Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018: ​Proposed Standard Conditions for Registration level activities

Activity description

The ensiling of dead fish or fish offal, including the storage of ensiled liquor at the same location above 10m³.

Standard conditions

Below is the list of core and activity-specific standard conditions for ensiling or storage of ensiled dead fish or fish offal above 10m3.

1. The transfer of fish to the fish ensiling tank and the transfer of ensiled fish to tanker truck(s) or storage tank(s) must be totally enclosed.
    
2. The pH of ensiled fish must be 4 or lower.
    
3. Spillage equipment must be available for immediate use.
    
4. The base and walls of any container, and the pipes and pipe connections of any system used to store ensiled fish and ensiling solutions must be:
   
   a. impermeable and protected against corrosion; and
   
   b. capable of withstanding the loads on them when the storage system is full.
    
5. The containers used for the storage of ensiled fish and any other liquids or ensiling solutions must be kept closed and lidded and stored within a bund / secondary containment system that must:
   
   a. hold at least:
   
      i. for a single container, 110% of its total capacity, or
      ii. for two or more containers the greater of:
   
         1. 110% of the capacity of the largest container; or
         2. 25% of the capacity of all containers together.
   
   b. catch all spills from the container(s) and related parts;
   
   c. be leak-proof;
   
   d. be located and/or protected, to prevent damage as far as reasonably practicable; and
   
   e. have any spills and/or rainwater removed as soon as reasonably practicable.
    
6.  Measures must be taken to prevent, or where that is not practicable, minimise:
   
   a. odour; and
   
   b. the presence of vermin
   
   from the authorised activities.
    
7. Offensive odours from the authorised activities as perceived by a SEPA officer must not be emitted beyond the boundary of the Authorised Place.
    
8. SEPA must be notified via its pollution hotline contact telephone number as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case within 24 hours of identification of an event, of any of the following:
   
   a. an event that has caused or could cause adverse impact to the environment or harm to human health;
   
   b. an event that results, or could result, in an emission to the environment that is not authorised; and
   
   c. an event that has caused a breach of a condition of this authorisation.
   
   In this condition, the meaning of ‘event’ is as defined in the Interpretation of Terms of this authorisation.
    
9. All measures that are reasonably practicable must be taken to stop an event and to minimise its effect on the environment.
    
10. Within 14 days of an event a report must be submitted to SEPA detailing:
    
    a. the reason(s) for the event;
    
    b. the action(s) taken to stop the event and minimise the impacts; and
    
    c. the action(s) taken to prevent the event from reoccurring.
     
11. All information recorded, kept or submitted to SEPA in accordance with a condition of this authorisation must be:
    
    a. true and accurate;
    
    b. kept for a minimum of six years; and
    
    c. provided to SEPA upon request.