Does your vehicle repair business require an EASR IA permit in Scotland?
Your business may require an EASR Industrial Activity (IA) permit from SEPA. For example, you will need a permit if your business has a production capacity above a certain level or if you use certain hazardous substances.
If your business is an installation, you will need an EASR IA permit from SEPA.
An installation is a stationary technical unit, such as a self-contained building, permanent structure or fixed plant, used for activities listed in the regulations.
Vehicle repair industrial activities
These are industrial activities that have an impact on the environment and are listed in the EASR regulations.
These activities include:
- surface treatment of substances, objects or products using organic solvents, in particular for dressing, printing, coating, degreasing, waterproofing, sizing, painting, cleaning, or impregnating, with an organic solvent consumption capacity of more than 150 kg per hour or more than 200 tonnes per year
- repainting or respraying aircraft or railway vehicles or parts of them if the activity may result in the release into the air of particulate matter or of any volatile organic compound and the carrying on of the activity is likely to involve the use per year of;
- 20 tonnes or more of any paint or other coating material which is applied in solid form,
- 20 tonnes or more of any metal coating which is sprayed on in molten form, or
- 5 tonnes or more of organic solvents.
- manufacturing new tyres, other than remoulds or re-treads, involving the use in any 12-month period of 50,000 tonnes or more of one or more of natural rubber, or a synthetic organic elastomer, or any substance mixed with rubber or such an elastomer
What you must do
If your installation carries out listed activities, you will need a permit from SEPA and you will need to comply with the conditions of the permit.
Contact your environmental regulator
If you are unsure whether you are affected by EASR Industrial Activity permits, contact SEPA.