Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 (L.N. 45 of 207)

VERZJONI ELETTRONIKA L.N. 45 of 2017 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT (CAP. 549) Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) (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: B 313 1. The title of these regulations is the Industrial Emissions citation. (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 201 7, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention SL. 549.77 and Control) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations". 2. In sub-regulation ( 4) of regulation 8 of the principal regulations, for the two paragraphs starting with the words "The competent authority shall document in an annex" to the words "to the Industrial Emissions (Framework) Regulations, where applicable." there shall be substituted the following: "The competent authority shall document in an annex to the permit conditions the reasons for the application of paragraph (a) including the result of the assessment and the justification for the conditions imposed. The emission limit values set in accordance with paragraph (a) shall, however, not exceed the emission limit values set out in the Schedule to the Industrial Emissions (Framework) Regulations, where applicable.". Amends regulation 8 of the principal regulations. 3. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 19 of the principal Amends regulations shall be substituted by the following: regulation 19 of ~ ~ the principal "(2) The following shall be considered as also having competence with regard to the application of sub-regulation (1 ): (a) the authority responsible for Energy and Water Services in relation to all activities in Schedule 1 involving the activities regulated by legislation listed in the regulations. B 314 Amends Schedule 4 of the principal regulations. VERZJONI ELETTRONIKA First Schedule of the Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act; (b) the authority responsible for Agriculture, Veterinary services and Fisheries in relation to activities 6.4, 6.5 and 6.6 in Schedule 1, and any activity for the disposal or recovery of animal by-products; (c) the authority responsible for Competition and Consumer Affairs in relation to activities 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4, 6.7 and 6.10 in Schedule l; ( d) the authority responsible for Civil Protection in relation to all activities in Schedule 1; (e) the authority responsible for Environmental Health in relation to all activities in Schedule 1; (f) the authority responsible for Transport in Malta in relation to activities involving release of trade effluent into ports; (g) the authority responsible for Occupational Health and Safety in relation to activities concerning occupational health and safety and activities covered by the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations; (h) the authority responsible for all activities in Schedule 1 involving minerals and other activities regulated by legislation listed in the Second Schedule of the Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act; (i) the authority responsible for the protection of groundwater in relation to activities involving groundwater use and aquifer recharge.". 4. Sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the principal regulations shall be substituted by the following: "(a) the application for a permit or, as the case may be, the proposal for the updating of a permit or of permit conditions in accordance with regulation 15, including the description of the elements listed in regulation 5(1);". lppubblikat mid-Dipartiment taJ.Jnformazzjoni (doi.govnrt) - Valletta - Pu.blislted by tlte Department of l,ifonnati.on (doi.gov.mt) - Valleita Mitbugh ft.Jstamperija tal-Gvern fuq karta ricik.lata - PriJUed at tlte Government Printing Press on recycled paper n '-I PreziJPrice €0.18