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CLOSED TO BOOKINGS - THIS COURSE HAS NOW TAKEN PLACE - Essentials of PPC 4 - Regulation and Permitting  - 3 April to 3 May 2023
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CLOSED TO BOOKINGS - THIS COURSE HAS NOW TAKEN PLACE - Essentials of PPC 4 - Regulation and Permitting - 3 April to 3 May 2023

This is a pre-recorded webinar available for 1 month from 3 April to 3 May 2023. Duration of this webinar is 5 hrs.

Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

The purpose of this course is to provide the framework for good permit construction.  The course will consist of a review of the parts of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations that are relevant to permitting, an examination of the determination of BAT for permits, a review of guidance and a detailed examination of a specific PG guidance note. 

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CLOSED TO BOOKINGS - THIS COURSE HAS NOW TAKEN PLACE - Emissions Monitoring Advanced 1 - Solvents - 24 April to 24 May 2023
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CLOSED TO BOOKINGS - THIS COURSE HAS NOW TAKEN PLACE - Emissions Monitoring Advanced 1 - Solvents - 24 April to 24 May 2023

This is a pre-recorded webinar available for 1 month from 24 April to 24 May 2023.

Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

This webinar is intended to provide delegates with confidence to understand the requirements and basic principles behind solvent management plans and annual solvent inventories – a key part of compliance for Part B, Solvent Emission Activities (SEA) and Part A2 solvent activities.  The webinar will include two case studies to illustrate what is required in a solvent management plan and how it is used to assess compliance.  The webinar is pre-recorded but delegates are encouraged to email queries on solvent activities to EMAQ.  Queries will be forwarded to trainers who will email replies.


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Essentials of PPC 5 - Management and Enforcement - 15 May to 15 June 2023
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Essentials of PPC 5 - Management and Enforcement - 15 May to 15 June 2023

This is a pre-recorded webinar available for 1 month from 15 May to 15 June 2023. Estimated time to view this webinar is 5 hrs. 

Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

The course will ensure that delegates understand how to effectively manage and discharge the duties required of them as authorised officers in respect of Pollution Prevention and Control. We will discuss management issues such as performance management techniques, partnership working and the auditing and peer review of the Pollution Prevention and Control function as well as the practical issues of managing site inspections and the relationship between the operator and regulator. 

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Emissions Monitoring Advanced 2 - Particles/Dust Monitoring - 3 July to 14 August 2023
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Emissions Monitoring Advanced 2 - Particles/Dust Monitoring - 3 July to 14 August 2023

This is a pre-recorded webinar available for 6 weeks (due to holiday season) from 3 July to 14 August 2023.

Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

This webinar is intended to provide delegates with confidence to understand the requirements and basic principles behind particulate (dust) emission monitoring – a key part of compliance for many Part B activities and also applicable to Part A2 activities and Small Waste Incineration Plant.  The webinar will provide an introduction to stack emission monitoring to set out general principles of sampling.  We will describe and explain the differences between  periodic and continuous particulate emission monitoring.  The approach used for periodic compliance emission testing and the concept of isokinetic sampling will be described.  The key features of the main measurement Standards applied for particulate emission monitoring will be described and QA/QC requirements explained. Features and considerations for continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) will be described including calibration requirements and the need that this is undertaken using reference methods on process.  Resources for further guidance will be signposted. The webinar is pre-recorded but delegates are encouraged to email queries on emission monitoring to emaq.  Queries will be forwarded to trainers who will email replies.

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Essentials of PPC 1 - Introduction to Environmental Permitting - 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024
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Essentials of PPC 1 - Introduction to Environmental Permitting - 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024

This is a pre-recorded webinar. It is available for 6 months from 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024. Estimated time to view this webinar is 5 hrs. 

Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

This course covers the principles of environmental permitting and will explain how industrial activities are regulated under the UK’s Pollution Prevention and control framework. The role of PPC and the interfaces and conflict with other legislation and areas of work such as Statutory Nuisance will be examined.  Delegates will be introduced to the EU Industrial Emissions Directive, which instructs and supports LAPPC / LA-IPPC.

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Essentials of PPC 2 - Industrial Process Emissions and Controls -1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024
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Essentials of PPC 2 - Industrial Process Emissions and Controls -1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024

This is now a pre-recorded webinar. It is available for 6 months from 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024.  Estimated time to view this webinar is 5 hrs. 

Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

The purpose of this course is to introduce delegates to industrial process emissions, describe their nature and explain the various pollution control techniques that are available. The course aims to ensure that delegates can accurately identify the likely pollutants to be considered by a Pollution Prevention and Control permit for those industrial processes falling under Local Authority control.

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Essentials of PPC 3 - Monitoring and Compliance - 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024
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Essentials of PPC 3 - Monitoring and Compliance - 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024

This is a pre-recorded webinar. It is available for 6 months from 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024
Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

This course will cover the measuring and monitoring issues to be taken into account when: setting emissions control conditions in Pollution Prevention and Control permits, and for demonstrating compliance with them.  

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Essentials of PPC 4 - Regulation and Permitting - 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024
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Essentials of PPC 4 - Regulation and Permitting - 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024

This is a pre-recorded webinar. It is available for 6 months from 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024. Duration of this webinar is 5 hrs.

Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

The purpose of this course is to provide the framework for good permit construction.  The course will consist of a review of the parts of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations that are relevant to permitting, an examination of the determination of BAT for permits, a review of guidance and a detailed examination of a specific PG guidance note. 

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Essentials of PPC 5 - Management and Enforcement - 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024
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Essentials of PPC 5 - Management and Enforcement - 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024

This is a pre-recorded webinar. It is available for 6 months from 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024. Estimated time to view this webinar is 5 hrs. 

Fee = £295.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

The course will ensure that delegates understand how to effectively manage and discharge the duties required of them as authorised officers in respect of Pollution Prevention and Control. We will discuss management issues such as performance management techniques, partnership working and the auditing and peer review of the Pollution Prevention and Control function as well as the practical issues of managing site inspections and the relationship between the operator and regulator. 

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Essentials of PPC Proficiency Test
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Essentials of PPC Proficiency Test

Fee = £160.00 plus VAT or 2 credits

An EMAQ+ delegate who has attended all 5 EMAQ+ Essentials of PPC modules and taken and successfully passed the associated Online Knowledge checks, gaining all 5 credits, is eligible to sit a final 'Proficiency Test'.  The test is designed to test their co-ordinated knowledge of all the aspects of PPC covered by the whole programme.

You cannot self enrol yourself for this test.  You will be invited by the EMAQ+ Team to take this test when you are eligible.

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Site Specific Inspections - from 3 May 2022
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Site Specific Inspections - from 3 May 2022

This is a pre-recorded mini-webinar. Duration of the webinar is 40 mins. It is available from 3 May 2022 to 31 March 2024.

Fee = £65.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

A webinar designed for officers undertaking inspections of permitted activities of all types.

This mini-webinar defines the legal powers of an appointed officer to inspect and the legal requirement for inspections of permitted activities & suggests the various reasons why inspections may be triggered.The frequency of inspections is considered and the mechanism of how inspection frequency is linked to risk rating and subsistence fees is demonstrated. A procedure is proposed for officers to adopt as a template for inspections, which may be adapted to suit the various situational needs of Local Authorities. This includes essential pre-inspection preparation & post inspection reporting.

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Solvents/Solvent Calculations - from 3 May 2022
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Solvents/Solvent Calculations - from 3 May 2022

This is a pre-recorded webinar available from 3 May 2022 to 31 March 2024.

Fee = £99.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

This webinar is intended to provide delegates with confidence to understand the requirements and basic principles behind solvent management plans and annual solvent inventories – a key part of compliance for Part B, Solvent Emission Activities (SEA) and Part A2 solvent activities.

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Dust - Assessment and Control - from 12 July 2022
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Dust - Assessment and Control - from 12 July 2022

This is a pre-recorded webinar available 12 July 2022 to 31 March 2024. Duration of the webinar is 5 hrs and 30 mins.

Fee = £99.00 + V.A.T. for non-members or 1 credit for members

The webinar will examine a range of dust related issues that Local Authorities may need to manage or regulate.  The webinar will focus on the regulation of planning and nuisance issues but be touch on other regulatory regimes such as environmental permitting legislation. The webinar will provide an introduction to dust, including a look at how the material properties, definitions and likely impacts of dust vary depending on the dust type and the activities with which it is associated. We will review of current legislation and guidance on dust nuisance and how it can be assessed. We intend to use a series of case studies to reinforce practical aspects of nuisance monitoring and assessment.

On completion of the webinar we expect delegates will have a better understanding of the use of monitoring and to understand factors which can influence a successful dust nuisance campaign.

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Stack Heights - from 3 October 2022
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Stack Heights - from 3 October 2022

This is a pre-recorded mini-webinar. It is available from 3 October 2022 to 31 March 2024.

Fee = £65.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

The purpose of this webinar is to provide an understanding of short term local air quality impacts that may occur in the immediate vicinity of chimneys discharging pollutants mainly from combustion processes. The need to approve the size of the stack remains a legislative requirement under the Clean Air Act and,  is assessed in determining permits for Environmental Permitting Regulations activities regulated by Local Authorities. Such calculations are designed to protect local receptors from short term pollutant impacts and nuisance from odorous pollutant exposure.

The webinar uses worked examples to show the basis of the calculation and is designed to enable air quality and planning professionals to have confidence to be able review stack height calculations submitted as part of planning and permit applications.

The webinar presents data that demonstrate that a stack height determined using such calculation procedures (HMIP D1 or Chimney Height Memoranda methods) should ensure compliance with NAQS objectives.

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Domestic Solid Fuel Standards Regulations - from 1 November 2022
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Domestic Solid Fuel Standards Regulations - from 1 November 2022

This is a pre-recorded mini-webinar.  It is available from 1 November 2022 to 31 March 2024.

Fee = £65.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

The Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 have been made under the Environment Act 1995 and place controls on sale of solid fuels (mineral fuels and wood fuels) for domestic use in England. Local Authorities are responsible for enforcement of the regulations which came into effect in May 2021. The Regulations are additional to controls on smoke and nuisance available under Clean Air Act 1993 (CAA) and Environmental Protection Act 1990 but some requirements for mineral fuels align with requirements for Authorised fuels in CAA. The webinar has been prepared to inform Local Authorities of the requirements of the new Regulations and provide guidance on the context and implementation. This training is intended to introduce Local Authority officers to the controls and responsibilities of the Regulations so that they can provide advice, undertake potential investigation actions and, where required, undertake enforcement activities.

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Simplified Permitting Part 1 – Concrete Batching and Vehicler Refinishers - from 3 May 2022
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Simplified Permitting Part 1 – Concrete Batching and Vehicler Refinishers - from 3 May 2022

This is a pre-recorded mini-webinar. Duration of the webinar is 1 hr. It is available from 3 May 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Fee = £65.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

Simplified permitting webinar – this webinar will introduce officers to LA-PPC simplified permitting (or ‘reduced fee’ permitting) for low risk activities under the Environmental Permitting Regulations.  The webinar is intended for those who are new to permitting and will set out the basics of the simplified permitting regime. The webinar will provide officers with a basic introduction to understand the requirements of the simplified permitting process, obligations on operators, the role of the regulator and, the potential pitfalls.  The webinar will consider application of simplified permitting to concrete batching and vehicle refinishing activities.

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Simplified Permitting Part 2 – Petrol Filling Stations and Dry Cleaners - from 3 May 2022
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Simplified Permitting Part 2 – Petrol Filling Stations and Dry Cleaners - from 3 May 2022

This is a pre-recorded mini-webinar. Duration of the webinar is 1 hr 30 mins. It is available from 3 May 2022 to 31 March 2024.

Fee = £65.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

Simplified Permitting Part 2 webinar will introduce officers to LA-PPC simplified permitting (or ‘reduced fee’ permitting) for low risk activities under the Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2016.  The webinar is intended for those who are new to permitting and will set out the basics of the simplified permitting regime. The webinar will provide officers with a basic introduction to understand the requirements of the simplified permitting process, obligations on operators, the role of the regulator and, the potential pitfalls.  The webinar will consider application of simplified permitting to Dry Cleaners and Petrol Filling Stations (Petrol Vapour Recovery 'PVR' I & II) activities.

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BAT Conclusions Solvents - from May 2022
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BAT Conclusions Solvents - from May 2022

This is a pre-recorded mini-webinar.  It is available from 3 May 2022 to 31 March 2024.

Fee = £65.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

This webinar will discuss implications on EPR permits for new and existing Part A(2) installation following publication of the new (December 2020) BAT Conclusions on coatings and treatment with organic solvents.

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Commercial Kitchen Odour - from May 2022
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Commercial Kitchen Odour - from May 2022

This is a pre-recorded webinar.  It is available from 3 May 2022 to 31 March 2024.

Fee = £99.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

This advanced webinar considers the management and control of odour from commercial kitchens. The webinar will consider the operational factors which define the scale of an extraction system and considers the characteristics of the extracted air stream which are important for designing pollution control equipment. As part of this we will explain how the Kitchen risk assessment should be applied as part of the planning/development process.

We will rely on a series of real-life kitchen scenarios during the webinar to examine practical examples of how kitchen operators have tried to address pollution control and will identify areas where designs commonly fail.

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Introduction to SWIPs - from May 2022
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Introduction to SWIPs - from May 2022

This is a pre-recorded mini-webinar.  Duration of the webinar is 50 mins. It is available from 3 May 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Fee = £65.00 plus VAT or 1 credit

A webinar to introduce and distinguish the different types of Small Waste Incineration Plant (SWIP) regulated under EPR. These range from a small (<50kg/hr) waste treatment facility through a Part B SWIP activity, a medium combustion plant SWIP to an EPR Schedule 13 SWIP. SWIPs have different regulators and permitting requirements depending on the type of SWIP. The webinar will provide sources of guidance and some of the potential pitfalls in deciding the scope and determining a permit application.

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