ICPE: Cooling towers (TAR) in operation in Pays de la Loire

In France, certain facilities operated by companies or communities in particular present dangers or disadvantages to the convenience of residents, health, safety, public health, agriculture, the protection of nature and the environment, the conservation of sites and monuments. Therefore, they are subject to a specific regulatory framework and may be inspected by the State or by private bodies for the least sensitive installations subject to periodic monitoring. To that end, those installations are listed under the heading ‘Categorised installations for environmental protection — ICPE’. Depending on their level of nuisance and/or dangerousness, these ICPEs operate either under a regime of Authorisation (A), Registration (E), Declaration with Control (DC) or Declaration (D) The files of applications for authorisation to operate or to register, filed in the prefecture by the operators, shall be examined by the inspection services: . of the DREAL: for future industrial establishments . DDPPs: for future livestock or agri-food establishments A wet cooling tower is a heat exchanger & air/water &, in which the water to be cooled is in direct contact with the ambient air. The hot water is sprayed in the upper part of the cooling tower and runoff on the exchange body. The air passes through the runoff system and is released into the atmosphere. Cooling is carried out mainly by evaporation of water; the efficiency of the system is linked to the design and maintenance of the cooling tower as well as atmospheric conditions (temperature and humidity). Any operator of an industrial facility, an establishment receiving the public (commercial centre, hospital,...), an office building, a collective housing building, etc. can operate a cooling tower of this type. These are mainly used for the air conditioning of large rooms, computer rooms, or the cooling of industrial processes emitting heat. In this circuit (open or closed), the risk of proliferation of legionella is high. Therefore, establishments with at least one RAR in their enclosure, are classified under activity item 2921 of the classification of classified installations (scatter cooling plants of #x27; water in a flux of #x27; air). Find out more http://www.pays-de-la-loire.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/legionelles-tours-aerorefrigerantes-tar-r1412.html __Origin__ The geographical accuracy of the RARs is variable depending on the origin of the data. Establishments can be geolocated in the centre of the municipality, depending on the address of the commune; establishment, or on a scan25IGN cartographic background, IGN orthophotography. __Partner organisations__ DREAL Pays de la Loire __Links annexes__ * [basketDownloadFrontalParametrage](https://catalogue.sigloire.fr/geosource/panierDownloadFrontalParametrage?LAYERIDTS=60569) [See this page on geo.data.gouv.fr](https://geo.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/181a48f60827b807f4331368418be85cbdbd6170)