Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 (L.N. 56 of 2008)

L.N. 56 of 2008 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT (CAP. 435) Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by a1ticles 9 and 10(2) of the Environment Protection Act , the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment has made the following regulations: B 999 1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Integrated Pollution Citation and scope. Prevention and Control (Amendment) Regulations, 2008, and they shall be read and construed as one with the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations, 2002, here inafter referred to as "the princ ipal L .N. 234 of 2002. regulations". (2) The scope of these regulations is to include amendments made by Directive 2003/87 /EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emissions a llowance trading w ithin the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC. These regulations shall also be read in conjunction with the European Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations , 2005. 2. For sub-regulation ( I ) of regu latio n 8 of the princ ipa l regulations shall be substituted by the following: "( l) Where the Competent Authority is aware that the operation of an installation is like ly to have significant negative effects on the environment of another state , or where a state like ly to be s ignificantly affected so requests , the Competent Authority of the state in whose territory the application for a permit pursuant to these regulations was submitted shall forward to the other state any info rmatio n required to be given or made ava ilable in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9(1) he reof and Schedule 8 to these regulations at the same time as it makes it avail able to its own nationals. Such info rmation sha ll serve as a basis for any consultations necessary in the framework of the bilateral relations between the two states on a reciprocal and equivalent basis." L .N. 140 of 2005. Amends regulation 8 of the principal regulations. 3. Sub-regulation (3) of regulation 15 of the principal regulations, A!nends regulation h ll b · b · d • 0 h (3)( ) h f d · d" l !) of the pnnc1pal S a e 1enum e te as para0 rap a t ereo , an 1mme Jate y regulations. thereafter there shall be added the fo llowing new paragraphs: B 1000 Amends Schedule I to the principal regulations. Amends Schedule 4 to the principal regulations. "(b) Where emissions of a greenhou se gas from an installation are specified in Annex I to the European Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations, 2005 in re lation to an activity carried out in that installation, the permit shall not include an emission limit value for direct emissions of that gas unless it is necessary to ensure that no signifi cant local pollution is caused . (c) For acti vities li sted in Anne x l to the European Community Greenhouse Gas E miss ion s Trading Scheme Regulations, 2005 the Competent Authority may choose not to impose requirements relating to ene rgy effic iency in respect of combustion units or other unjts emitting carbon dioxide on the site. (d) Where necessary, the Competent Authority shall amend the permit as appropriate. 4. In Schedule l to the principal regula tions, item 3 .5 shall be substituted as fo llows: "3.5. Installations for the manufacture of ceramic products by firing, in pa1t icular roofing tiles, bricks , refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porce la in , with a production capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day and, or w ith a kiln capacity exceeding 4 m3 and with a setting density pe r kiln exceeding 300 kg/m3." 5. In Schedule 4 to the principal regulations, item 12 shall be substituted as follows: " 12. the info rmatio n publishe d by the E urope an Commission or by international organisations." lppubblikat rnid-Dipartimcnt ta' 1-lnformazzjoni (doi.gov .mt) - Valletta - Published by the Departmelll of 111/ormmion (doi.gov.mt) - Va/letw Mitbugh n- lstampc,ija tal-Gvcrn - Primed at the Govemmelll Printing Press Prczzi'Price €0.19 (Lm0.08)