Guidance for reporting to SPRI

SPRI general guidance (pdf- 607kb) note
SPRI Operator Walkthrough (pdf - 1.7mb)

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 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.  If UK guidance is not available for a specific sector a number of references to reporting guidance developed by other organisations are available in Appendix 2 of the SPRI general guidance (pdf- 607kb) note.

Current Guidance is detailed below-