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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/schedule-3/part-1/chapter-2/crossheading-descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111491423",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/1/chapter/2/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Use of waste in construction (U1)",
  "text": "(1) The use of relevant waste in construction.\n(2) The tables specifying relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph are set out below.\nTable 1\nCodes\nWaste types\nQuantity limit\nAdditional specific conditions\n010102\nWaste from mineral non-metalliferous excavation\n5,000 tonnes\n010408\nWaste gravel and crushed rock other than those mentioned in 010407\n010409\nWaste sand and clays\n020202\nShellfish shells from which the soft tissue or flesh has been removed only\n101208\nWaste ceramics, bricks, tiles and construction products (after thermal processing)\n101314\nWaste concrete and concrete sludge\n170101\nConcrete\n170102\nBricks\n170103\nTiles and ceramics\n170107\nMixtures of concrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics other than those mentioned in 170106\n170506\nDredging spoil other than those mentioned in 170505\nA\n170508\nTrack ballast other than those mentioned in 170507\n191205\nGlass\n191209\nMinerals (for example sand, stones)\n191212\nAggregates only\nTable 2\nCodes\nWaste types\nQuantity limit\nAdditional specific conditions\n020399, 020401\nSoil from cleaning and washing fruit and vegetables only\n1,000 tonnes\n170302\nBituminous mixtures other than those mentioned in 170301\nB\n170504\nSoil and stones other than those mentioned in 170503\n170506\nDredging spoil other than those mentioned in 170505\n191302\nSolid wastes from soil remediation other than those mentioned in 191301\n200202\nSoil and stones\n020103\nPlant tissue waste\nB\n030101\nWaste bark, cork and wood only\nB\n191207\nUntreated wood other than those mentioned in 191206 only\nB\n200138\nUntreated wood other than those mentioned in 200137 only\nB\nTable 3\nCodes\nWaste types\nQuantity limits\nAdditional specific conditions\n170302\nBituminous mixtures other than those mentioned in 170301\n50,000 tonnes\nC\n170504\nRoad sub base only\nC\n(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—\n(a) where the relevant waste falls within the first column of a table in sub-paragraph (2), the total quantity of waste used or stored over any 3-year period does not exceed the limit indicated in the third column of that table;\n(b) where one or more waste type falling within the first column of any one table in sub-paragraph (2) is used or stored, the total quantity for all the waste types used or stored does not exceed the limit indicated in the third column of that table over any 3-year period;\n(c) no waste is stored for longer than 12 months prior to use; and\n(d) the operation complies with such of the following additional conditions as are specified in the fourth column of the table and for these purposes—\nA\nthe waste is used only for drainage work carried on for the purposes of the Land Drainage Act 1991, the 1991 Act or the 1995 Act,\nB\nthe waste is used only for the construction of tracks, paths, bridleways or car parks and must be processed into chipped form prior to use,\nC\nthe waste is used only for the construction of roads.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 59."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
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