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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Illsley: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment she has made of the cost to the glass container industry of new emission limits applicable from January 2005; [197037] (2) what assessment she has made of the increased cost of energy to the glass container industry as a consequence of new emissions limits. [197038] Mr. Morley: The limit values contained in the guidance referred to in answer to PQ UIN 197005 are derived from the Best Available Techniques Reference document produced by the European Commission's `European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Bureau', which can be found at: http://eippcb.jrc.es/ pages/FActivities.htm This document, which contains a review of costs and energy impacts, includes emission limit values similar to those contained in the guidance we published: for example, the BAT emission level associated with specified techniques is given as between 5 and 30mg/m3 (milligrams per cubic metre) and that for nitrogen oxides as 500-70mg/m3. As regards energy, it states on page 134 that the use of an electrostatic precipitator to tackle particulate matter emissions involves an increase in energy consumption, but the increase is low in relation to the consumption of the glass furnace (less than 1 per cent.).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c1017-8W;426 c1021-2W; 197037;197038

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Costs Air pollution Energy Glass Manufacturing industries Pollution control Factories

Link

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