Monitoring Environmental Performance
Level 5
Appendix 2a
Process Guidance Notes

BATNEEC Process Guidance notes (PG) series:
Issued by the Secretary of State
(for Local Air Pollution Control Regulated processes).

Combustion
PG 1 / 1 Waste oil burners, less than 0.4MW net rated thermal input (nrti)
PG 1 / 2 Waste oil or recovered oil burners, less than 3MW nrti
PG 1 / 3 Boilers and furnaces, 20-50MW nrti
PG 1 / 4 Gas turbines, 20-50MW nrti
PG 1 / 5 Compression ignition engines, 20-50MW nrti
PG 1 / 11 Reheat and heat treatment furnaces 20-50MW nrti
PG 1 / 12 Combustion of fuel manufactured from or comprised of solid waste in appliances between 0.4 and 3MW nrti (replaces PG 1 / 6- 1 / 10
Non-ferrous Metals
PG 2 / 1 Furnaces for the extraction of non-ferrous metal from scrap
PG 2 / 2 Hot dip galvanising processes
PG 2 / 3 Electrical and rotary furnaces
PG 2 / 4 Iron, steel and non-ferrous metal foundry processes
PG 2 / 5 Hot and cold blast cupolas
PG 2 / 6 Aluminium and aluminium alloy processes
PG 2 / 7 Zinc and zinc alloy processes
PG 2 / 8 Copper and copper alloy processes
PG 2 / 9 Metal decontamination processes
Mineral Industries
PG 3 / 1 Blending, packing, loading and use of bulk cement
PG 3 / 2 Manufacture of heavy clay goods and refractory goods
PG 3 / 3 Glass (excluding lead glass) manufacturing processes
PG 3 / 4 Lead glass manufacturing processes
PG 3 / 5 Coal, coke and coal product processes
PG 3 / 6 Processes for the polishing or etching of glass or glass products using hydrofluoric acid
PG 3 / 7 Exfoliation of vermiculite and expansion of perlite
PG 3 / 8 Quarry processes including roadstone plants and the size reduction of bricks, tiles and concrete
PG 3 / 9 Sand drying and cooling
PG 3 / 10 China and ball clay
PG 3 / 11 Spray drying of ceramic materials
PG 3 / 12 Plaster processes
PG 3 / 13 Asbestos processes
PG 3 / 14 Lime slaking processes
Chemical Industry
PG 4 / 1 Processes for the surface treatment of metals
Incinerators
PG 5 / 1 Clinical waste incineration processes under one tonne per hour
PG 5 / 2 Crematoria
PG 5 / 3 Animal carcass incineration processes under one tonne per hour
PG 5 / 4 General waste incineration processes under one tonne per hour
PG 5 / 5 Sewage sludge incineration processes under one tonne per hour
Other Industries
PG 6 / 1 Animal by-product rendering
PG 6 / 2 Manufacture of timber and wood-based products
PG 6 / 3 Chemical treatment of timber and wood based products
PG 6 / 4 Processes for the manufacture of particleboard and fibreboard
PG 6 / 5 Maggot breeding processes
PG 6 / 6 Fur breeding processes
PG 6 / 7 Printing and coating of metal packaging
PG 6 / 8 Textile and fabric coating and finishing
PG 6 / 9 Manufacturing of coating powder
PG 6 / 10 Coating manufacturing processes
PG 6 / 11 Manufacture of printing ink
PG 6 / 12 Production of natural sausage castings, tripe, chitterlings and other boiled green offal products
PG 6 / 13 Coil coating processes
PG 6 / 14 Film coating processes
PG 6 / 15 Coating in drum manufacturing and reconditioning processes
PG 6 / 16 Printworks
PG 6 / 17 Printing of flexible packaging
PG 6 / 18 Paper coating processes
PG 6 / 19 Fish meal and fish oil processes
PG 6 / 20 Paint application in vehicle manufacturing
PG 6 / 21 Hide and skin processes
PG 6 / 22 Leather finishing processes
PG 6 / 23 Coating of metal and plastic
PG 6 / 24 Pet food manufacturing processes
PG 6 / 25 Vegetable oil extraction and fat and oil refining processes
PG 6 / 26 Animal feed compounding processes
PG 6 / 27 Vegetable matter drying processes
PG 6 / 28 Rubber processes
PG 6 / 29 Di-isocyanate processes
PG 6 / 30 Production of compost for mushrooms
PG 6 / 31 Powder coating processes, including sheradizing
PG 6 / 32 Adhesive coating processes
PG 6 / 33 Wood coating processes
PG 6 / 34 Respraying of road vehicles
PG 6 / 35 Metal and other thermal spraying processes
PG 6 / 36 Tobacco processing
PG 6 / 37 Knackers yards
PG 6 / 38 Blood processing
PG 6 / 39 Animal by-product dealers
PG 6 / 40 Coating and recoating of aircraft and aircraft components
PG 6 / 41 Coating and recoating of rail vehicles
PG 6 / 42 Bitumen and tar processes