Monitoring Environmental Performance
Level 5
Appendix 2a
Process Guidance Notes

List of IPR Guidance Notes:
Issued by the Chief Inspector for IPC Regulated processes.

Fuel and Power
IPR 1 / 1 Large boilers and furnaces (50MW (th) and over
IPR 1 / 2 Gas turbines
IPR 1 / 3 Compression ignition engines 50MW(th) and over
IPR 1 / 4 Waste and recovered oil burners 3MW(th) and over
IPR 1 / 5 Combustion of solid fuel manufactured from municipal waste in appliances with a net rated thermal input of 3MW or more
IPR 1 / 6 Combustion of fuel manufactured from or comprised of tyres, tyre rubber or similar rubber waste in appliances with a net rated thermal input of 3MW or more
IPR 1 / 7 Combustion of solid fuel manufactured from or comprised of poultry litter in appliances with a net rated thermal input of 3MW or more
IPR 1 / 8 Combustion of solid fuel which is manufactured from or is comprised of wood waste or straw in appliances with a net rated thermal input of 3MW or more
IPR 1 / 9 Coke manufacture
IPR 1 / 10 Smokeless fuel, activated carbon and carbon black manufacture
IPR 1 / 11 Gasification of solid and liquid feedstocks
IPR 1 / 12 Refining of natural gas
IPR 1 / 13 Refining of natural gas at liquefied natural gas sites
IPR 1 / 14 Odorising of natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas
IPR 1 / 15 Crude oil refineries
IPR 1 / 16 On-shore oil production
IPR 1 / 17 Reheat and heat treatment furnaces 50MW(th) and over
Metal production and processing Industry
IPR 2 / 1 Iron and steel making processes: integrated iron and steel works
IPR 2 / 2 Ferrous foundry processes
IPR 2 / 3 Process for electric arc steelmaking, secondray steelmaking, and special alloy produciton
IPR 2 / 4 Processes for the production of zinc and zinc alloys
IPR 2 / 5 Processes for the production of lead and lead alloys
IPR 2 / 6 Processes for the production of refractory metals
IPR 2 / 7 Processes for the production, melting and recovery of cadmium, mercury and their alloys
IPR 2 / 8 Processes for the production of aluminium
IPR 2 / 9 Processes for the production of copper and copper alloys
IPR 2 / 10 Processes for the production of precious metals and platinum group metalS
IPR 2 / 11 The extraction of nickel by the carbonyl process and the production of cobalt and nickel alloys
IPR 2 / 12 Tin and bismuth processes
Mineral Industry
IPR 3 / 1 Cement manufacture and associated processes
IPR 3 / 2 Lime manufacture and associated processes
IPR 3/ 3 Processes involving asbestos
IPR 3 / 4 Glass fibres and non-asbestos mineral fibres
IPR 3 / 5 Glass manufacture and production. Glass frit and enamel frit
IPR 3 / 6 Ceramic processes
Chemical Industry
IPR 4 / 1 Petrochemical processes
IPR 4 / 2 Processes for the production and use of amines, nitriles, isocyanates and pyridines
IPR 4 / 3 Processes for the production or use of acetylene, aldehydes, etc
IPR 4 / 4 Processes for the production or use of organic sulphur compounds, and production, use or recovery of carbon disulphide
IPR 4 / 5 Batch manufacture of organic chemicals in multipurpose plant
IPR 4 / 6 Production and polymerisation of organic monomers
IPR 4 / 7 Processes for the manufacture of organo-metallic compounds
IPR 4 / 8 Pesticide processes
IPR 4 / 9 Pharmaceutical processes
IPR 4 / 10 Processes for the manufacture, use or release of oxides of sulphur and the manufacture, recovery, condensation or distillation of sulphuric acid or oleum
IPR 4 / 11 Processes for the manufacture or recovery of nitric acid and processes involving the manufacture or release of acid-forming oxides of nitrogen
IPR 4 / 12 Processes for the sulphonation or nitration of organic chemicals
IPR 4 / 13 Processes for the manufacture of, or which use or release halogens, mixed halogen compounds or oxohalocompounds
IPR 4 / 14 Processes for the manufacture of, or which use or release hydrogen halides or any of their acids
IPR 4 / 15 Processes for the halogenation of organic chemicals
IPR 4 / 16 Processes for the manufacture of chemical fertilizers or their conversion into granules
IPR 4 / 17 Bulk storage installation
IPR 4 / 18 Processes for the manufacture of ammonia
IPR 4 / 19 Processes involving the use, release or recovery of ammonia
IPR 4 / 20 Production of and use of, in any process for the manufacture of a chemical, phosphorous and any oxide, hydride or halide of phosphorous
IPR 4 / 21 Processes involving the manufacture, or use of hydrogen cyanide or hydrogen sulphide
IPR 4 / 22 Processes involving the use or release of antimony, arsenic, beryllium, gallium, indium, lead, palladium, platinum, selenium, tellurium, thallium or their compounds
IPR 4 / 23 Processes involving use or release
IPR 4 / 24 Processes involving the use or release of mercury or any compounds of mercury
IPR 4 / 25 Processes for the production of compounds of chromium, magnesium, manganese, nickel and zinc
Waste Disposal Industry
IPR 5 / 1 Merchant and in-house chemical waste incineration
IPR 5 / 2 Chemical waste incineration
IPR 5 / 3 Municipal waste incineration
IPR 5 / 4 Animal carcass incineration
IPR 5 / 5 The burning out of metal containers
IPR 5 / 6 Making solid fuel from waste
IPR 5 / 7 Cleaning and regeneration of carbon
IPR 5 / 8 Recovery of organic solvents by distillation
IPR 5 / 9 Regeneration of ion exchange resins
IPR 5 / 10 Recovery of oil by distillation
IPR 5 / 11 Sewage sludge incineration
Other Industries
IPR 6 / 1 The application or removal of tributyltin or triphenyltin coatings at shipyards or boatyards
IPR 6 / 2 Tar and bitumen processes
IPR 6 / 3 Timber preservation processes
IPR 6 / 4 di-isocyanate manufacture
IPR 6 / 5 Toluene di-isocyanate use and flame bonding of polyurethanes
IPR 6 / 6 Textile treatment processes
IPR 6 / 7 Processing of animal hides and skins
IPR 6 / 8 The making of paper and pulp by chemical methods
IPR 6 / 9 Paper making and related processes, including mechanical pulping, recycled fibres and de-inking
Revised Guidance for IPC: Revised notes for fuel and power (denoted by S2).
IPR 1 / 2 Combustion processes; gas turbines (1992) ISBN 0117525693
IPR 1 / 8 Combustion processes: combustion of solid fuel which is manufactured from or is comprised of wood waste or straw in appliances with a net rated thermal input of 3MW or more (1992) ISBN 0117525758
S2 1.01 Combustion processes: large boilers and furnaces 50MW (th) and over (1995) ISBN 0117532061
S2 1.03 Combustion processes: compression ignition engines 50MW (th) and over (1995) ISBN 0117531669
S2 1.04 Combustion processes: waste and recovered oil burners 3MW (th) and over (1995) ISBN 0117531677 (replaces IPR 1 / 4
S2 1.05 Combustion processes: combustion of fuel manufactured from or comprised of solid waste in appliances 3MW(th) and over (1995) ISBN 0117531685 (replaces IPR 1 / 5, IPR 1 / 6, IPR 1 / 7, and IPR 1 / 8).
S2 1.06 Carbonisation processes: coke manufacture (1995) ISBN 0117531766 (replaces IPR 1 / 9)
S2 1.07 Carbonisation and associated processes: smokeless fuel, activated carbon and carbon black manufacture (1995) ISBN 0117531774 (replaces IPR1 / 10)
S2 1.08 Gasification processes: gasification of solid and liquid feed-stocks including gasification combined cycle (1995) ISBN 0117532029 (replaces IPR1 / 11).
S2 1.09 Gasification processes: refining of natural gases (1995) ISBN 0117532037 (replaces IPR 1 /12 and IPR 1 / 13)
S2 1.10 Petroleum processes: oil refining and associated processes (1995) ISBN 0117532045 (replaces IPR 1 / 14)
S2 1.11 Petroleum processes: on-shore oil production (1995) ISBN 0117532053 (replaces IPR 1 / 16).
S2 1.12 Combustion processes: reheat and heat treatment furnaces 50MW(th) and over (1995) ISBN 0117531782 (replaces IPR 1 / 17)