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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-10/paragraph-10",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110788760",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Closure of a landfill",
  "text": "(1) The regulator must set out any reasoned decision under Article 13(a)(iii) of the Landfill Directive in a closure notice served on the operator.\n(2) A closure notice must, in addition to stating the regulator’s reasons for requiring initiation of the closure procedure,—\n(a) specify the steps the operator is required to take to initiate the procedure; and\n(b) the period within which they must be taken.\n(3) The regulator may withdraw a closure notice at any time by further notice served on the operator.\n(4) Closure of a landfill does not relieve the operator of liability under the conditions of the environmental permit.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}