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Biofuels and NetRegs (& Business Gateway)

Biofuels and NetRegs (& Business Gateway). Alan Parnell. Overview of the legislation that may apply Where to find guidance now Where to find guidance in the future. There may be obligations under legislation such as: PPC Waste management licensing COMAH

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Biofuels and NetRegs (& Business Gateway)

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  1. Biofuels and NetRegs(& Business Gateway) Alan Parnell

  2. Overview of the legislation that may apply • Where to find guidance now • Where to find guidance in the future

  3. There may be obligations under legislation such as: • PPC • Waste management licensing • COMAH • Controlled Activity Regulations (CAR) • Waste Incineration Directive (WID) • Animal By-Products Regulations (ABPR) And almost certainly under: • Duty of care • Special Waste Regulations • Oil Storage Regulations Information on all of these topics is available on NetRegs

  4. Requirements • If under PPC or WML then you need an environmental license before you can start operating • If WMX then you need to register an exemption with SEPA • If under CAR then depending on the scale of the activity you will need a licence, registration or follow a general binding rule • If COMAH you need to notify HSE & SEPA and then depending on scale prepare & submit a safety report for assessment before you can start • If WID then you need a PPC permit (as above) • If ABPR you will need permission from Animal Health as well as a licence from SEPA

  5. Biodiesel: a case study • Making biodiesel from waste vegetable oils. • Uses physical and chemical processing (trans-esterfication) • Prescribed as an activity for control under PPC Part A as a chemical process. • There is no lower throughput threshold level

  6. Biodiesel:a case study (2) • May not be a Chemical PPC activity if not commercial or at industrial scale. • SEPA undertook a review and with Scottish Government concluded that if capacity is less than 200 tonnes biodiesel production per year then would not be considered to be subject to PPC Part A • A new waste management exemption was issued to allow <200 tonnes per year biodiesel production without need of a licence (still require to comply with certain conditions and other legislation

  7. SEPA Guidance for Small Scale Biodiesel Manufacture

  8. Developments: • Gasification – producing kerosene for aircraft fuel usually from mixed wastes. Gasification and producing hydrocarbons both PPC part A activities • Anaerobic Digestion –producing syngas for gas engines or CHP. Traditional AD plants – WML or WMX. Animal by-products > 10 tonnes per day – PPC • Biomass – some large plants in operation – Stevenscroft and UPM Kynmee Irvine. PPC part A and WID controls, but depends on scale.

  9. Bio fuel – Is it still a waste? • Treating or processing a waste material does not mean that the ”product” will automatically be considered to be fully recovered and not a waste • Several tests have to be applied • Guidance on ‘Is it waste?’ on SEPA’s website • If product still considered to be a waste then burning as a fuel will require PPC Part A permit with WID controls Example • Biodiesel made from vegetable oils and tallow by Argent Energy – not a waste (other outputs might be still a waste e.g. residues). Biodiesel produced can be blended with fossil diesel at the refinery with no further environmental licence controls required

  10. Advice • Complex area • Speak to local SEPA office… • NETREGS: netregs.gov.uk… • SEPA website – position statements; contacts for offices etc….

  11. NetRegs • UK wide project supported by EA, NIEA and SEPA • Online environmental guidance • Main audience – SMEs with no direct contact with the regulators • Written in clear, plain English • Describes “what you must do” • Includes good practice - concerned with business benefits such as resource efficiency • Up to date, free to use

  12. Main types of guidance on NetRegs • Guidance by business type For example “Recycling and reprocessing businesses” • Guidance by environmental topic For example Biofuels for transport, Oil storage, COMAH • Environmental legislation Current legislation lists and future legislation such as consultations and EU directives

  13. Guidance on NetRegs/Business Gateway • Links will be provided from NetRegs as content is ‘switched off’ • Legislation pages with current legislation lists – grouped and with short summaries still on NetRegs • Business topics (sector guides) moving to Business Gateway between now and September • New development – i-green project – new technology to deliver guidance through different media www.netregs.gov.uk

  14. i-green summary • 2 national surveys of business awareness (benchmarking and evaluation) • 1 piece of detailed national geo-demographic market research • multiple targeted marketing campaigns, both National and Regional • 1 pilot of a customer intelligence system • 5 key product developments: 1.- simple EMS legislation list generator (site specific) 2.- use images and video to deliver advice and guidance rather than text 3.- personalisation of advice and guidance to customer needs 4.- on site checklists delivered to mobile phone 5.- expand the current pilot online learning tools – new topics and sectors

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