 200% of the

relevant emission limit values set out in Schedules

I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X."; and

(c)

immediately after sub-regulation (1) thereof, as re-

numbered, there shall be added the following new sub-

regulation

"(2) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (1), for

combustion plants composed only of boilers using coal

with a total rated thermal input below 50 MW, no validated

daily average value shall exceed 150% of the limit values

in Schedules I and II.".

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Reg. 6 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

In Schedule I to the principal regulations, for the words

Amends

Schedule I to

the principal

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

regulations.

calculated at a temperature 273 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa and

at an oxygen content of 6% to be applied by combustion plants

pursuant to regulation 5."

there shall be substituted the following

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

calculated at a temperature 273.15 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa

and at an oxygen content of 6% to be applied by combustion

plants pursuant to regulation 5.".

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Reg. 7 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

In Schedule II to the principal regulations, for the words

Amends

Schedule II to

the principal

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

regulations.

calculated at a temperature 273 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa and

at an oxygen content of 6% to be applied by combustion plants

pursuant to regulation 6."

there shall be substituted the following

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

calculated at a temperature 273.15 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa

and at an oxygen content of 6% to be applied by combustion

plants pursuant to regulation 6.".

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2017 47 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,723 – 07.02.2017 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali

Reg. 8 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

In Schedule III to the principal regulations, for the words

Amends

Schedule III to

the principal

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

regulations.

calculated at a temperature 273 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa and

at an oxygen content of 3% to be applied by combustion plants

pursuant to regulation 5."

there shall be substituted the following

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

calculated at a temperature 273.15 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa

and at an oxygen content of 3% to be applied by combustion

plants pursuant to regulation 5.".

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2017 47 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,723 – 07.02.2017 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali

Reg. 9 Amends Schedule IV to the principal regulations. — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

In Schedule IV to the principal regulations, for the words

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

calculated at a temperature 273 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa and

at an oxygen content of 3% to be applied by combustion plants

pursuant to regulation 6."

there shall be substituted the following

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

calculated at a temperature 273.15 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa

and at an oxygen content of 3% to be applied by combustion

plants pursuant to regulation 6.".

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2017 47 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,723 – 07.02.2017 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali

Reg. 10 Amends Schedule V to the principal regulations. — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

In Schedule V to the principal regulations, for the words

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

calculated at a temperature 273 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa and

at an oxygen content of 3% (for combustion plants other than

gas turbines and gas engines) and an oxygen content of 15% for

gas engines, to be applied by combustion plants pursuant to

regulation 5."

there shall be substituted the following

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

calculated at a temperature 273.15 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa

and at an oxygen content of 3% (for combustion plants other

than gas turbines and gas engines) and an oxygen content of

15% for gas engines, to be applied by combustion plants

pursuant to regulation 5.".

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Reg. 11 Amends Schedule VI to the principal regulations. — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

In Schedule VI to the principal regulations, for the words

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

calculated at a temperature 273 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa and

at an oxygen content of 3% (for combustion plants other than

gas turbines and gas engines) and an oxygen content of 15% for

gas engines, to be applied by combustion plants pursuant to

regulation 6."

there shall be substituted the following

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

calculated at a temperature 273.15 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa

and at an oxygen content of 3% (for combustion plants other

than gas turbines and gas engines) and an oxygen content of

15% for gas engines, to be applied by combustion plants

pursuant to regulation 6.".

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Reg. 12 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

In Schedule VII to the principal regulations, for the words: Amends

Schedule VII to

the principal

"For a combustion plant firing lignite, the emissions of

regulations.

total mercury shall not exceed 0.03 mg. Nm -3 ."

there shall be substituted the following

"For a combustion plant firing coal or lignite, the

emissions of total mercury shall not exceed 0.03 mg. Nm -3 .".

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Reg. 13 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

In Schedule IX to the principal regulations, for the words

Amends

Schedule IX to

the principal

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

regulations.

calculated at a temperature 273 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa and

at an oxygen content of 15%, to be applied by gas turbines

pursuant to regulation 8(1). The limit values apply only above

70% load."

there shall be substituted the following

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

calculated at a temperature 273.15 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa

and at an oxygen content of 15%, to be applied by gas turbines

pursuant to regulation 8(1). The limit values apply only above

70% load.".

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Reg. 14 — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

In Schedule X to the principal regulations, for the words

Amends

Schedule X to

the principal

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

regulations.

calculated at a temperature 273 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa and

at an oxygen content of 15%, to be applied by gas turbines

pursuant to regulation 8(2). The limit values apply only above

70% load."

there shall be substituted the following

"Emission limit values expressed in mg.Nm -3 and shall be

calculated at a temperature 273.15 K, a pressure of 101.3 kPa

and at an oxygen content of 15%, to be applied by gas turbines

pursuant to regulation 8(2). The limit values apply only above

70% load.".

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Reg. 15 Amends Schedule XIII to the principal regulations. — 47 tal-2017 – Regolamenti tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Impjanti Kbar tal-Kombustjoni fir-rigward ta’ Emissjonijiet Industrijali Open official source

Paragraph 5 of Schedule XIII to the principal regulations

shall be substituted by the following

"Any day in which more than three hourly average values

are invalid due to malfunction or maintenance of the automated

measuring system shall be invalidated. If more than 10 days a

year are invalidated for such situations, the competent authority

shall require the operator to take adequate measures to improve

the reliability of the automated measuring system.".

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