Industrial Pollution

The following is a list of Northern Ireland Process Guidance Notes (NIPG notes) for Part C activities prescribed under the Pollution Prevention & Control Regulations (NI) 2003 for control by district councils.

The NIPG notes form statutory guidance on what constitutes the Best Available Techniques (BAT) for Local Authority Pollution Prevention Control (LAPPC) installations (also known as Part C installations) for each of the installations regulated and district councils must have regard to them.

NIPG1/1 Waste Oil Burners: Less than 0.4MW net rated thermal input (297KB)
NIPG1/12 Combustion of Fuel Manufactured from Waste: 0.4-3MW (406KB)
NIPG1/13 Storage, Loading and Unloading of Petrol at Terminals (166kb)
NIPG1/14 Unloading of Petrol into Storage at Service Stations (142KB)

NIPG2/9 Metal Decontamination Processes (462kb)

NIPG3/1 Blending, Packing, Loading and use of Bulk Cement (479kb)
NIPG3/2 Manufacture of Heavy Clay Goods and Refractory Goods (476kb)
NIPG3/5 Coal, Coke and Coal Product Processes (463kb)
NIPG3/16 Crushing and Screening (373kb)

NIPG5/2 Crematoria (228kb)
NIPG5/3 Animal Carcase Incineration Processes under 1 tonne an hour (394kb)

NIPG6/1 The Processing of Animal Remains and By-Products (84KB)
NIPG6/2 Manufacture of Timber and Wood-based Products (366kb)
NIPG6/3 Chemical Treatment of Timber and Wood-based Products (955kb)
NIPG6/8 Textile and Fabric Coating and Finishing Processes (1,033kb)
NIPG6/12 Production of Natural Sausage Casings, Tripe, Chitterlings and other Boiled Green Offal Products (203KB)
NIPG6/14 Film Coating Processes (1067kb)
NIPG6/15 Coating in Drum Manufacturing and Reconditioning Processes (1049KB)
NIPG6/16 Printworks (1859KB)
NIPG6/17 Printing of Flexible Packaging (1103kb)
NIPG6/20 Paint Application in Vehicle Manufacturing (989KB)
NIPG6/23 Coating of Metal and Plastic (1102KB)
NIPG6/24a Pet Food Manufacturing involving the processing of Raw Animal Material (316KB)
NIPG6/24b Pet Food Manufacturing not involving the processing of raw materials (208KB)
NIPG6/25 Vegetable Oil Extraction and Fat and Oil Refining (968kb)
NIPG6/26 Animal Feed Compounding (217KB)
NIPG6/28 Rubber Processes (1083kb)
NIPG6/30 Mushroom Substrate Manufacturing Processes (2,077KB)
NIPG6/31 Powder Coating (including Sheradizing) (368kb)
NIPG6/32 Adhesive Coating (1042kb)
NIPG6/33 Wood Coating (1223kb)
NIPG6/34a The Coating of Trailers and Original Coating of Road Vehicles (430kb)
NIPG6/34b The Respraying of Road Vehicles (551kb)
NIPG6/36 Tobacco Processes (1,608kb)
NIPG6/40 Coating and Recoating of Aircraft and Aircraft Components (1084kb)
NIPG6/41 Coating and Recoating of Rail Vehicles (1039kb)
NIPG6/43 Formulation and Finishing of Pharmaceutical Products (1023kb)
NIPG6/45 Surface Cleaning (918kb)
NIPG6/46 Dry Cleaning (653kb)

Additional guidance.

General Guidance Manual on Policy and Procedures for Part C Installations (470kb)