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DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The website includes the following categories:

• Controlling Pollution from Industry: Regulation by Local Authorities - A Short guide
• General Guidance Manual on Policy and Procedures for A2 and B Applications (May 2011)
• General Guidance Manual on Policy and Procedures for A2 and B Application Appendix Part B
• Process Guidance notes (PG notes) in the following sectors…
  • Animal and Vegetable Processing
  • Combustion and Incineration
  • Minerals sector
  • Metals sector
  • Organic chemicals sector
  • Petroleum and powder coating sector
  • Solvents sector
  • Sector Guidance notes (SG notes)
  • AQ Notes (2003-2010)
  • Other guidance

HMIP Technical Guidance Note (Dispersion) D1 Guidelines on Discharge Stack Heights for Polluting Emissions. The 1993 version is out of print with a draft being published for comment. DEFRA advise that meanwhile the existing version should continue to be used.

The Environment Agency

SEPA - Scottish Environment Agency

Monitoring guides:

• Gettings Basics Right
• General Guidance Manual on Policy and Procedures -2008-Part A2 and B
• M1 - Sampling requirements for stack emissions monitoring (January 2010)
• M2 - Technical Guidance Note (Monitoring) of stack emissions to air (v8.1, December 2011)
• M8 - Ambient monitoring strategy (2000)
• M9 - Ambient monitoring methods (2000)
• M13 - Monitoring hydrogen sulphide and total reduced sulphur in atmospheric releases and ambient air (2001)
• M15 - Monitoring PM10 and PM2.5 (October 2006)
• M16 - Monitoring volatile organic compounds in stack gas emissions (April 2011)
• M18 - Monitoring discharges to water and sewer (April 2009)
• M20 - Quality assurance of continuous emissions monitoring systems
• M21 - Stationary source emissions — a procedure to use an alternative method for measuring emissions of sulphur dioxide, using instrumental techniques (January 2010)
• M22 - Measuring stack gas emissions using FTIR instruments (version 2, March 2011)
• IPCC H4 Horizontal Guidance for Odour (Part 1) Regulation and Permitting - draft
• Requirements on Operators to Provide Permits to Monitoring Contractors

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ISO - International Organization for Standardization

CEN - European Committee for Standardization

EN and DIN Standards

BSI Shop

• BS EN 1539:2009 Dryers and ovens, in which flammable substances are released – Safety requirements (Link)
• BS EN 954-1:1997 Safety of machinery – Safety related parts of control systems (Link)
• BS 4142:1997 Rating industrial noise affecting mixed residential and industrial areas (Link)
• BS EN 13526:2002 Stationary source emissions. Determination of the mass concentration of total gaseous organic carbon in flue gases from solvent using processes. Continuous flame ionisation detector method (Link)
• BS EN 12619:1999 Stationary source emissions. Determination of the mass concentration of total gaseous organic carbon in flue gases from solvent using processes. Continuous flame ionisation detector method (Link)
• BS ISO 14164:1999. Stationary source emissions – Determination of volume flowrate of gas streams in ducts (Link)
• BS EN 13284-2:2002 Stationary source emissions. Determination of low range mass concentration of dust. Automated measuring systems (Link)
• BS EN 15058:2006 Stationary Source Emissions. Determination of mass concentration of carbon monoxide (CO). Reference method: non-dispersive infrared spectrometry (Link).
• BS EN 14792:2005 Stationary Source Emissions. Determination of mass concentration of nitrogen oxides (NOx). Reference method: Chemiluminescence (Link).
• BS EN 746-2:2010 Industrial thermoprocessing equipment. Safety requirements for combustion and fuel handling systems (Link)
• ISO 13849-1:2006 Safety of Machinery - Safety-related parts of control systems - Part 1: General principles for design (Link)
• IEC 61508-1 ed2.0 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 1: General requirements (Link)
 

HSE - Health and Safety Executive

HSE Health and safety Executive HSG65 Successful Health and Safety Management (link)

• Fire and Explosion
  • BASEEFA - ATEX and IECEx product certification for equipment used in potentially explosive atmosphere
  • HSE Explosive Atmospheres - Classification of Hazardous Areas (Zoning) and Selection of Equipment
  • HSE DSEAR - The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmosphere Regulations 2002
  • HSE DESEAR - Fire and Explosion – How Safe is your Workplace?
  • Safe working with Flammable Substances
  • Safe use and handling of Flammable Liquids HSG140 1996 (Link)
  • Selection and Use of Flammable Gas Detectors
  • The safe use of Thermal Oxidiser (Incineration) systems for potentially flammable mixtures (Oct 2004)
  • HS(G)158 Flame Arrestors
  • Printing Industries Advisory Committee (PIAC)
• COSHH - Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
  • Safe design and use of vent collection systems for potentially flammable mixtures
  • Local Extract Ventilation (LEV) Guidance
  • HS(G) 258 Controlling Airbourne contaminants at work - A guide to Local Extract Ventilation (LEVs)
  • HS(G) 173 Monitoring strategies for toxic substances (Link) 
  • EH40 Workplace Exposure Limits (COSHH)
  • HSE COSHH Skin Checks for Dermatitis
• Construction Design and Management (CDM)
•  Health and Safety Executive Essentials
  • HSE COSHH Essentials Advice for Managers - Printers P0
  • HSE COSHH Essentials Ink Mixing -Gravure P26
  • HSE COSHH Essentials Gravure printing P27
  • HSE COSHH Essentials On Press Cleaning - Gravure P28
  • HSE COSHH Essentials Off Press Cleaning - Gravure P29
  • HSE COSHH Essentials Automatied Off Press Cleaning - Gravure P30
  • HSE COSHH Essentials Making photopolymer plates - Flexo P31
  • HSE COSHH Essentials Mixing solvent-bourne inks - Flexo P32
  • HSE COSHH Essentials Printing with solvent-bourne inks - Flexo P33
  • HSE COSHH Essentials On Press Cleaning - Flexo P36
  • HSE COSHH Essentials Off Press Cleaning - Flexo P37
  • HSE COSHH Essentials Automated Off Press Cleaning - Flexo P38

HSE RIDDOR Accident Reporting Forms

European Commission Atex Directive

• HSE Atex
• EC European Atex Directive 94/9/EC
• EC European Atex Guidelines
• EC European Atex Guidelines 3rd Ed June 2009
• EC European Atex Directive Consolidated text
• EC European Atex Directive 1st Corrigendum
• EC European Atex Directive 2nd Corrigendum

 European Commission Machinery Directive

• EC Guide to Application of Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC 2nd edition June10

HSE PUWER - Work equipment and machinery

• HSE Simple guide to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
• HSE PUWER Open Learning Guidance

   European Commission Directive to Noise Emission by Equipment for use Outdoors

 

• STA - Source Testing Association (Link)
  • MCerts information (Link)
  • Method Implementation Methods (Link)
  • Local Authority Part B Process Guidance Support (Link)
  • Health and Safety (Link)
  • Training (Link)
  • Annual Guide (Digital on-line edition)
• HVCA - Heating and Ventilation Association (Link)
  • DW/143 Ductwork Leakage Testing (Download)
  • DW/144 Specification for Sheet Metal Ductwork Low, medium and high pressure/velocity air systems (Download)
  • DW/TM2 Guide to Good Practice: Internal Cleanliness of New Ductwork Installations (Download)
  • TR/19 Guide to Good Practice for the Design for the Installation of Fire and Smoke Dampers (Download)
• BCF - British Coatings Federation (Link)
• EFIA - European Flexographic Industries Association (Link)
• Paint Research Authority (Link)
• BOHS British Occupational Hygiene Society (Link)
• CEPE Eurpean Coatings (Link)
• IPPIC International Paint and Printing Ink Council (Link)
• ECHA - European Chemicals Agency (Link)

• NetRegs - Solvent Emissions (link)
• The European IPPC Bureau BREF Notes (link)
• The European Paints Directive (download)
• Envirowaste - Printing (link)
• Envirowaste - Furniture (link)
• Envirowaste - Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals (link)
• European Commission-The VOC Solvents Emissions Directive (S.E.D.) (link)
• ECSA European Chlorinated Solvents Assocoation - Guidance on the Solvents Emissions Directive for chlorinated solvent users (download)
• SIRA Environmental (link)
  • MCerts Product Certification (link)
  • MCerts Personnel Certification (link)
• Carbon Trust (link)
  • Carbon Trust Publications (link)
  • CRC - Carbon Reduction Commitment and Energy Efficiency Schems (link)
  • CCL - Climate Change Levy (link)
• The Gas Safety Regulations (Installation and Use) 1998
  • Corgi Direct (link)
  • Gas Regulations Standards and Regulations (Link)
  • Gas Regulations Non-Domestic Gas Engineers (Link)
• HMSO (Link)
• Document Finder (Document Finder)
• AutoCAD DWG TrueView free programme download for viewing .dwg CAD drawings (Link)
• MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets (Link)
• AEA Energy & Environment Group Report to Defra Climate Change Consequences Of VOC Emission Controls (Download)
• Scottish Government Guidance on the Solvent Emissions (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (Link)
• Isocynate Emissions Toolbox (Link)