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Pollution inventory reporting: general and sector guidance

How to report releases and transfers from industrial activities that the Environment Agency regulates.

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From:
Environment Agency
Published:
1 January 2008
Last updated:
29 November 2024
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  1. Updated the 'Intensive farming: pollution inventory reporting' page to link to new guidance on 'Ammonia emission factors for pig and poultry screening, modelling and reporting' and to update the calculations used in the examples in the 'Ammonia' section.

  2. Added updated HTML versions of 'Cement, lime and mineral sector', 'Chemicals', 'Chemical treatment of waste, including oil', 'Combustion activities', 'Incineration activities', 'Landfill operations', 'Mining and quarrying, 'Refineries' and 'Waste transfer station' guidance.

  3. Updated the guidance notes for 'Pollution inventory reporting - intensive farming'. Part 2: releases to air has been updated to include guidance on nitrogen oxides. Part 6 has also been updated, the ammonia emission factor from poultry housing has been updated for cage with deep pit manure storage beneath from 0.29 to 0.21, and for perchery with deep litter from 0.29 to 0.21.

  4. Updated the guidance for the food and drink sector.

  5. Added updated HTML versions of 'General guidance', 'Technical guidance and equations', 'Reporting codes list', 'Ferrous and non-ferrous metals', 'Food and drink', 'Intensive farming' and 'Paper and pulp' guidance.

  6. We updated the guidance notes for 'Pollution inventory reporting - incineration activities'. Table 1 has been updated for Total Particulate Matter (TPM) to provide further guidance on how plants using their TPM continuous emissions monitors as indicative monitors can calculate their mass emissions.

  7. We updated the guidance notes for 'Pollution inventory reporting - incineration activities'. The method of estimating emissions of PM10 and PM2.5 has been updated. Advice has been added on how to calculate total particulate matter (TPM) mass emissions at plants who are using their continuous TPM emissions monitors as indicative monitors.

  8. Update to pollution inventory guidance reporting codes to include the addition of 3 new EWC waste codes.

  9. Added 1 PDF: Pollution inventory reporting - general guidance notes Deleted 1 PDF as out of date; EPRTR Pollution inventory reporting - Guidance notes

  10. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

General guidance: pollution inventory reporting

Ref: LIT 7665

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Technical guidance and equations: pollution inventory reporting

HTML

Reporting codes list: pollution inventory reporting

Ref: LIT 7989

HTML

Cement, lime and mineral sector: pollution inventory reporting

HTML

Chemicals: pollution inventory reporting

HTML

Chemical treatment of waste, including oil: pollution inventory reporting

HTML

Combustion activities: pollution inventory reporting

HTML

Ferrous and non-ferrous metals: pollution inventory reporting

Ref: LIT 7670

HTML

Food and drink: pollution inventory reporting

Ref: LIT 7666

HTML

Incineration activities: pollution inventory reporting

HTML

Intensive farming: pollution inventory reporting

HTML

Landfill operations: pollution inventory reporting

HTML

Mining and quarrying: pollution inventory reporting

HTML

Oil estimator tool: workbook for estimating emissions from oil treatment plants

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 354 KB

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Paper and pulp: pollution inventory reporting

Ref: LIT 7685

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Radioactive waste: use the guidance at the end of Form PI (RSR)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pollution-inventory-reporting-form

Refineries: pollution inventory reporting

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Waste transfer station: pollution inventory reporting

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Details

You must report to the pollution inventory if you:

  • operate under a part A(1) environmental permit and have received a notice under Regulation 61(1) of the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) 2016 or Regulation 60 of the EPR 2010
  • operate a sewage treatment works with a capacity at, or over, 100,000 population equivalents
  • run an opencast mine or quarry with a surface area over 25 hectares, or an underground mine and related operation (no capacity threshold)
  • dispose of radioactive waste to air, water or sewers covered by a permit issued under EPR 2016 or EPR 2010

The pollution inventory reporting collection page gives information about the pollution inventory electronic data capture (PIEDC) system and other forms you can use to submit your data.

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