Does your wood or timber business require an EASR IA permit?
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.
Wood or timber industrial activities
These are industrial activities that have an impact on the environment and are listed in the EASR regulations.
These activities include:
- manufacturing wood products at any works, if the manufacture involves the curing or chemical treatment of wood where the throughput of the works in any 12-month period is likely to be more than 1,000 m3
- preservation of wood and wood products with chemicals with a production capacity exceeding 75 m3 per day
- production of:
- pulp from timber or other fibrous materials,
- paper or cardboard with a production capacity of more than 20 tonnes per day,
- one or more of the following wood-based panels: oriented strand board, particleboard or fibreboard with a production capacity of more than 600 m3 per day.
- coating activity applied to wooden surfaces above 15 tonnes per year
- wood impregnation above 25 tonnes per year
- wood and plastic lamination above 5 tonnes per year
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.
How to apply for a permit
Further information