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(8) NUMBER OF FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES 58
(9) EXEMPTION OF EXISTING FIREPLACES. There are two fireplaces
in the area used for curing fish and sausages
respectively, and it is recommended that they be exempted
from the Order on condition that they are only used for
the specific purpose stated and shall be so operated as
to minimise the emission of smoke.
(10) FUEL CONSUMPTION
(a) DOMESTIC
(i) PRESENT ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF BITUMINOUS COAL
on the basis that approximately 70% of the
5,367 estimated units of accommodation in the
Area consume one ton of coal per annum and
that approximately 30% use solid smokeless
fuel, electricity, gas or oil,
(ii) ADDITIONAL SOLID SMOKELESS FUEL REQUIRED 3,381 tons
on the basis that approximately 10% of the
present coal consumers will change to
electricity or oil on the making of the Order,
and allowing one ton of solid smokeless fuel
for every ton of bituminous coal now consumed.
(iii) ADDITIONAL GAS REQUIRED 74,953 Therms
(iv) ADDITIONAL ELECTRICITY REQUIRED 825,000 Kw.
(V) DOMESTIC OIL 6,762 gallons
(b) INDUSTRIAL
(i) PRESENT ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF COAL 4 tons
which need not be replaced if furnaces on which
it is used are equipped in accordance with the
Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces)
Orders and the conditions as outlined in the
Smoke Control Order.
(ii) PRESENT ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF COKE l,024 tons
The following two Circulars relating to Smoke Control Areas were issued by the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government:-
Circular No. 3/62
CLEAN AIR ACT. 1956
SMOKE CONTROL AREAS
1. I am directed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government to say that
he has had under further review the administrative requirements set out in the
Memorandum on Smoke Control Areas issued with the Department's Circular No.
64/56. He has reached the conclusion that the following changes in procedure
will make it easier for local authorities to carry through their smoke control
programmes quickly.
He will not in future normally require the estimated and final costs of
adapting and replacing fireplaces in privately owned dwellings to be submitted
in the detail hitherto required.
3 In submitting smoke control orders it will be sufficient for local
authorities to submit the estimated costs of adapting and replacing the
fireplaces in privately owned dwellings in the simplified form shown in the new
table (Table IIA) shown at Annex A The Minister reserves the right to
require the submission of any further information that may seem necessary to
him in particular cases.
4 Similarly, it will be sufficient for schedules of final costs in respect
of privately owned dwellings to be submitted in the simplified form shown in