Find out if your installation qualifies for a low impact Environmental Permit
Low impact installations
You can apply for a low impact Environmental Permit for your installation if you carry out any A1 activity and meet the qualification criteria below.
If you carry out any of the following activities you will not be able to qualify for a low impact Environmental Permit:
- incineration and co-incineration of waste
- disposal of waste by landfill
- disposal of waste other than by incineration or landfill
- recovery of waste
Qualifying as a low impact installation
To qualify, your installation must have a low environmental impact due to its design.
Low impact installations must not:
- release more than 50 cubic metres per day of waste water
- have to use equipment to reduce or remove emissions before they’re released into the outside environment
- discharge emissions to groundwater
- produce more than 1 tonne of waste or 10kg of hazardous waste per day, averaged over a year, with not more than 20 tonnes of waste or 200kg of hazardous waste being produced in any one day
- consume energy at a rate greater than 3 megawatts (MW) or, if the installation uses a combined heat and power installation to supply any internal process heat, 10MW (through both imported electricity and by burning fuel on site)
Low impact installations must have:
- containment measures to prevent emissions escaping to surface water, sewer or land, which are maintained at all times
- only a low risk of causing offence due to noise and odour. You cannot qualify as a low impact installation if noise and odour are noticeable outside the boundary of your site.
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