Operator guidance

With the implementation of the IPPC Directive (96/61/EC), the United Kingdom is required to report emission quantities to the European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER). This information is collected in Scotland through the SPRI. The general guidance note provides guidance to operators on how to complete the SPRI return form and also gives some advice on determining emissions released from industrial sites.

Technical guidance notes are being produced by SEPA and the Environment Agency over the next two years. This sector-specific guidance will help operators to submit more reliable and consistent returns concerning their annual mass emissions. The guidance has been developed through a process of consultation between industry stakeholders and SEPA ourselves and is part of a range of non-statutory guidance and tools that are being produced.

Using the sector-specific guidance and tools is not statutory. In general, operators should use the best data and techniques available to them, although the SPRI does not require additional monitoring to be undertaken. :

SPRI Release Estimation Techniques RET 2011 (updated December 2011) (231k)
SPRI General Operator Guidance Document 2011 (updated December 2011) (414k)
SPRI Operator Reporting System Guidance 2011 (5.60mb)
E-PRTR Indicative Substance Lists for Emission to Air and Water by Industry Sector (1.84mb)
The 2011 Schedule to the notice under Regulation 26(2) of the Pollution and Prevention Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (152k)

Activities-related guidance is listed below:

Activities Guidance Title	Current Status
Intensive Agriculture	SPRI Intensive Agriculture Guidance Document 2011 (updated December 2011) (291k)
Petroleum	SPRI Petroleum Guidance Document 2011 (updated December 2011) (616k)
Combustion	SPRI Combustion Guidance Document 2011 (updated December 2011) (761k)
Incineration	SPRI Incineration Guidance Document 2011 (updated December 2011) (448k)
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals note	SPRI Ferrous and Non-ferrous Metals Guidance Document 2011 (updated December 2011) (311k)
Cement and lime	SPRI Cement and Lime Guidance Document 2011 (updated December 2011) (337k)
Paper and pulp	SPRI Paper and Pulp Guidance Document 2011 (updated December 2011) (296k)
Chemicals activities	SPRI Chemicals Guidance Document 2011 (updated December 2011) (411k)
Radiological sites	SPRI Radioactive Substances Guidance Document 2011 (updated February 2012) (171k)
Quarry	SPRI Quarry Guidance Document 2011 (Published December 2011) (215k)
Open Cast Coal	SPRI Open Cast Coal Guidance Document 2011 (Published December 2011) (215k)
GasSim landfill gas estimator tool	Estimate landfill gas annual mass emissions
Environment Agency Landfill Leachate Estimator Tool (version PI-2yv071)	Pollution Inventory Substances in Landfill Leachate
ConSim landfill leachate estimator tool	Estimate landfill leachate mass emissions
Non landfill	Sector specific guidance from Environment Agency website: Oil estimator tool Waste treatment