Government Decree on the limitation of emissions into the air from certain activities and installations that use organic solvents (64/2015)

This Decree shall apply to activities and installations subject to permits referred to in Annex 1, table 2, section 6(a) and (b) and to registration referred to in Annex 2 of the Environmental Protection Act (527/2014) that use organic solvents and in which solvents are consumed in greater quantities than the quantities mentioned for the operation in the tables in Annex 1 of this Decree. Annex 1 sets out emissions standards for volatile organic compounds into the air resulting from activities and installations referred to above. The activities and installations referred to above shall take all appropriate precautions to minimise the emissions of volatile organic compounds during start-up and shutdown operations. An operator may comply with a individual scheme instead of complying with the emission limit values prescribed by this Decree provided that under such a scheme the installation shall reduce its emissions by at least as much as it would if it were to comply with the limit values prescribed by this Decree. Certain dangerous substances, which have a content of volatile organic compounds classified as carcinogens, mutagens, or toxic to reproduction shall be replaced as soon as possible. An operator shall monitor emissions continuously if the installation's average emissions of volatile organic compounds after abatement equipment at the final point of discharge exceed 10 kilos of total organic carbon per hour.