Food and Drink BREF update

The updated Food and Drink sector BREF note BAT conclusions (BATc) were published on 4 December 2019. This has triggered an environmental permit review for the Food and Drink sector by the UK environmental regulators, the process for which is:

• Regulator will write to each operator regarding the permit review.
• Webinars on how to respond to the Regulation 61 notices will be held for Operators.
• Regulation 61 notices will be sent to Operators containing a number of questions. There will be a 6-month deadline for Operators to respond to these notices.
• Issue of Regulation 61 notices will be a phased process, with the higher priority subsectors being first to receive the notices.
• All sites of the same company will be determined concurrently.

You must be compliant with the new emission limits within 4 years. If you are unable to meet the emission limits you can apply for a derogation, however this is a complex and time-consuming exercise which requires full justification as to why a derogation should be granted and there are no guarantees that the Regulator will accept the derogation request. Failure to comply with the updated emission limits after the 4-year period would be a breach of permit conditions and likely to result in enforcement action by the Regulator.

This session provides an update on the permit review process and progress to date.

Audience

All food & drink manufacturing companies,  environment managers,  sustainability managers,  operations managers, engineering managers

Speakers

Paul Wright, SLR Consulting
Tom Bruce, Environment Agency