# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, Paragraph 13: Spreading of plant matter to confer benefit (U13)


(1) The spreading of relevant waste at the place of production to confer benefit.
(2) The table specifying relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph is set out below.
Codes
Waste types
020103, 020107, 020304, 200201
Plant tissue only
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—
(a) the total quantity of waste spread over any 12-month period does not exceed 50 tonnes per hectare;
(b) 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
(c) except for waste which is spread on the banks of the waters from which it was produced, no waste is spread within 50 metres of any watercourse, spring, well or borehole.

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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/13 (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-13
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