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The European Union (EU) have introduced tougher restrictions on large combustion plants with the implementation of their new BREF guidance this year. The reference document was published in August 2017 and tightened controls regarding the emissions of dust, nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2), mercury, particulate matter (PM) and carbon monoxide (though only regarding gas-fired plants for CO).
With large combustion plants having four years to bring their operations up to speed and equip them with the requisite technologies to achieve compliance, the BREF requirements will become legally binding from August this year. That means that implicated parties have just over four months to ensure that they have the right monitoring mechanisms in place to ensure they do not exceed thresholds and incur fines as a result.
The judgement sets a precedent that will “tighten the screw” on the way companies use dangerous chemicals, said ClientEarth, a green pressure group.
The case was brought by the Swedish government over lead chromate pigments in paint. These can be used in road markings, metal paints and industrial plastics, but are highly hazardous and are registered as substances of very high concern.
The Commission had allowed a Canadian company to sell red and yellow pigments containing this substance as it claimed there was a lack of suitable alternatives. But Sweden argued it had not used this substance in paint for 30 years, meaning safer alternatives were available.