permit with introductory notes - ashford

PERMIT WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES

Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2010

08/05/2015 LAPPC 04

Contact Details at Ashford Borough Council:

Christopher Davis (Environmental Health Officer)

Ashford Borough Council

Environmental Services,

Tannery Lane, Ashford,

Kent, TN23 1PL

Email: [email protected]

Tel: (01233) 330323

Permitted Installation Address:

The KENT County Crematorium

Newcourt Wood,

Charing, Ashford,

Kent, TN27 0EB

mailto:[email protected]


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PERMIT WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES LAPPC04

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PERMIT WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES L A P P C 0 4

INTRODUCTORY NOTES

These introductory notes do not form part of the Permit

The following Permit is issued under Regulations 12 and 13 of the Environmental Permitting

(England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (henceforth referred to as the EP Regulations)

The Permit includes conditions that have to be complied with. The conditions contained within this

Permit are based upon Guidance Note PG 5/2 (12) for crematoria and is referred to for compliance

under the above EP Regulations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTALLATION REGULATED BY THIS PERMIT

The process installation is transcribed into the EP Regulations under Schedule 1 Section 5.1 Part

B (b) for crematoria.

“Best Available Techniques” (BAT), Condition 34 of this permit, includes a requirement for the

permit holder to use the best available techniques for preventing or, where that is not practical,

reducing emissions to air from the installation. Techniques include both the technology used and

the manner in which the installation is designed, constructed, operated, maintained and

decommissioned.


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DESCRIPTION OF INSTALLATION

The operation of a crematoria for the cremation of human remains.

PERMIT HOLDER:

CURRENT PERMIT ISSUED:

The KENT County Crematorium,

Newcourt Wood,

Charing,

Ashford, Kent,

TN27 0EB.

8th May 2015

CONFIDENTIALITY

The Permit requires the operator to provide information to Ashford Borough Council. Ashford

Borough Council will place the information onto the public registers in accordance with the

requirements of the EP Regulations. If the operator considers that any information provided is

commercially confidential, it may apply to Ashford Borough Council to have such information

withheld from the register as provided in the Regulations. To enable Ashford Borough Council to

determine whether the information is commercially confidential, the operator should clearly identify

the information in question and should specify clear and precise reasons.


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VARIATIONS TO THE PERMIT

This Permit may be varied in the future. If at any time the activity or any aspect of the activity

regulated by the following conditions changes such that the conditions no longer reflect the activity

and require alteration, Ashford Borough Council should be contacted. Additionally Ashford Borough

Council may vary the permit in line with alterations to regulations.

SURRENDER OF THE PERMIT

Where an operator intends to cease the operation of an installation (in whole or in part) Ashford

Borough Council should be informed in writing. Such notifications must include the information

specified in Regulation 24 of the EP Regulations.

TRANSFER OF THE PERMIT OR PART OF THE PERMIT

Before the Permit can be wholly or partially transferred to another person, a joint application to

transfer the Permit has to be made by both the existing and proposed holders, in accordance with

Regulation 21 of the EP Regulations. A transfer will be allowed unless Ashford Borough Council

considers that the proposed holder will not be the person who will have control over the operation

of the installation or will not ensure compliance with the conditions of the transferred Permit.

RESPONSIBILITY UNDER WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION

This Permit is given in relation to the requirements of the EP Regulations. It must not be taken to

replace any responsibilities you may have under workplace Health and Safety legislation.


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APPEAL AGAINST PERMIT CONDITIONS

There is a right of appeal against permit conditions and Regulation 31 and Schedule 6 of the

Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 will apply.

Appeals should be addressed to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at

the following address:

The Planning Inspectorate

Environmental Appeals Administration,

Room 4 / 19 Eagle Wing,

Temple Quay House,

2 The Square,

Temple Quay,

BRISTOL,

BS1 6PN.

Please Note

An appeal brought under paragraph (1) (c) or (d) in relation to the conditions in a permit will not

suspend the effect of the conditions appealed against; the conditions must still be complied with.

In determining an appeal against one or more conditions, the Act allows the Secretary of State in

addition to quash any of the other conditions not subject to the appeal and to direct Ashford

Borough Council either to vary any of these other conditions or to add new conditions.


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Further guidance relating to the procedure for regulating installations and issuing permits is

contained in a manual on the DEFRA website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environmental-permitting-general-guidance-manual-on-

policy-and-procedures-for-a2-and-b-installations

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ASHFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL

POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT 1999

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2010

Permit Reference No: LAPPC04

The KENT County Crematorium Ltd. (permit holder) of Newcourt Wood, Charing, Ashford,

Kent, TN27 0EB is hereby permitted to carry on the cremation of human remains as described

below, within the boundary as marked orange on the attached plan ref. LAPPC04 / P1

[Appendix 1].

Address of permitted installation: The KENT County Crematorium

Newcourt Wood

Charing

Ashford

Kent

TN27 0EB

DESCRIPTION OF PERMITTED INSTALLATION

Cremation of human remains using 2 no. gas fired series 300 cremators by Facultatieve

Technologies. Each cremator comprises a primary chamber into which the coffin is inserted and

within which the primary combustion takes place.


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The hearth comprises flat sillimanite tiles so as to keep the primary chamber entirely separate from

the secondary chamber and avoid by-passing of the flue gases. The primary chamber is equipped

with a single burner located in the end wall and two independently controlled sets of air jets.

The waste gases produced from this phase of the cremation exit the primary chamber via a

transfer port in the chamber sidewall and descend below the solid hearth into the first section of the

secondary combustion zone in which the gas phase combustion takes place. Before the gases

enter this zone they are heated by the first of the two secondary zone burners. The gases make a

series of passes above, below and to one side of the primary chamber.

The gas temperature is maintained by the second of the two secondary zone burners. The total

volume of the secondary combustion zone is sufficient to ensure that a residence time of two

seconds is maintained under all operating conditions.

This is a permitted installation by virtue of Regulation 12 and 13 and Schedule 1, Section 5.1

Part B (b) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.

CONDITIONS

The following conditions shall apply:

Emission Limits and Controls

1. All releases to air, other than steam or condensed water vapour, shall be free from

persistent visible emissions and free from droplets.


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2. Emissions from each cremator shall, in normal operation (including start up and shutdown)

be free from visible smoke and no emissions from either cremator shall exceed the

equivalent of Ringelmann Shade 1 as described in BS 2742:2009.

3. Emissions from each cremator shall not cause offensive odour outside the boundary of the

installation as marked in orange on the attached plan ref. LAPPC04 / P1 [Appendix 1].

4. The following table contains the specific emission limits that shall apply during normal

operation of each cremator:

Table A : Specific Emission Limits

SUBSTANCE CONCENTRATION LIMITS

Hydrogen chloride

(excluding particulate matter) 200 mg / m

3 averaged over an hour

Total particulate matter

(from cremator)

80 mg / m3 averaged over an hour for 95% of

cremations and 160 mg / m3 averaged over an

hour for all cremations

Carbon monoxide

100 mg / m3 averaged over the first hour for 95%

of cremations and 200 mg / m3 averaged over

the first hour for all cremations

Organic compounds

(excluding particulate matter) expressed

as carbon

20 mg / m3 averaged over an hour of cremation

Particulate matter from cremated remains

reduction plant that vents externally

50 mg / m3 with no correction for oxygen

concentration or water vapour


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The sampling protocol for each particular substance identified in Table A above shall be

in accordance with Table 3 of PG Note 5/2 (12) [Appendix 3], unless otherwise agreed in

writing by an authorised person of Ashford Borough Council.

The annual emission testing required by Condition 11 of this permit shall encompass at least two

individual cremations on each cremator.

All pollutant concentrations shall be expressed at reference conditions:

273K, 101.3 KPa and 11% oxygen v/v, dry gas unless otherwise stated.

Monitoring, Sampling and Measurement of Emissions

5. As part of proper supervision the permit holder shall monitor emissions to air and make

tests and inspections of the installation. All sampling and tests required by conditions

attached to this permit shall be carried out during operation of each cremator at its usual

operating capacity.

Where compliance monitoring is undertaken no result shall exceed the emission

concentration limits specified, except where either:

(a) Data is obtained over at least 5 sampling hours in increments of 15 minutes or less; or

(b) At least 20 results are obtained where sampling time increments of more than 15

minutes are involved; AND in the case of (a) or (b)

(c) No daily mean of all 15-minute mean emission concentrations shall exceed the

specified emission concentration limits during normal operation (excluding start-up

and shut-down); and

(d) No 15-minute mean emission concentration shall exceed twice the specified emission

concentration limits during normal operation (excluding start-up and shut-down).


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An authorised person of Ashford Borough Council shall be advised at least seven days in

advance of any periodic monitoring exercise to determine compliance with emission limit

values of the provisional time and date of monitoring, pollutants to be tested and the

methods to be used.

6. Emissions from each cremator shall be continuously indicatively monitored for total

particulate matter using a dedicated analyser and the results shall be continuously

recorded. The instruments shall be fitted with audible or visual alarms that activate at a

reference level. Emission events that activate the alarms shall be electronically recorded.

7. Emissions from each cremator shall be continuously indicatively monitored for carbon

monoxide and the instrument shall be capable of recording data at less than 10 second

intervals.

8. The oxygen concentration at the outlet of the secondary combustion zone of each cremator

shall be continuously monitored and continuously recorded using a dedicated analyser.

The oxygen concentration at the point of discontinuous measurement of the controlled

pollutants contained in Table A of Condition 4 shall also be measured to enable the results

to be reported in accordance with the reference conditions.

9. All continuous monitoring instruments provided in accordance with Conditions 7 and 8 shall

be checked for correct functioning and calibrated in accordance with the manufacturer’s

instructions.


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10. All continuous monitor readings shall be continuously recorded and the readings shall be on

immediate display to operating staff. The instruments shall be fitted with a visual alarm

which shall activate whenever a 60 minute mean value exceeds the emission limit in

Table A of Condition 4. Emission events that activate the alarms shall be electronically

recorded.

11. Emissions from each cremator shall be tested at least once a year for organic compounds

(excluding particulate matter) and for hydrogen chloride (excluding particulate matter).

Emissions shall also be tested at least once a year for total particulate matter and carbon

monoxide.

12. Visual and olfactory assessments of emissions to air shall be made regularly and at least

once a day, in particular to confirm continued operation of the particulate matter continuous

monitoring instrument provided in accordance with Condition 6. Remedial action shall be

taken immediately in the case of abnormal emissions.

13. The results of all monitoring and inspections (including continuous monitor charts and

records) shall be recorded in a logbook, retained at the crematorium for a minimum of two

years. Records of visual and olfactory assessments carried out in accordance with

Condition 12 shall include the date, time, result of assessment and name of person

undertaking the assessment.

The permit holder shall investigate any adverse monitoring results and take any corrective

action immediately. The corrective action shall be recorded in the logbook. The permit

holder shall ensure the logbook is available for inspection by an authorised person of

Ashford Borough Council.


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14. The permit holder shall provide at monthly intervals a written summary of the continuous

monitoring data from each cremator to an authorised person of Ashford Borough Council.

The permit holder shall also supply one set of results for each cremator during the course of

the first cremation of the week, in one week of the month.

15. In any case where the emission measurement exceeds the concentration limit value

contained in Table A of Condition 4, the results shall be forwarded to an authorised person

of Ashford Borough Council. Where any emission level is more than twice the concentration

limit value an authorised person of Ashford Borough Council shall be advised immediately

by telephone or facsimile.

16. The results of all non-continuous emission testing carried out in accordance with Condition

11 shall be forwarded to an authorised person of Ashford Borough Council within 8 weeks

of the completion of the sampling.

17. The permit holder shall have regard to BS ISO 9096:2003 when providing facilities for

sampling on vents or ducts associated with the permitted installation. In particular, attention

shall be given to the design and location of sampling systems to ensure that representative

samples are obtained.


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Materials Handling and Storage

18. The coffin, fittings and lining to be used in respect of the deceased person shall conform to

the requirements of the Federation of British Cremation Authorities (FBCA) Instructions for

Funeral Directors. In particular:

Poly vinyl chloride and melamine shall not be used in coffin construction or

furnishings;

Cardboard coffins shall not contain chlorine in the wet strength agent;

Packaging for stillbirth, neonatal and foetal remains shall not include any chlorinated

plastics;

Coffins containing lead or zinc shall not be cremated

19. Each cremator shall be designed and operated in order to prevent the discharge of smoke,

fumes or other substances during charging. In the event of mechanical failure during the

cremation cycle that is likely to adversely affect emissions to air, the cremator shall be shut

down at the end of the cremation cycle and not recharged until all necessary repairs have

been completed.

20. Each cremator and all ductwork shall be made and maintained gas tight if under positive

pressure, to prevent the escape of gases from the ductwork or cremator to the air.

21. At the end of a cremation the deceased remains shall only be removed when calcination

has been completed.


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Flue Gas Treatment

22. Each cremator shall be designed to ensure complete combustion and shall be fitted with a

secondary combustion zone.

The temperature of gases after the last admission of secondary air and at the exit from the

secondary combustion zone shall be continuously monitored and continuously recorded.

Audible or visual alarms shall be triggered when the temperature in the secondary

combustion zone falls below that specified in Condition 23.

Each cremator shall be designed so that there is adequate secondary air in the primary

combustion zone to ensure good turbulence.

23. The gases shall be held at 1123K (850°C) for a minimum (at all times) of two seconds in the

secondary combustion zone. The residence time shall be determined by direct

measurement of the volume flow rate of the flue gases throughout the cremation cycle at

the cremator exit with appropriate corrections made for changes in temperature and

oxygen.

The concentration of oxygen at the outlet of the secondary combustion zone, measured wet

or dry, shall have a minimum average 6% and a minimum 3%.

The charging system shall be interlocked to prevent the introduction of a coffin to the

primary combustion zone unless the secondary combustion zone temperature exceeds

1123K (850°C).


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Disposal of Residues

24. The removal of ash and non-combustible residues shall be undertaken carefully so as to

prevent dust emissions via the flue.

Cremated remains shall be moved and stored in a covered container.

Chimney

25. Waste gases emitted from each cremator shall be discharged to atmosphere at not less

than 15 m/s-1

during peak operating conditions to achieve adequate dispersion.

The minimum height at which the waste gases shall be discharged shall be not less than

14 metres above ground level.

26. Chimney flues and the ductwork leading to the chimney shall be adequately insulated to

minimise the cooling of waste gases and prevent liquid condensation on internal surfaces.

Waste gases from each cremator shall be discharged vertically to the atmosphere and the

chimney shall not be fitted with any restriction at the final opening.


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General Operations

27. Any malfunction or breakdown leading to abnormal emissions to air shall be dealt with

promptly and operations adjusted until the malfunction or breakdown has been restored.

The malfunction or breakdown shall be recorded in the logbook provided in accordance with

Condition 13. If there is likely to be an effect upon the local community an officer of Ashford

Borough Council shall be informed without delay.

28. The person having operational control of the cremators shall be identified in writing to

Ashford Borough Council.

29. All operational staff shall hold appropriate certification from a suitable organisation to

demonstrate their proficiency in operating cremators or, in the case of unqualified staff, shall

be under the direct supervision of an experienced certified technician.

The permit holder shall maintain a statement of training requirement for each operational

post and keep a record of the training received by each person whose actions may have an

impact on the environment. These documents shall be available upon request to an

authorised person of Ashford Borough Council.

30. The operator is required to keep a record of gas consumption for the installation, which the

regulator may request in the course of the annual inspection.

31. The operator is required to draw up a simple plan for dealing with emergencies which give

rise to mass fatalities, which should mainly address the holding of additional spares and

consumables and the training of suitable members of staff.


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Mercury Abatement

32. The KENT County Crematorium (Charing) is paired with Barham Crematorium (Canterbury)

for the purposes of Mercury Abatement. By the 1st

April each year, the operator shall

submit a certificate to an Authorised Officer of Ashford Borough Council, from the

Crematoria Abatement of Mercury Emission Organisation (CAMEO) or appropriate

evidence from a comparable audited burden sharing arrangement or scheme which

specifies;

a) the total number of cremations in the preceding calendar year for the paired

installations;

b) of those, the number of cremations undertaken in cremators fitted with

operational mercury abatement equipment in the same period;

c) the number of cremations undertaken in the previous 12 months and the

proportion of those subject to burden sharing arrangements under which

money is paid for the benefit of abated crematoria; or

33. If the operator proposes to make a change in operation of the installation, they must, at

least 14 days before making the change, notify an Authorised Person of Ashford Borough

Council, in writing.

The notification must contain a description of the proposed change(s) in operation. It is not

necessary to make such a notification if an application to vary this permit has been made

and the application contains a description of the proposed change. In this condition ‘change

in operation’ means a change in the nature or functioning, or an extension of the installation,

which may have consequences for the environment.


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34. The Best Available Techniques (BAT) shall be used to prevent or, where that is not

practicable, reduce emissions from the installation in relation to any aspect of the operation

of the installation which is not regulated by any other condition of this permit.

Signed:

Officer: Christopher Davis

Designation: Environmental Health Officer

Dated: 8th May 2015


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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1 : LAPPC04 / P1 [Site Location Plan]

Appendix 2 : LAPPC04 / P2 [Site Boundary]

Appendix 3 : LAPPC04 / P3 [Table 3 of PG 5/2 (12)]

[http://www.doeni.gov.uk/pg_5-2_crematoria.pdf]

http://www.doeni.gov.uk/pg_5-2_crematoria.pdf


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Appendix 1 : LAPPC04 / P1 [Site Location Plan]


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Appendix 2 : LAPPC04 / P2 [Site Boundary]


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Appendix 3 : LAPPC04 / P3 [Table 3 of PG 5/2 (12)]

[http://www.doeni.gov.uk/pg_5-2_crematoria.pdf]

http://www.doeni.gov.uk/pg_5-2_crematoria.pdf


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