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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-9",
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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/3/paragraph/9",
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  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Land reclamation or improvement",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3)—\n(a) spreading a kind of waste specified in column 2 of Part 1 of the Table in sub-paragraph (2) from the corresponding source specified in column 1 of Part 1 of that Table on any land; or\n(b) spreading a kind of waste specified in column 2 of Part 2 of the Table in sub-paragraph (2) from the corresponding source specified in column 1 of Part 2 of that Table on any land where that operation results in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement.\n(2) The Table referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is set out below.\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nSource of Waste\nKind of Waste\nPART 1\nWastes from physical and chemical processing of non-metalliferous minerals\nWaste gravel and crushed rocks\nWaste sand and clays\nWastes from sugar processing\nSoil from cleaning and washing beet\nWastes from power stations and other combustion plants (except wastes from waste management facilities, off-site waste water treatment plants and the preparation of water intended for human consumption and water for industrial use)\nPulverised fuel ash, bottom ash and slag\nWastes from manufacture of ceramic goods, bricks, tiles and construction products\nWaste ceramics, bricks, tiles and construction products (after thermal processing)\nWastes from manufacture of cement, lime and plaster and articles and products made from them\nWaste concrete and concrete sludge\nConcrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics\nBricks\nTiles and ceramics\nMixtures of concrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics\nWastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, palletising) not otherwise specified\nMinerals (for example sand, stones)\nWastes from soil and groundwater remediation\nSolid wastes from soil remediation (other than those containing dangerous substances)\nGarden and park wastes (including cemetery waste)\nSoil and stones\nSoil (including excavated soil from contaminated sites), stones and dredging spoil\nTrack ballast other than those containing dangerous substances\nPART 2\nWastes from pulp, paper and cardboard production and processing\nDe-inked paper sludge and de-inked paper pulp\nLime mud waste\nSoil (including excavated soil from contaminated sites), stones and dredging spoil\nSoil and stones other than those containing dangerous substances\nDredging spoil other than those containing dangerous substances\nWastes from aerobic treatment of solid wastes\nCompost\nWastes from waste water treatment plants\nSludges from treatment of urban waste water\nWastes from the preparation of water intended for human consumption or water for industrial use\nSludges from water clarification\nWastes from soil and groundwater remediation\nSludges from soil remediation (other than those containing dangerous substances)\n(3) An operation does not fall within sub-paragraph (1) unless—\n(a) the waste is spread for the purpose of reclamation, restoration or improvement of land which has been subject to industrial or other man-made development, and the use to which that land could be put would be improved by the spreading;\n(b) the waste is spread in accordance with any requirement of or under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n(c) the waste is spread to a depth not exceeding the lesser of—\n(i) 2 metres, or\n(ii) the final cross-sections shown on any plan submitted under paragraph 8 of Schedule 2; and\n(d) no more than 20,000 cubic metres of waste are spread per hectare.\n(4) Secure storage for a period not exceeding 6 months, at the place where it is to be spread, of waste intended to be spread in reliance on sub-paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 8."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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