Does your leather business require a PPC permit?
Your business may require a pollution prevention and control (PPC) permit from your environmental regulator or local council. 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 or mobile plant you will need a pollution prevention and control (PPC) permit from your environmental regulator.
An installation is a stationary technical unit, such as a self-contained building, permanent structure or fixed plant, used for listed activities.
A mobile plant is plant that can be moved and is used for listed activities.
Listed activities
These are industrial, waste or intensive farming activities that have an impact on the environment and are listed in the PPC regulations. They are split into categories:
- Part A, B and C in Northern Ireland
- Part A and B in Scotland
Listed activities that might be carried out by leather businesses include:
| Permit Categories | ||
|---|---|---|
| Listed activity | Northern Ireland | Scotland |
|
tanning hides and skins in a plant with a treatment capacity of more than 12 tonnes per day of finished product |
Part A |
Part A |
|
activity which releases particulate matter to the air |
Part C |
Part B |
|
activity which may cause an offensive smell that is noticeable outside your premises |
Part C |
Part B |
|
coating applied to leather using five tonnes or more of organic solvent per year |
Part C |
Part B |
|
surface cleaning activity that uses one tonne or more per year of a volatile organic compound (VOC) classified as a carcinogen, mutagen or toxic to reproduction (with Risk Phrases R45, R46, R49, R60 or R61), and any halogenated VOCs with possible irreversible effects (Risk Phrase R40) |
Part C |
Part B |
|
surface cleaning activity that uses two tonnes or more per year of any other VOC |
Part C |
Part B |
This guidance does not provide a complete list of PPC activities. If you are unsure whether you are affected PPC, contact your environmental regulator or in Northern Ireland your local council.
What you must do
If your installation or mobile plant carries out listed activities you will need a permit from your environmental regulator.
Permits and regulators for listed activities
| Activity category | Northern Ireland | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
|
Part A |
PPC permit regulated by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) |
PPC permit regulated by SEPA |
|
Part B |
PPC permit regulated the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) |
PPC permit regulated by SEPA |
|
Part C |
PPC permit regulated by local council |
N/A |
Contact your environmental regulator
You should contact your environmental regulator or local council for further information about listed activities. NetRegs does not provide detailed guidance on Part A activities.
If you are unsure whether you are affected by PPC, contact your environmental regulator or local council.