# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, Paragraph 10: Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefit (U10)


(1) The spreading of relevant waste on agricultural land to confer benefit to the land for the purposes of providing, maintaining or improving the soil’s ability to provide a growing medium by adding nutrients, lime or biomass.
(2) The table specifying relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph and the quantity and storage limits referred to in sub-paragraph (3) is set out below.
Codes
Waste types
Quantity limit
Storage limit (at any one time)
Period
Additional specific conditions
010102, 010408, 170504
Chalk only
50 tonnes per hectare
200 tonnes
12 months
A
020106
Farmyard and horse manure only
50 tonnes per hectare
200 tonnes
12 months
A
020401, 020399
Soil from cleaning and washing fruit and vegetables only
50 tonnes per hectare
200 tonnes
12 months
A
020199
Milk from agricultural premises only
50 cubic metres of diluted milk per hectare
200 tonnes
24 hours
A, B, E
100101
Ash from wood chip boilers produced pursuant to an operation described in paragraph U4 only
1 tonne per hectare
10 tonnes
12 months
A
170506
Dredging spoil (other than those mentioned in 170505) generated from the creation or maintenance of habitats, ditches or ponds within parks, gardens, fields and forests only
150 tonnes per hectare
1,250 tonnes
12 months
C
020199
Spent compost from the growing of mushrooms compost only
50 tonnes per hectare
500 tonnes
12 months
A
190599
Compost produced pursuant to a treatment described in paragraph T23 or T26 only
50 tonnes per hectare
500 tonnes
12 months
A
190604
Digestate produced pursuant to a treatment described in paragraph T24 or T25 only
50 tonnes per hectare
200 tonnes
12 months
A
190812
Waste consisting of biobed or biofilter material produced pursuant to a treatment described in paragraph T32 only
50 tonnes per hectare
200 tonnes
12 months
A, D
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—
(a) the total quantity of waste spread does not exceed the limit specified in the third column of the table in sub-paragraph (2) over the period specified in the fifth column;
(b) the total quantity of waste stored at any one time does not exceed the limit specified in the fourth column of the table;
(c) subject to additional specific conditions D and E in sub-paragraph (f), where they apply, no waste is stored for longer than 12 months prior to spreading;
(d) the waste is stored in a secure location prior to spreading;
(e) at the time the spreading begins—
(i) the land has not been frozen for 12 hours or more in the preceding 24 hours,
(ii) the land is not waterlogged, frozen or snow-covered; and
(f) the operation complies with such of the following additional specific conditions as are specified in the sixth column of the table—
A
the location of any waste which is stored or land which is spread is at
least 10 metres from a watercourse and 50 metres from a spring, well or borehole,
B
prior to spreading, the waste is diluted with not less than an equal quantity of water or slurry and the land is spread not more than once in any 4-week period,
C
the waste is spread adjacent to the place from which it was dredged,
D
the waste is stored for at least 12 months prior to spreading,
E
the waste is not stored for longer than 24 hours prior to spreading.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491423/schedule/3/part/1/chapter/2/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/schedule-3/part-1/chapter-2/crossheading-descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph-10
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