BATNEEC excessive cost

Under Part I of the act an IPC system controls emissions to air, land or water for the most polluting industrial and similar processes. IPC is limited to prescribed processes (e.g. chemical, fuel and power, waste disposal, minerals etc.) by prior authorization. Authorization is based on the requirement for owners/controllers to prevent release of prescribed substances or, where this is not practicable, to reduce the release to a minimum. Any residual release must be rendered harmless. To achieve these aims, operators must use the best practicable means not entailing excessive cost (BATNEEC). 

BATNEEC Best Available Technology Not Entailing Excessive Cost... 

The broad aim of the Act is to prevent pollution by regulating emissions at source. Environmental emission limits are expected to be met according to the principle of BATNEEC (best available technology not entailing excessive cost), also see reference... 

BATNEEC Best available technique not entailing excessive costs... 

Considering the advantages and cost of precipitation it is probably the Best Available Technique Not Entailing Excessive Cost (BATNEEC), however by itself it is not the Best Available Technique (BAT). The Best Available Technique will probably be an integrated system involving precipitation as a first step. 

The aim of IPC is to control pollution of the whole environment under a single enforcement system and to achieve the Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) by using BATNEEC (Best Available Techniques Not Entailing Excessive Cost) to minimize the overall environmental impact of a process. Part B processes only need satisfy the BATNEEC requirement. 

In order to achieve the objective set down in Section 7(2)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, Local Authorities are obliged to ensure that, in carrying on a prescribed process, the Best Available Technology Not Entailing Excessive Cost (BATNEEC) [8] will be used ... 

BATNEEC Best available technology not entailing excessive cost... 

The problem of dealing with environmental risks is often approached by identifying fhe most suitable strategy that controls the risk at least cost. Cost benefit analysis can be applied to this task. In fact cost benefit analysis is advocated in UK legislation in the form of control systems which are the best available techniques not entailing excessive cost (BATNEEC). 

The conditions in an IPC authorisation cover emissions to water, land and air and extend to the prevention of persistent offensive odours at or beyond the boundary of the premises. The standards demanded by the authorisation include the application of the best available techniques not entailing excessive costs (BATNEEC). This is a new enforcement concept seen as equivalent to so far as is reasonably practicable of the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974 (HSWA). The Environment Agency has produced numerous process- and sector-specific guidance notes on Part A Processes. ... 

The best available techniques not entailing excessive costs (BATNEEC) are used >- If a process involves release into more than one medium (e.g. air and water), the operator uses the best practicable environmental option (BPEO) to achieve the best overall environmental solution > The operator complies with any directions given by the Secretary of State for the Environment or other applicable requirements or standards. 

For example the MACT standard being devised by the US EPA, or the best available technology not entailing excessive cost (BATNEEC) widely used in Europe, with its explicit regard for economic as well as technical feasibility. 

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