Environmental Protection (Emissions and Transfers to the Environment – Reporting Obligations and Registry) Law, 5772-2012
חוק הגנת הסביבה (פליטות והעברות לסביבה – חובות דיווח ומרשם), תשע"ב-2012
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Chapter VI: Miscellaneous Provisions
Appointment of a Registrar§
29.
The Minister shall appoint, from among the Ministry's employees, a person who shall be vested with the powers of the Registrar under this Law.
Directions of the Registrar and their publication§
30.
(a)The Registrar may publish directions intended to ensure the integrity, reliability and consistency of the information contained in the registry.
(b)The Registrar's directions in respect of the reporting format under section 3 and in respect of the optimal calculation method under section 6, as well as directions as referred to in subsection (a) and any amendment thereto, shall be published on the Ministry's website; a notice of the publication of a Registrar's direction on the Ministry's website and of the date of its entry into force, as well as of any amendment thereto, shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
Earmarking of funds§
31.
A fine and a monetary sanction imposed under this Law shall be paid into the fund for the preservation of cleanliness established under section 10 of the Cleanliness Law, 5744-1984.
Collection§
32.
The collection of a fine or a monetary sanction under this Law shall be governed by the Tax (Collection) Ordinance.
Application to the State§
33.
(a)This Law shall apply to the State.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Prime Minister or the Minister of Defence may determine, by Order, with the consent of the Minister, that the provisions of this Law, in whole or in part, shall not apply in respect of emissions of pollutants or transfers of pollutants or waste that are the result of security or operational activities of a body belonging to the defence establishment, on grounds of a substantial concern of harm to the security of the State or – after consultation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs – to its foreign relations; in the absence of agreement between the Ministers in respect of an Order under this subsection, the dispute shall be brought for determination by the Prime Minister.
(c)The period of validity of an Order under subsection (b) shall not exceed three years, and the person who made such an Order may, with the consent of the Minister, extend its period of validity for additional periods as aforesaid.
(d)An Order under this section shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette), unless the Prime Minister or the Minister of Defence, as the case may be, has directed that it shall not be published, in whole or in part, on grounds of State security.
(e)Requests, documents and any other information that a body belonging to the defence establishment is required to submit to the Registrar or to a person acting on the Registrar's behalf under the provisions of this Law (in this section – information), or information regarding such a body that is required to be submitted under section 11(c), that are classified, shall be submitted only to a person holding an appropriate security clearance and in accordance with the information security rules applied by the body required to submit the information, and if there is no person holding such a clearance – to the Director General of the Ministry, provided that the Director General holds an appropriate security clearance.
(f)In this section –
"defence establishment" – as defined in section 2 of the Packaging Arrangement Law, 5771-2011;
"appropriate security clearance" – a security clearance as that term is used in section 15 of the General Security Service Law, 5762-2002.
Savings provisions§
34.
(a)The provisions of this Law are in addition to the provisions of any other law and do not derogate therefrom; however, the provisions of section 6a of the Freedom of Information Law, 5758-1998, shall not apply in respect of information that is available for public inspection under the provisions of Chapter III.
(b)The inclusion of a substance or the specification of a threshold quantity in the First Schedule shall not authorise the emission or transfer of such a substance, or in such a quantity, if it is prohibited under any law.
(c)The inclusion of a field of activity or a type of activity in the Second Schedule shall not authorise the said activity if it is prohibited under any law.
Implementation and regulations§
35.
(a)The Minister is responsible for the implementation of this Law and may make Regulations on any matter relating to its implementation.
(b)The Minister may prescribe that a report that a person is required to submit to the Minister, to the Ministry, or to a Ministry employee, under any law or under a permit, shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with the reporting format referred to in section 3, and that the data to be submitted shall be calculated in accordance with an optimal calculation method as referred to in section 6.
(c)Where the Minister has prescribed provisions under section 4 or under subsection (b), the Minister may prescribe that what is stated therein shall apply notwithstanding what is stated in any law or permit, except for provisions prescribed in a law; where the Minister has prescribed such provisions, they shall apply only in respect of reporting to the bodies listed in subsection (b), and they shall not alter the reporting provisions prescribed in any law or permit in respect of any other body.
(d)In this section, "permit" – including an Order, a plan, a business licence or any other licence.
Amendment of Schedules§
36.
The Minister may, by Order, with the approval of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee of the Knesset, amend the Schedules, after having published on the Ministry's website for public comments, for a period of not less than thirty days, a notice of his intention to do so and of the content of the amendment, and he may prescribe in such an Order that in respect of types of plants to be added by the Order, some of the provisions of this Law shall apply.
Amendment of Administrative Affairs Courts Law – No. 73§
37.
In the Administrative Affairs Courts Law, 5760-2000, in the First Schedule, in item 23, after paragraph (9) the following shall be inserted:
"(10) A decision of an authority under the Environmental Protection (Emissions and Transfers to the Environment – Reporting Obligations and Registry) Law, 5772-2012.".
Amendment of Environmental Protection (Inspection and Enforcement Powers) Law§
38.
In the Environmental Protection (Inspection and Enforcement Powers) Law, 5771-2011, in the Schedule, after item 23 the following shall be inserted:
"24. Environmental Protection (Emissions and Transfers to the Environment – Reporting Obligations and Registry) Law, 5772-2012.".
First Annual Report, Publication and Inventory List§
39.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3, a plant shall submit the first annual report in respect of the fiscal year 2012, in accordance with the provisions of that Section, by the 22nd of Tammuz 5773 (30 June 2013).
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12(a), the registry in respect of the fiscal year 2012 shall be made available for public inspection no later than the 28th of Kislev 5774 (1 December 2013).
(c)The first inventory list under Section 11 shall be compiled by the 10th of Tevet 5775 (1 January 2015).
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Contact Us →First Schedule
(Sections 3(a) and 34(b))
| Column A – List of Pollutants | Column B – Environmental Components and Threshold Quantities for Reporting (in kilograms) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name in Hebrew | Name in English | Threshold quantity for air | Threshold quantity for soil, sea, water source and in wastewater |
| 1. | Alachlor | Alachlor | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 2. | Aldrin | Aldrin | 1 | 0.1 |
| 3. | Alpha hexachlorocyclohexane | alpha-bhc (alpha hexachlorocyclohexane) | 1 | 0.01 |
| 4. | Ammonia | Ammonia (NH3) | 200 | 30 |
| 5. | Anthracene | Anthracene | 50 | 1 |
| 6. | Antimony and all its compounds (calculated as antimony) | Antimony & compounds (as Sb) | 2 | 2 |
| 7. | Arsenic and all its compounds (calculated as arsenic) | Arsenic & compounds (as As) | 1 | 1 |
| 8. | Asbestos | Asbestos | 1 | 1 |
| 9. | Atrazine | Atrazine | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 10. | Barium and soluble compounds (calculated as barium) | Barium & soluble compounds (as Ba) | 2 | 1 |
| 11. | Benzene | Benzene | 5 | 10 |
| 12. | Benzo (a) pyrene | Benzo (a) pyrene | 1 | 1 |
| 13. | Beryllium and all its compounds (calculated as beryllium) | Beryllium & compounds (as Be) | 1 | 2 |
| 14. | Beta hexachlorocyclohexane | beta-bhc (beta hexachlorocyclohexane) | 1 | 0.01 |
| 15. | Boron | Boron | No reporting obligation | 10 |
| 16. | Brominated diphenyl ethers | Brominated diphenylethers (PBDE) | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 17. | Bromine and all its compounds (calculated as bromine) | Bromine & compounds (as Br) | 20 | No reporting obligation |
| 18. | Cadmium and all its compounds (calculated as cadmium) | Cadmium & compounds (as Cd) | 2 | 0.1 |
| 19. | Carbon dioxide | Carbon dioxide (CO2) | 1,000,000 | No reporting obligation |
| 20. | Carbon monoxide | Carbon monoxide (CO) | 10,000 | No reporting obligation |
| 21. | Carbon tetrachloride (tetrachloromethane) | Carbon tetrachloride (Tetrachloromethane – tcm/ctc) | 20 | 1 |
| 22. | Chlordane | Chlordane | 1 | 0.1 |
| 23. | Chlordecone | Chlordecone | 1 | 1 |
| 24. | Chlorfenvinphos | Chlorfenvinphos | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 25. | Chlorides (calculated as total chlorine) | Chlorides (as total Cl) | No reporting obligation | 6,000 |
| 26. | Chlorine and all its inorganic compounds (calculated as hydrochloric acid) | Chlorine & inorganic compounds (as HCl) | 30 | 10 |
| 27. | Chloro-alkanes C10-C13 | Chloro-alkanes, C10-C13 | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 28. | Chlorofluorocarbons | Chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs) | 1 | No reporting obligation |
| 29. | Chloroform (trichloromethane) | Chloroform (Trochloromethane) | 20 | 5 |
| 30. | Chlorpyrifos | Chlorpyrifos | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 31. | Chromium and all its compounds (calculated as chromium) | Chromium & compounds (as Cr) | 10 | 1 |
| 32. | Hexavalent chromium and all its compounds (calculated as hexavalent chromium) | Chromium (VI) & compounds (as Cr(VI)) | 2 | 0.1 |
| 33. | Cobalt and all its compounds (calculated as cobalt) | Cobalt & compounds (as Co) | 10 | 1 |
| 34. | Copper and all its compounds (calculated as copper) | Copper & compounds (as Cu) | 20 | 0.5 |
| 35. | Cyanides (calculated as total cyanide) | Cyanides (as total CN) | No reporting obligation | 0.1 |
| 36. | DDT | ddt | 1 | 1 |
| 37. | Di-(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate | Di-(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate (dehp) | 10 | 1 |
| 38. | 1,2-dichloroethane | 1,2-dichloroethane (edc) | 20 | 1 |
| 39. | 1,2-dichloroethylene | 1,2-dichloroethylene | 20 | 10 |
| 40. | Dichloromethane | Dichloromethane (dcm) | 20 | 10 |
| 41. | Dieldrin | Dieldrin | 1 | 0.1 |
| 42. | Dioxins and furans (calculated as WHO-TEQ) | Dioxins and furans (pcdds/pcdfs) – (as who-Teq) | 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
| 43. | Dissolved organic halogens | Dissolved Organic Halogens (dox) | No reporting obligation | 10 |
| 44. | Diuron | Diuron | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 45. | Endosulphan | Endosulphan | 1 | 1 |
| 46. | Endrin | Endrin | 1 | 0.1 |
| 47. | Ethyl benzene | Ethyl Benzene | 200 | 100 |
| 48. | Ethylene oxide | Ethylene Oxide | 5 | 10 |
| 49. | Fluorides (calculated as total fluorine) | Fluorides (as total F) | No reporting obligation | 25 |
| 50. | Fluorine and all its inorganic compounds (calculated as hydrogen fluoride) | Fluorine & inorganic compounds (as HF) | 5,000 | No reporting obligation |
| 51. | Formaldehyde | Formaldehyde | 10 | 1 |
| 52. | Halogenated organic compounds (calculated as AOX) | Halogenated organic compounds (as AOX) | No reporting obligation | 1,000 |
| 53. | Halons | Halons | 1 | No reporting obligation |
| 54. | Heptachlor | Heptachlor | 1 | 1 |
| 55. | Hexabromobiphenyl | Hexabromobiphenyl (HBB) | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 56. | Hexabromodiphenyl ether | Hexabromodiphenyl ether | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 57. | Hexachlorobenzene | Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) | 10 | 0.1 |
| 58. | Hexachlorobutadiene | Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 59. | 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane | 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) | 10 | 1 |
| 60. | Hydrochlorofluorocarbons | Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (hcfcs) | 1 | No reporting obligation |
| 61. | Hydrofluorocarbons | Hydro-fluorocarbons (hfcs) | 100 | No reporting obligation |
| 62. | Hydrogen cyanide | Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) | 200 | No reporting obligation |
| 63. | Hydrogen sulphide | Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) | 1,000 | No reporting obligation |
| 64. | Isoproturon | Isoproturon | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 65. | Lead and all its compounds (calculated as lead) | Lead & compounds (as Pb) | 10 | 0.2 |
| 66. | Lindane | Lindane | 1 | 1 |
| 67. | Manganese and all its compounds (calculated as manganese) | Manganese & compounds (as Mn) | 2 | 25 |
| 68. | Mercury and all its compounds (calculated as mercury) | Mercury & compounds (as Hg) | 0.5 | 0.01 |
| 69. | Methane | Methane (CH4) | 10,000 | No reporting obligation |
| 70. | Methyl isobutyl ketone | Methyl isobutyl ketone | 200 | 2,000 |
| 71. | Mineral oil | Mineral Oil | No reporting obligation | 500 |
| 72. | Mirex | Mirex | 1 | 0.1 |
| 73. | Molybdenum and all its compounds (calculated as molybdenum) | Molybdenum & compounds (as Mo) | 2 | 0.2 |
| 74. | Naphthalene | Naphthalene | 50 | 10 |
| 75. | Nickel and all its compounds (calculated as nickel) | Nickel & compounds (as Ni) | 2 | 1 |
| 76. | Nitrogen oxides (calculated as nitrogen dioxide) | Nitrogen oxides (as NO2) | 50,000 | 250 |
| 77. | Nitrous oxide | Nitrous oxide (N2O) | 10,000 | No reporting obligation |
| 78. | Non-methane volatile organic compounds | Non-methane Volatile organic compounds (nmvoc) | 1,000 | No reporting obligation |
| 79. | Nonylphenol ethoxylates and similar substances (other non-ionic surfactants resistant to decomposition) | Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP/NPEs) and related substances | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 80. | Organotin compounds (calculated as total tin) | Organotin compounds (as total Sn) | No reporting obligation | 50 |
| 81. | Fine suspended particulate matter with particle diameter less than 10 micrometres | Particulate matter (PM10) | 10,000 | No reporting obligation |
| 82. | Pentabromodiphenyl ether | Pentacromodiphenyl ether | 1 | 1 |
| 83. | Pentachlorobenzene | Pentachlorobenzene | 1 | 1 |
| 84. | Pentachlorophenol | Pentachlorophenol (PCP) | 10 | 1 |
| 85. | Perfluorocarbons | Perfluorocarbons (PFCs) | 100 | No reporting obligation |
| 86. | Perfluorooctanyl sulphate and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride | Perfluorooctanyl sulphate (PFOS) & perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOS-F) | 1 | 0.1 |
| 87. | Phenols (calculated as total carbon) | Phenols (as total C) | 2 | 10 |
| 88. | Polychlorinated biphenyls | Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 89. | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) | 25 | 1 |
| 90. | Selenium and all its compounds (calculated as selenium) | Selenium & compounds (as Se) | 10 | 1 |
| 91. | Silver | Silver | 2 | 2 |
| 92. | Simazine | Simazine | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 93. | Sodium | Sodium | No reporting obligation | 2,500 |
| 94. | Styrene | Styrene | 20 | 5 |
| 95. | Sulphur oxides (calculated as sulphur dioxide) | Sulfur Oxide (as SO2) | 50,000 | No reporting obligation |
| 96. | Sulphur hexafluoride | Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) | 50 | No reporting obligation |
| 97. | Suspended particulate matter | Suspended particulate matter | 10,00 | No reporting obligation |
| 98. | Tetrachloroethylene | Tetrachloroethylene (PERC) | 10 | 10 |
| 99. | Toluene | Toluene | 20 | 20 |
| 100. | Total nitrogen | Total Nitrogen | No reporting obligation | 250 |
| 101. | Total organic carbon (calculated as total carbon or chemical oxygen demand (COD)/3) | Total organic carbon (TOC) (as total C or COD/3) | No reporting obligation | 1,000 |
| 102. | Total phosphorus | Total phosphorus | No reporting obligation | 25 |
| 103. | Toxaphene | Toxaphene | 1 | 1 |
| 104. | Tributyltin and all its compounds | Tributyltin & compounds | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 105. | Trichlorobenzenes | Trichlorobenzenes (TCBs) | 10 | No reporting obligation |
| 106. | Trichloroethylene | Trichloroethylene | 20 | 10 |
| 107. | 1,1,1-trichloroethane | 1,1,1-trichloroethane | 100 | 10 |
| 108. | 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane | 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane | 50 | No reporting obligation |
| 109. | Trifluralin | Trifluralin | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 110. | Triphenyltin and all its compounds | Triphenyltin & compounds | No reporting obligation | 1 |
| 111. | Vanadium and all its compounds (calculated as vanadium) | Vanadium & compounds (as Va) | 20 | 2 |
| 112. | Vinyl chloride | Vinyl Chloride | 2 | 1 |
| 113. | Xylene – all isomers | Xylene – all isomers | 200 | 10 |
| 114. | Zinc and all its compounds (calculated as zinc) | Zinc & compounds (as Zn) | 50 | 5 |
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Contact Us →Second Schedule
(The definition "plant" in Section 2 and Sections 5(b) and 34(c))
In this Schedule –
(1)wherever output, production capacity, capacity, quantities or other units of measurement (hereinafter – the values) have been prescribed, these shall be calculated in accordance with the maximum values attainable by means of the installations at the plant or the plant itself, even if in practice the installation or the plant is operated at lower values;
(2)an activity shall be regarded as a type of activity included in the Schedule if the values are equal to or exceed the value prescribed for that type of activity in Column B thereof, unless expressly stated otherwise.
54678313
Benjamin Netanyahu Gilad Erdan
5129371 Prime Minister Minister for Environmental Protection
Shimon Peres Reuven Rivlin
President of the State Speaker of the Knesset
| Column A | Column B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Sector | Field of Activity | Type of Activity |
| 1. | Energy industries | Production and processing of fuels | Refining of gas and fuels |
| 2. | Energy industries | Production and processing of fuels | Production of fuels in a gaseous, liquid or solid state of aggregation, on an industrial scale |
| 3. | Energy industries | Production and processing of fuels | Activity in which liquefaction or gasification installations for coal or other fuels are used |
| 4. | Energy industries | Production and processing of fuels | Coal rolling mills with a capacity of 1 tonne of coal per hour |
| 5. | Energy industries | Production and processing of fuels | Activity in which industrial installations for the production of coal products and solid smokeless fuel are used |
| 6. | Energy industries | Combustion of fuels | Activity in which a combustion installation with a thermal output of 50 megawatts is used |
| 7. | Energy industries | Combustion of fuels | Activity in which coke ovens are used |
| 8. | Metals | Production and processing of metals | Activity in which installations for the roasting and sintering of metal ores including sulphide are used |
| 9. | Metals | Production and processing of metals | Activity in which installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary smelting) including continuous casting, with a production capacity of 2.5 tonnes per hour, are used |
| 10. | Metals | Processing of ferrous metals | Activity in which rolling installations with a production capacity of 20 tonnes of crude steel per hour are used |
| 11. | Metals | Processing of ferrous metals | Smithy or forge activity (with hammers or presses with energy exceeding 50 kilojoules per press/hammer) in which a calorific value of 20 megawatts is used |
| 12. | Metals | Processing of ferrous metals | Application of protective fused metal coats with a production capacity of 2 tonnes of crude steel per hour |
| 13. | Metals | Processing of ferrous metals | Activity in which ferrous metal foundries with a production capacity of 20 tonnes per day are used |
| 14. | Metals | Processing of non-ferrous metals | Production and extraction of crude non-ferrous metals from ores, concentrates or secondary raw materials by metallurgical, chemical or electrolytic processes |
| 15. | Metals | Processing of non-ferrous metals | Smelting, including alloying (alloyage), of non-ferrous metals, including recovered products, and operation of non-ferrous metal foundries with a smelting capacity exceeding 4 tonnes per day for lead and cadmium and 20 tonnes per day for all other metals |
| 16. | Metals | Surface treatment of metals and plastic materials | Surface treatment of metals and plastic materials by means of a chemical or electrolytic process in treatment baths whose total volume is 30 cubic metres |
| 17. | Mineral industry | Quarrying and mining | Underground quarrying and related activities |
| 18. | Mineral industry | Quarrying and mining | Open cast mining, where the effective quarrying or mining area exceeds 250 dunams |
| 19. | Mineral industry | Production of asphalt | Production of asphalt |
| 20. | Mineral industry | Production of cement, lime and magnesium oxide | Production of cement by means of rotary kilns with a production capacity of 500 tonnes per day, or in other furnaces with a production capacity of 50 tonnes per day |
| 21. | Mineral industry | Production of cement, lime and magnesium oxide | Production of lime in kilns with a production capacity of 50 tonnes per day |
| 22. | Mineral industry | Production of cement, lime and magnesium oxide | Production of magnesium oxides in kilns with a production capacity of 50 tonnes per day |
| 23. | Mineral industry | Mineral industry | Activity in which installations for the manufacture of glass including glass fibres, with a melting capacity of 20 tonnes per day, are used |
| 24. | Mineral industry | Mineral industry | Activity in which installations for the melting of mineral substances including the manufacture of mineral fibres, with a melting capacity of 20 tonnes per day, are used |
| 25. | Mineral industry | Mineral industry | Installations for the extraction of asbestos and for manufacture based on asbestos products |
| 26. | Mineral industry | Mineral industry | Activity in which installations for the manufacture of ceramic products by firing, such as roof tiles, bricks, tiles or porcelain, with a production capacity of 75 tonnes per day or with kilns of a volume of 4 cubic metres and with a setting density per kiln of 300 kilograms per cubic metre, are used |
| 27. | Chemical industry | Production of organic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated and unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic) |
| 28. | Chemical industry | Production of organic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of oxygen-containing hydrocarbons such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, acetates, ethers, peroxides, epoxy resins |
| 29. | Chemical industry | Production of organic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of sulphurous hydrocarbons |
| 30. | Chemical industry | Production of organic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of nitrogenous hydrocarbons such as amines, amides, nitrous compounds (Nitrous, nitro, nitrate), nitriles, cyanates and isocyanates (Cyanates Isocyanates) |
| 31. | Chemical industry | Production of organic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of phosphorus-containing hydrocarbons |
| 32. | Chemical industry | Production of organic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of halogenous hydrocarbons |
| 33. | Chemical industry | Production of organic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of organometallic compounds |
| 34. | Chemical industry | Production of organic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of plastic materials (polymers, synthetic fibres and cellulose-based fibres) |
| 35. | Chemical industry | Production of organic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of synthetic rubber |
| 36. | Chemical industry | Production of organic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of dyes and pigments |
| 37. | Chemical industry | Production of organic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of surface-active substances and detergents |
| 38. | Chemical industry | Production of inorganic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of gases such as ammonia, chlorine or hydrogen chloride, fluorine or hydrogen fluoride, carbon oxides, sulphur compounds, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, sulphur dioxide, carbonyl chloride |
| 39. | Chemical industry | Production of inorganic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of acids such as chromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, oleum (Oleum), sulphurous acids |
| 40. | Chemical industry | Production of inorganic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of bases such as ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide |
| 41. | Chemical industry | Production of inorganic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of salts such as ammonium chloride, potassium chlorate, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, perborate, silver nitrate (Silver nitrate) |
| 42. | Chemical industry | Production of inorganic substances on an industrial scale by means of chemical or biological processing | Production of non-metallic inorganic compounds or metal oxides or other inorganic compounds such as calcium carbide, silicon, silicon carbide |
| 43. | Chemical industry | Production of chemical substances on an industrial scale | Production of fertilisers based on phosphorus, nitrogen or potassium (simple or compound) |
| 44. | Chemical industry | Production of chemical substances on an industrial scale | Production of biocides (against micro-organisms) or basic plant protection products |
| 45. | Chemical industry | Production of chemical substances on an industrial scale | Chemical and biological processes for the production of pharmaceutical products including intermediates |
| 46. | Chemical industry | Production of chemical substances on an industrial scale | Production of explosives |
| 47. | Waste and wastewater | Hazardous waste | Treatment or disposal of hazardous waste in a quantity of 10 tonnes per day by means of one or more of the following activities: (1) biological treatment; (2) physico-chemical treatment; (3) blending or mixing prior to transfer to activities of the types set out in Column B of items 43 and 46 of this Schedule; (4) repackaging prior to transfer to activities of the types set out in Column B of items 43 and 46 of this Schedule; (5) recovery or reclamation of solvents; (6) recycling or recovery of inorganic materials other than metals or metal compounds; (7) regeneration of acids or bases; (8) treatment of components used for pollution prevention; (9) treatment of catalyst components; (10) re-refining of oils or other re-use of oil; (11) surface impoundment. |
| T.T. 5772-2012 48. | Waste and wastewater | Hazardous waste | Temporary storage, not included in activities of the types set out in Column B in item 49 of this Schedule, of hazardous waste in preparation for activities of the types set out in Column B in items 47, 49, 50 or 53 of this Schedule, with a capacity of 50 tonnes, excluding temporary storage prior to collection at the site where the waste is produced |
| 49. | Waste and wastewater | Hazardous waste | Underground storage of hazardous waste with a capacity of 50 tonnes including temporary storage as aforesaid |
| 50. | Waste and wastewater | Disposal or treatment of waste in installations for incineration or thermal treatment of waste | Disposal or treatment of waste in installations for incineration or thermal treatment, of non-hazardous waste – with a capacity of 3 tonnes per hour, and of hazardous waste – with a capacity of 10 tonnes per day |
| 51. | Waste and wastewater | Non-hazardous waste | Disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity of 50 tonnes per day comprising one or more of the following activities, excluding treatment of wastewater that is not industrial wastewater: (1) biological treatment; (2) physico-chemical treatment; (3) pre-treatment of waste prior to incineration or thermal treatment; (4) treatment of sludge or ash; (5) treatment by means of a shredder of metal residues, including electronic waste or electronic equipment, vehicle scrap and their components |
| 52. | Waste and wastewater | Non-hazardous waste | Treatment, or a combination of treatment and disposal, of non-hazardous waste with a capacity of 50 tonnes per day comprising one or more of the following activities, excluding treatment of wastewater that is not industrial wastewater: (1) biological treatment; (2) pre-treatment of waste prior to incineration or thermal treatment; (3) treatment of sludge or ash; (4) treatment by means of a shredder of metal residues, including electronic waste or electronic equipment, vehicle scrap and their components |
| 53. | Waste and wastewater | Landfill | Operation of landfill sites with a capacity of 10 tonnes per day or with a total capacity exceeding 25,000 tonnes |
| 54. | Waste and wastewater | Waste transfer station | A permanent, fixed installation in which one of the following is carried out: (1) transfer of waste in the course of its removal and disposal from one receptacle, including a refuse collection vehicle, to another receptacle; (2) sorting of waste into its components for purposes of recycling or re-use |
| 55. | Waste and wastewater | Destruction or recycling of animal carcasses and offal | Activity in which installations for the destruction or recycling of animal carcasses and offal, with a capacity of 10 tonnes per day, are used |
| 56. | Waste and wastewater | Treatment or disposal of wastewater | Activity in which installations for the treatment or disposal of wastewater with a flow rate of 1,000 cubic metres per day are used |
| 57. | Waste and wastewater | Treatment or disposal of industrial wastewater | Treatment or disposal of wastewater that is a product of activities of the types set out in Column B of this Schedule |
| 58. | Other | Industrial production of paper and wood | Production of pulp from wood or other fibrous materials |
| 59. | Other | Industrial production of paper and wood | Production of paper and cardboard with a production capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day |
| 60. | Other | Industrial production of paper and wood | Production of one or more of the following wood-based boards: particleboard, fibreboard or oriented strand board – with a production capacity exceeding 600 cubic metres per day |
| 61. | Other | Preservation and impregnation of wood | Preservation and impregnation of wood and wood products with chemicals with a capacity exceeding 50 cubic metres per day |
| 62. | Other | Textiles | Pre-treatment activities such as washing, bleaching, mercerising or dyeing of fibres or textiles, with a production capacity of 10 tonnes per day |
| 63. | Other | Leather processing | Industrial leather processing |
| 64. | Other | Use of solvents | Surface treatment of materials, components or products, using organic solvents in a quantity of 150 kilograms per hour or 200 tonnes per year, in particular for printing, coating, degreasing, waterproofing, painting, cleaning or impregnation and the like |
| 65. | Other | Production of carbon | Activity in which installations for the production of hard burnt coal or electrographite by means of combustion or graphitisation are used |
| 66. | Other | Building, painting or paint removal from ships | Building, painting or paint removal from ships with a length of 100 metres |
| 67. | Other | Capture of CO2 streams | Capture of carbon dioxide streams for geological storage, from activities of the types set out in Column B of this Schedule |
| 68. | Other | Desalination of water | Desalination of water with a flow rate of 30 million cubic metres per year |
| 69. | Agriculture | Intensive livestock rearing | Installations for the intensive rearing of pigs with a capacity of 2,000 pigs (weighing more than 30 kilograms) or 750 sows (females) |
| 70. | Agriculture | Intensive poultry rearing | Installations for the rearing of poultry with a capacity of 40,000 birds |
| Order 5774-2014 71. | Agriculture | Aquaculture | Installations for the rearing of fish or molluscs, at sea or on land, with a capacity of 1,000 tonnes of fish or molluscs per year |
| 72. | Food and beverage industry | Production of food products and beverages | Slaughter of animals with a capacity of 50 tonnes per day |
| 73. | Food and beverage industry | Production of food products and beverages | Treatment and processing, of the following raw materials, whether or not previously processed, intended for the production of food products, beverages or animal feed: (1) raw materials of animal origin (other than milk) with a production capacity of 75 tonnes per day; (2) raw materials of vegetable origin with a production capacity of 300 tonnes per day, provided however that if the plant operates for no more than 90 aggregate days per year, with a production capacity of 600 tonnes per day; (3) raw materials of animal and vegetable origin, in a single product or in separate products, with a production capacity as set out below: (1) 75 tonnes, if A equals or exceeds 10; (2) [(A*22.5) - 300] tonnes, if A is less than 10; in this item, "A" – the proportional share of raw material of animal origin (as a percentage by weight) of the production capacity of the final products; packaging shall not be included in the weight of the final product; this item shall not apply if the raw material is milk only |
| 74. | Food and beverage industry | Production of food products and beverages | Treatment and processing of milk only, where the quantity of milk input exceeds 200 tonnes per day |
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