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The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales under section 2(8) and (9)(d) and (e) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 and sections 62(4)(c) and (d), (7) and (8) and 90(3) of the Water Act 2014, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament and of the Assembly.

Environmental Protection, England And Wales

Made ***

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—

(a)

sections 2 and 7(9) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”)f1;

(b)

sections 61 and 90 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Water Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”)f2; and

(c)

paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972f3.

The Secretary of State also makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 62 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (“the 2008 Act”)f4.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f5 and it appears to the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for the reference to Commission Decision 2000/532/ECf6 mentioned in paragraph 1(1) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.

In accordance with section 2(4) of the 1999 Act and section 61(5) of the 2014 Act, the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers have consulted—

(a)

the Environment Agency,

(b)

the Natural Resources Body for Wales,

(c)

such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses as they consider appropriate, and

(d)

such other bodies or persons as they consider appropriate.

In accordance with section 61(3) of the 2014 Act, the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers have had regard to the desirability of reducing burdens by ensuring that so far as is reasonably practicable any system established by regulations under that section is combined with, or is consistent with, systems for regulating activities or other matters that cause pollution.

In accordance with section 66 of the 2008 Act, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the Environment Agency will act in accordance with the principles referred to in section 5(2) of that Act in exercising the powers in Schedule 26 to these Regulations to impose a civil sanction in relation to an offence.

A draft of this instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament and by the National Assembly for Wales pursuant to section 2(8) and (9)(d) and (e) of the 1999 Actf7 and sections 62(7) and (8) and 90(3) of the 2014 Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 24; section 2 was amended by section 62(13) of the Water Act 2014 (c. 21) and by S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90). Schedule 1 has been amended as follows: paragraphs 3 and 20 were amended by S.I. 2011/1043; paragraph 9A was inserted by, and paragraph 24 amended by, S.I. 2005/925 and paragraph 9A was further amended by S.I. 2012/2788; paragraph 21A was inserted by section 38 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (c. 33), and paragraph 25 was amended by section 105(1) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16) and by S.I. 2015/664. Functions of the Secretary of State, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales, except in relation to offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation, by virtue of article 3(1) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1958). But this was subject to article 3(2), which provided that, so far as any of those functions are exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to a cross-border body but which, by their nature, are not functions which can be specifically exercised in relation to Wales, such functions are exercisable by the Assembly in relation to that body concurrently with the Secretary of State. Functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

f2

2014 c. 21. Section 61(9) contains the definition of “the Minister”.

f3

1972 c. 68; paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and was amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) and by S.I. 2007/1388.

f4

2008 c. 13.

f5

Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008.

f6

OJ No L 226, 6.9.2000, p 3, as last amended by Commission Decision 2014/955/EU (OJ No L 370, 30.12.2014, p 44).

f7

The reference in section 2(8) to approval by each House of Parliament has effect in relation to exercise of functions by the Welsh Ministers as if it were a reference to approval by the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of paragraph 33 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.

Contents

  1. Part 1: General
  2. 1Citation, commencement, extent and application
  3. 2Interpretation: general
  4. 3Interpretation: Directives
  5. 4Exempt facilities and the application of section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act
  6. 5Interpretation: exempt facilities
  7. 6Interpretation: local authority
  8. 7Interpretation: operate a regulated facility and operator
  9. 8Interpretation: regulated facility and class of regulated facility
  10. 9Interpretation: relevant function
  11. 10Giving notices, notifications and directions, and the submission of forms
  12. Part 2: Environmental permits
  13. Chapter 1: Application to the Crown and requirement for an environmental permit
  14. 11Application to the Crown
  15. 12Requirement for an environmental permit
  16. Chapter 2: Grant of an environmental permit
  17. 13Grant of an environmental permit
  18. 14Content and form of an environmental permit
  19. 15Conditions in relation to certain land
  20. 16Mobile plant operating on the site of another regulated facility: conflict of permit conditions
  21. 17Single site permits etc.
  22. 18Consolidation of an environmental permit
  23. 19Subsistence of an environmental permit
  24. Chapter 3: Variation, transfer, revocation and surrender of an environmental permit
  25. 20Variation of an environmental permit
  26. 21Transfer of an environmental permit
  27. 22Revocation of an environmental permit: general
  28. 23Revocation of an environmental permit: steps to be taken after the revocation takes effect
  29. 24Notification of the surrender of an environmental permit
  30. 25Application for the surrender of an environmental permit
  31. Chapter 4: Standard rules
  32. 26Preparation and revision of standard rules
  33. 27Standard rules as conditions of an environmental permit
  34. 28Notification of revisions of standard rules
  35. 29Revocation of standard rules
  36. 30Variation of an environmental permit: revocation of standard rules
  37. Chapter 5: Appeals in relation to environmental permits
  38. 31Appeals to an appropriate authority
  39. Part 3: Discharge of functions in relation to a regulated facility
  40. 32Discharge of functions
  41. 33Direction to a regulator: discharge of functions by a different regulator
  42. 34Review of environmental permits and inspection of regulated facilities
  43. 35Specific provisions applying to environmental permits
  44. Part 4: Enforcement and offences
  45. 36Enforcement notices
  46. 37Suspension notices
  47. 38Offences
  48. 39Penalties and enforcement undertakings
  49. 40Defences
  50. 41Offences by bodies corporate
  51. 42Enforcement by the High Court
  52. 43Admissibility of evidence
  53. 44Power of court to order cause of offence to be remedied
  54. Part 5: Public registers
  55. 45Interpretation of this Part
  56. 46Duty of the regulator to maintain a public register
  57. 47Exclusion from public registers of information affecting national security
  58. 48Exclusion from public registers of confidential information
  59. 49Procedure if the regulator considers that information may be confidential
  60. 50Duty to determine confidentiality
  61. 51Determination of confidentiality
  62. 52Procedure following a determination
  63. 53Appeals in relation to confidentiality
  64. 54Consequences of an appeal
  65. 55Reconsideration of confidentiality
  66. 56Directions of the appropriate authority in relation to confidentiality
  67. Part 6: Powers and functions of the regulator and the appropriate authority
  68. 57Power of the regulator to prevent or remedy pollution
  69. 58Power of the regulator to prevent or remedy effects of flood risk activities
  70. 59Appropriate agency: notices in relation to emissions to water
  71. 60Appropriate agency: public participation statement
  72. 61Power to require the provision of information
  73. 62Directions to regulators, exemption registration authorities and exemption authorities: general
  74. 63Reference of applications to an appropriate authority
  75. 64Directions to the appropriate agency: installations outside the United Kingdom
  76. 65Guidance to regulators, exemption registration authorities and exemption authorities
  77. 66Fees and charges in relation to the exercise of regulator’s functions by local authorities
  78. 67Plans relating to emissions
  79. 68Consultation in relation to works affecting flood and coastal erosion risks
  80. 69Functions with respect to flood risk activities
  81. Part 7: Miscellaneous provisions
  82. Chapter 1: Interpretation
  83. 70Interpretation of this Part
  84. Chapter 2: Death of sole operator
  85. 71Death of sole operator
  86. Chapter 3: Repeal, revocations, saving and amendments
  87. 72Repeal
  88. 73Revocations
  89. 74Saving
  90. 75Consequential amendments
  91. 76Amendment of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007
  92. Chapter 4: Transitional provisions
  93. 77Transitional provisions: general
  94. 78Public registers
  95. 79Site plans not required for existing permits etc.
  96. Chapter 5: Review
  97. 80Review: England
  98. Signature
  99. Schedule 1: Activities, installations and mobile plant
  100. Part 1: Interpretation and application: general
  101. 1Interpretation
  102. 2Activities falling within more than one Part description
  103. 3Application of activities falling within Part 2
  104. 4Application of thresholds for Part A(1) or Part A(2) activities
  105. 5Operation below thresholds: effect on the installation
  106. 6Application of Part B activities: releases into the air
  107. 7References to releases into water
  108. 8References to certain substances
  109. Part 2: Activities
  110. Chapter 1: Energy activities
  111. SECTION 1.1Combustion activities
  112. SECTION 1.2Gasification, liquefaction and refining activities
  113. Chapter 2: Production and processing of metals
  114. SECTION 2.1Ferrous metals
  115. SECTION 2.2Non-ferrous metals
  116. SECTION 2.3Surface treating metals and plastic materials
  117. Chapter 3: Mineral industries
  118. SECTION 3.1Production of cement and lime
  119. SECTION 3.2Activities involving asbestos
  120. SECTION 3.3Manufacturing glass and glass fibre
  121. SECTION 3.4Production of other mineral fibres
  122. SECTION 3.5Other mineral activities
  123. SECTION 3.6Ceramic production
  124. 4The chemical industry
  125. SECTION 4.1Organic chemicals
  126. Organic chemicals
  127. SECTION 4.2Inorganic chemicals
  128. SECTION 4.3Chemical fertiliser production
  129. SECTION 4.4Plant health products and biocides
  130. SECTION 4.5Pharmaceutical production
  131. SECTION 4.6Explosives production
  132. SECTION 4.7Manufacturing activities involving carbon disulphide or ammonia
  133. SECTION 4.8The storage of chemicals in bulk
  134. Chapter 5: Waste management
  135. SECTION 5.1Incineration and co-incineration of waste
  136. SECTION 5.2Disposal of waste by landfill
  137. SECTION 5.3Disposal or recovery of hazardous waste
  138. SECTION 5.4Disposal, recovery or a mix of disposal and recovery of non-hazardous waste
  139. SECTION 5.5The production of fuel from waste
  140. SECTION 5.6Temporary or underground storage of hazardous waste
  141. SECTION 5.7Treatment of waste water
  142. Chapter 6: Other activities
  143. SECTION 6.1Paper, pulp and board manufacturing activities
  144. SECTION 6.2Carbon activities
  145. SECTION 6.3Tar and bitumen activities
  146. SECTION 6.4Coating activities, printing and textile treatments
  147. SECTION 6.5The manufacture of dyestuffs, printing ink and coating materials
  148. SECTION 6.6Timber activities
  149. SECTION 6.7Activities involving rubber
  150. SECTION 6.8The treatment of animal and vegetable matter and food industries
  151. SECTION 6.9Intensive farming
  152. SECTION 6.10Carbon capture and storage
  153. Schedule 2: Exempt facilities: general
  154. 1Interpretation: general
  155. 2Interpretation: exemption registration authority and exemption authority
  156. 3General condition
  157. 4Exempt waste operations
  158. 5Exempt water discharge activities: Wales
  159. 6Exempt water discharge activities: England
  160. 7Exempt groundwater activities: Wales
  161. 8Exempt groundwater activities: England
  162. 9Exempt flood risk activities
  163. 10Procedure for registering an exempt facility
  164. 11Register of exempt facilities
  165. 12Duty to remove entries from the register
  166. 13Exclusion from the register of information affecting national security
  167. 14Restrictions on registering exempt waste operations carried on at the same place
  168. 15Validity of registration of waste operations
  169. 16Changes to relevant particulars relating to waste operations
  170. 17Record keeping for exempt waste operations
  171. 18Periodic inspections of establishments and undertakings
  172. Schedule 3: Exempt facilities and waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions
  173. Part 1: Exempt waste operations: descriptions and conditions
  174. Chapter 1: Interpretation of Part 1
  175. 1Interpretation
  176. Chapter 2: Use of waste
  177. Introductory
  178. 1Paragraph 1
  179. Descriptions and specific conditions
  180. 1Use of waste in construction (U1)
  181. 2Use of baled end-of-life tyres in construction (U2)
  182. 3Use of waste in the construction of entertainment or educational installations etc. (U3)
  183. 4Burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance (U4)
  184. 5Use of waste derived biodiesel as fuel (U5)
  185. 6Use of sludge for the purposes of re-seeding a waste water treatment plant (U6)
  186. 7Use of effluent to clean a highway gravel bed (U7)
  187. 8Use of waste for a specified purpose (U8)
  188. 9Use of waste to manufacture finished goods (U9)
  189. 10Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefit (U10)
  190. 11Spreading waste on non-agricultural land to confer benefit (U11)
  191. 12Use of mulch (U12)
  192. 13Spreading of plant matter to confer benefit (U13)
  193. 14Incorporation of ash into soil (U14)
  194. 15Pig and poultry ash (U15)
  195. 16Use of depolluted end-of-life vehicles for vehicle parts (U16)
  196. Chapter 3: Treatment of waste
  197. Introductory
  198. 1Paragraph 1
  199. Descriptions and specific conditions
  200. 1Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste (T1)
  201. 2Recovery of textiles (T2)
  202. 3Treatment of waste metals and metal alloys by heating for the purposes of removing grease etc. (T3)
  203. 4Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc.) (T4)
  204. 5Screening and blending of waste (T5)
  205. 6Treatment of waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising (T6)
  206. 7Treatment of waste bricks, tiles and concrete by crushing, grinding or reducing in size (T7)
  207. 8Mechanical treatment of end-of-life tyres (T8)
  208. 9Recovery of scrap metal (T9)
  209. 10Sorting mixed waste (T10)
  210. 11Repair or refurbishment of WEEE (T11)
  211. 12Manual treatment of waste (T12)
  212. 13Treatment of waste food (T13)
  213. 14Crushing and emptying waste vehicle oil filters (T14)
  214. 15Treatment of waste aerosol cans (T15)
  215. 16Treatment of waste toner cartridges and waste ink cartridges by sorting, dismantling, cleaning or refilling (T16)
  216. 17Crushing waste fluorescent tubes (T17)
  217. 18Dewatering using flocculants (T18)
  218. 19Physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oil and fat to produce biodiesel (T19)
  219. 20Treatment of waste at a water treatment works (T20)
  220. 21Recovery of waste at a waste water treatment works (T21)
  221. 22Recovery of central heating oil by filtration
  222. 23Aerobic composting and associated prior treatment (T23)
  223. 24Anaerobic digestion at premises used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas (T24)
  224. 25Anaerobic digestion at premises not used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas (T25)
  225. 26Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery (T26)
  226. 27Treatment of sheep dip using organophosphate-degrading enzyme (T27)
  227. 28Sorting and de-naturing of controlled drugs for disposal (T28)
  228. 29Treatment of non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration for disposal (T29)
  229. 30Recovery of silver (T30)
  230. 31Recovery of monopropylene glycol from aircraft antifreeze fluids (T31)
  231. 32Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter (T32)
  232. Chapter 4: Disposal of waste
  233. Introductory
  234. 1Paragraph 1
  235. Descriptions and specific conditions
  236. 1Deposit of waste from dredging of inland waters (D1)
  237. 2Deposit of waste from a railway sanitary convenience (D2)
  238. 3Deposit of waste from a portable sanitary convenience (D3)
  239. 4Deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health notice (D4)
  240. 5Depositing samples of waste for the purposes of testing or analysing them (D5)
  241. 6Disposal by incineration (D6)
  242. 7Burning waste in the open (D7)
  243. 8Burning waste at a port under a Plant Health notice (D8)
  244. Chapter 5: Storage of waste other than at the place of production pending its recovery or re-use
  245. Introductory
  246. 1Paragraph 1
  247. Storage of waste
  248. 1Storage of waste in secure containers (S1)
  249. 2Storage of waste in a secure place (S2)
  250. 3Storage of sludge (S3)
  251. Part 2: Exempt water discharge activities: descriptions and conditions
  252. 1Vegetation management activities
  253. 2Small discharges of sewage effluent: Wales
  254. 3Small discharges of sewage effluent: England
  255. Part 3: Exempt groundwater activities: descriptions and conditions
  256. 1Interpretation of Part 3
  257. 2Discharge of small quantities of substances for scientific purposes
  258. 3Small discharges of sewage effluent: Wales
  259. 4Small discharges of sewage effluent: England
  260. 5Open-loop ground source heating and cooling systems
  261. Part 4: Exempt flood risk activities: descriptions and conditions
  262. 1General and interpretation
  263. 2Electrical cable services
  264. 3Service crossings below the bed of a main river
  265. 4Service crossings attached to the outside of existing structures over a main river
  266. 5Footbridges
  267. 6Temporary scaffolding in England
  268. 7Temporary dewatering in England
  269. 8Maintenance of raised river or sea defences
  270. 9Maintenance of structures within the channel of a main river
  271. 10Drinking bays
  272. 11Access platforms
  273. 12Outfalls
  274. 13Repair and protection of banks using natural materials
  275. 14Repair of bank slips and erosion
  276. 15Channel habitat structures made of natural materials
  277. 16Rafts for surveys
  278. 17Gravel-cleaning for fish-spawning beds
  279. 18Placement of stones or logs in a main river in England for habitat enhancement
  280. 19Eel pass devices
  281. 20Fish passage notches
  282. 21Removal of silt, sand and other material in England
  283. 22Removal of silt and sand adjacent to in-river structures in England
  284. 23Dredging of man-made ditches, land drains, agricultural drains and previously straightened watercourses in England
  285. 24Dredging of any main river in England
  286. 25Excavation of scrapes and shallow wetland features
  287. 26Raised flood defences in England
  288. 27Bankside wildlife refuge structures
  289. 28Improvement works for tracks and paths
  290. Part 5: Other waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions
  291. 1General and interpretation
  292. 2Temporary storage at the place of production
  293. 3Temporary storage of waste at a place controlled by the producer
  294. 4Temporary storage at a collection point
  295. Schedule 4: Application to the Crown
  296. 1Crown application
  297. 2Contravention of these Regulations by the Crown
  298. 3Entry to Crown premises
  299. 4Service on certain Crown operators
  300. 5Application of this Schedule to certain radioactive substances activities
  301. Schedule 5: Environmental permits
  302. Part 1: Grant, variation, transfer and surrender of environmental permits
  303. 1Interpretation
  304. 2Making an application
  305. 3Withdrawing an application
  306. 4Further information in respect of a duly-made application
  307. 5Public participation: scope
  308. 6Public participation in relation to certain applications
  309. 7Calculation of the consultation communication period
  310. 8Public participation in relation to regulator-initiated variations
  311. 9Consultation: conditions mentioned in regulation 15(1)
  312. 10Consultation with other member States
  313. 11Duty to consider representations
  314. 12Duty to determine an application
  315. 13Identity and competence of the operator
  316. 14Surrender applications
  317. 15Time limits for determination
  318. 16Calculation of the relevant period
  319. 17Notification of a determination or decision
  320. 18Date of effect of certain determinations and decisions
  321. 19Form of certain determinations and decisions: consolidation of permits
  322. 20Incidents and accidents: deemed condition of a permit
  323. Part 2: Compensation in relation to conditions affecting certain interests in land
  324. 1Interpretation
  325. 2Entitlement to compensation
  326. 3Loss and damage for which compensation is payable
  327. 4Date when entitlement to compensation arises
  328. 5Application for compensation
  329. 6Assessment of the amount to be paid by way of compensation
  330. 7Payment of compensation
  331. 8Interest payable on compensation
  332. Schedule 6: Appeals to the appropriate authority
  333. 1Interpretation
  334. 2Making an appeal
  335. 3Time limit for making an appeal
  336. 4Notice to affected and interested persons
  337. 5Hearing before an appointed person
  338. 6Notice of determination of an appeal
  339. 7Procedure following the quashing of a determination of an appropriate authority
  340. Schedule 7: Part A installations: Industrial Emissions Directive
  341. 1Application
  342. 2Interpretation
  343. 3Exercise of regulator’s functions: general
  344. 4Applications for the grant of an environmental permit
  345. 5Exercise of relevant functions
  346. 6Developments in best available techniques
  347. 7Review of environmental permits
  348. 8Public participation
  349. 9Inspections
  350. Schedule 8: Part B installations and Part B mobile plant etc.
  351. 1Application
  352. 2Interpretation
  353. 3Exercise of regulator’s functions: general
  354. 4Applications for the grant of an environmental permit
  355. 5Exercise of relevant functions
  356. 6Change in operation
  357. 7Review of permits
  358. 8Developments in best available techniques
  359. Schedule 9: Waste operations and materials facilities
  360. Part 1: Waste operations
  361. 1Application
  362. 2Interpretation
  363. 3Exercise of relevant functions
  364. Part 2: Materials facilities
  365. Chapter 1: Introductory provisions, conditions and functions
  366. 1Assessment and notification
  367. 2Interpretation
  368. 3Specification of conditions of environmental permits and exercise of relevant functions
  369. Chapter 2: Measurement and reporting requirements for materials facilities
  370. 4Input material
  371. 5Output material
  372. 6Records
  373. 7Reports to the regulator
  374. Schedule 10: Landfill
  375. 1Application
  376. 2Interpretation: general
  377. 3Applications for the grant of an environmental permit
  378. 4Inspection prior to operation
  379. 5Exercise of relevant functions
  380. 6Interpretation of the Landfill Directive for the exercise of relevant functions
  381. 7Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: general
  382. 8Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: additional acceptance criteria relating to physical stability and bearing capacity of granular waste
  383. 9Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: additional acceptance criteria in relating to monolithic waste
  384. 10Closure of a landfill
  385. 11Surrender applications
  386. Schedule 11: Waste motor vehicles
  387. 1Application
  388. 2Interpretation
  389. 3Exercise of relevant functions
  390. Schedule 12: Waste electrical and electronic equipment
  391. 1Application
  392. 2Interpretation
  393. 3Exercise of relevant functions
  394. Schedule 13: Waste incineration: Industrial Emissions Directive
  395. 1Application
  396. 2Interpretation
  397. 3Applications for the grant of an environmental permit
  398. 4Exercise of relevant functions
  399. Schedule 14: Solvent emission activities
  400. 1Application
  401. 2Interpretation
  402. 3Exercise of relevant functions
  403. Schedule 15: Large combustion plants: Industrial Emissions Directive
  404. 1Application
  405. 2Interpretation
  406. 3Exercise of relevant functions
  407. 4Interruption in supply of fuel
  408. Schedule 16: Asbestos
  409. 1Application
  410. 2Interpretation
  411. 3Exercise of relevant functions
  412. Schedule 17: Titanium dioxide: Industrial Emissions Directive
  413. 1Application
  414. 2Interpretation
  415. 3Exercise of relevant functions
  416. Schedule 18: Petrol vapour recovery
  417. Part 1: PVR I
  418. 1Application
  419. 2Exercise of relevant functions
  420. Part 2: PVR II
  421. 1Application
  422. 2Exercise of relevant functions
  423. Schedule 19: Waste batteries and accumulators
  424. 1Application
  425. 2Exercise of relevant functions
  426. Schedule 20: Mining waste operations
  427. 1Application
  428. 2Interpretation
  429. 3Applications for grant or variation of an environmental permit
  430. 4Review of environmental permits
  431. 5Classification of mining waste facilities
  432. 6Inspections
  433. 7Exercise of relevant functions
  434. 8Public participation
  435. 9Derogation from requirements
  436. 10Closure of a mining waste facility
  437. 11Inventory of closed mining waste facilities
  438. 12Developments in best available techniques
  439. 13Planning permission conditions
  440. 14Applications for grant or variation of an environmental permit for a Category A mining waste facility
  441. Schedule 21: Water discharge activities
  442. 1Application
  443. 2Interpretation
  444. 3Meaning of “water discharge activity”
  445. 4Highway drains – notice requiring environmental permit
  446. 5Discharge of trade effluent or sewage effluent into lake or pond – notice requiring environmental permit
  447. 6Liability resulting from discharge of sewage effluent from public sewer
  448. Schedule 22: Groundwater activities
  449. 1Application
  450. 2Interpretation
  451. 3Meaning of “groundwater activity”
  452. 4Meaning of “hazardous substance”
  453. 5Meaning of “non-hazardous pollutant”
  454. 6Exercise of relevant functions
  455. 7Applications for grant of environmental permit
  456. 8Groundwater activities for which a permit may be granted
  457. 9Prohibition notice
  458. 10Notice requiring environmental permit
  459. 11Notice in relation to a highway drain
  460. 12Guidance
  461. 13Liability resulting from discharge of sewage effluent from public sewer
  462. Schedule 23: Radioactive substances activities
  463. Part 1: Application
  464. 1Application
  465. Part 2: Interpretation
  466. 1Interpretation
  467. 2Interpretation: NORM industrial activity
  468. 3Interpretation: “radioactive material”, “radioactive waste” and “waste”
  469. 4NORM industrial activities
  470. 5Processed radionuclides of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin
  471. 6Radionuclides not of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin
  472. 7Radionuclides with a short half-life
  473. 8Radionuclides not of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin in background radioactivity
  474. 9Contaminated substances or articles
  475. 10Substances or articles after disposal
  476. 11Interpretation: radioactive substances activity
  477. 12Discharge of functions: mobile radioactive apparatus
  478. 13Nuclear sites
  479. 14Vehicles, vessels and aircraft
  480. Part 3: Tables of radionuclides and summation rules
  481. 1Table 1
  482. 2Table 2
  483. 3References in Table 1 and Table 2 to + and sec
  484. 4Table 3
  485. Part 4: The Basic Safety Standards Directive
  486. Exposures and doses
  487. 1Optimisation and dose limits
  488. 2Specific dose limits and calculation
  489. Interventions
  490. 3Radioactive waste: power of the Secretary of State to provide facilities for disposal or accumulation
  491. 4Radioactive waste: power of disposal by the regulator
  492. Part 5: The HASS Directive
  493. Security of sources
  494. 1Interpretation
  495. 2Site security: inspection
  496. 3Site security: security measures and advice
  497. Advice and assistance in relation to orphan sources
  498. 4Advice and assistance in respect of orphan sources
  499. Exercise of relevant functions and matters in relation to orphan sources
  500. 5General
  501. 6Records and inspections
  502. 7Training and information
  503. 8Orphan sources
  504. Part 6: Radioactive substances activity exemptions
  505. General
  506. 1Interpretation
  507. 2Interpretation: NORM
  508. Exemption for keeping and using radioactive material and accumulating radioactive waste
  509. 3Exemption for keeping and using radioactive material
  510. 4Exemption for accumulating radioactive waste
  511. 5Radioactive substances exempted under paragraphs 3 and 4
  512. 6Conditions in respect of the total quantity or concentration of radioactive substances on any premises
  513. 7Exemption for accumulating NORM waste
  514. Exemption for keeping or using mobile radioactive apparatus
  515. 8Exemption for keeping or using mobile radioactive apparatus
  516. Relevant standard conditions
  517. 9Interpretation of this Section
  518. 10Relevant standard conditions
  519. 11General conditions
  520. 12Loss or theft conditions
  521. 13Loss or theft conditions: mobile radioactive apparatus
  522. 14Condition to dispose of accumulated waste
  523. Exemption for disposing of solid radioactive waste
  524. 15Exemption for receiving and disposing of solid radioactive waste
  525. 16Solid radioactive waste
  526. 17Conditions in respect of solid radioactive waste
  527. Exemption for disposing of NORM waste
  528. 18Exemption for receiving and disposing of NORM waste
  529. 19Conditions in respect of NORM waste
  530. Exemption for disposing of aqueous radioactive waste
  531. 20Exemption for disposing of aqueous radioactive waste in Table 6
  532. 21Exemption for disposing of other aqueous radioactive waste
  533. 22Conditions in respect of aqueous radioactive waste in paragraph 21
  534. Exemption for disposal of gaseous radioactive waste
  535. 23Exemption for disposal of gaseous radioactive waste
  536. 24Conditions in respect of gaseous radioactive waste
  537. Tables and summation rules in this Part
  538. 25Table 4
  539. 26Table 5
  540. 27Table 6
  541. 28Table 7
  542. 29Interpretation of this Section
  543. 30Table 8
  544. Part 7: Radioactivity to be disregarded
  545. 1Application
  546. 2Provisions of enactments
  547. Schedule 24: Efficiency in heating and cooling energy: Energy Efficiency Directive
  548. 1Interpretation
  549. 2Electricity generating installations
  550. 3Installations generating waste heat
  551. 4Heating and cooling networks
  552. 5Thresholds
  553. 6Determination of applications
  554. 7Aggregation of rated thermal input – existing installations
  555. 8Existing applications for the grant or variation of an environmental permit
  556. Schedule 25: Flood risk activities and excluded flood risk activities
  557. Part 1: Flood risk activities
  558. 1Application
  559. 2Interpretation
  560. 3Meaning of “flood risk activity”
  561. 4Excluded flood risk activities
  562. 5Exercise of relevant functions
  563. 6Conditions for operation and maintenance of structures and works
  564. 7Emergency works notice
  565. 8Remediation notice
  566. 9Regulator’s power to take steps to remove and remedy etc.
  567. 10Protected undertakings, railways and bridges
  568. Part 2: Excluded flood risk activities
  569. Introductory
  570. 1Paragraph 1
  571. Descriptions and conditions
  572. 2Emergency activity
  573. 3A licensable marine activity in England
  574. 4A licensable marine activity in Wales
  575. 5Ladders and scaffold towers
  576. 6Service crossings within an existing structure
  577. 7Flood protection devices attached to buildings
  578. 8Minor works on or affecting bridges and culverts
  579. 9Fencing
  580. 10Fish traps
  581. 11Notice boards
  582. 12Purpose-built sediment traps
  583. 13Site investigation boreholes and trial pits
  584. Schedule 26: Enforcement undertakings
  585. 1Enforcement undertakings
  586. 2Contents of an enforcement undertaking
  587. 3Acceptance of an enforcement undertaking
  588. 4General provisions on enforcement undertakings
  589. 5Discharge of an enforcement undertaking
  590. 6Inaccurate, incomplete or misleading information
  591. 7Non-compliance with an enforcement undertaking
  592. 8Appeals
  593. 9Guidance as to use of enforcement undertakings
  594. 10Publication of enforcement undertakings
  595. Schedule 27: Public registers
  596. 1Matters to be included in a public register
  597. 2Information no longer relevant for public participation
  598. 3Formal cautions
  599. 4Spent convictions of individuals
  600. Schedule 28Revocations
  601. Schedule 29: Consequential amendments
  602. Part 1: Public General Acts
  603. 1Continental Shelf Act 1964
  604. 2Nuclear Installations Act 1965
  605. 3Control of Pollution Act 1974
  606. 4Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975
  607. 5Highways Act 1980
  608. 6Environmental Protection Act 1990
  609. 7Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991
  610. 8Water Industry Act 1991
  611. 9Water Resources Act 1991
  612. 10Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991
  613. 11Clean Air Act 1993
  614. 12Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995
  615. 13Environment Act 1995
  616. 14Petroleum Act 1998
  617. 15Finance Act 2000
  618. 16Energy Act 2004
  619. 17Planning Act 2008
  620. 18Energy Act 2008
  621. 19Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
  622. 20Defence Reform Act 2014
  623. Part 2: Subordinate legislation
  624. 1Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order 1985
  625. 2Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987
  626. 3Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987
  627. 4Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994
  628. 5Landfill Tax Regulations 1996
  629. 6Water Protection Zone (River Dee Catchment) Designation Order 1999
  630. 7Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999
  631. 8Weighing Equipment (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2000
  632. 9Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2000
  633. 10Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001
  634. 11Weighing Equipment (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2003
  635. 12End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003
  636. 13Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations 2003
  637. 14Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003
  638. 15Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004
  639. 16Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005
  640. 17Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005
  641. 18Measuring Instruments (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2006
  642. 19Measuring Instruments (Automatic Catchweighers) Regulations 2006
  643. 20Measuring Instruments (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2006
  644. 21Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2006
  645. 22Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006
  646. 23Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (Wales) Regulations 2006
  647. 24Contaminated Land (Wales) Regulations 2006
  648. 25Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007
  649. 26Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007
  650. 27Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008
  651. 28Co-ordination of Regulatory Enforcement (Enforcement Action) Order 2009
  652. 29Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009
  653. 30Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009
  654. 31Major Accident Off-Site Emergency Plan (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009
  655. 32Corporation Tax (Land Remediation Relief) Order 2009
  656. 33Mercury Export and Data (Enforcement) Regulations 2010
  657. 34Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010
  658. 35River Mersey (Mersey Gateway Bridge) Order 2011
  659. 36Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
  660. 37Network Rail (Hitchin (Cambridge Junction)) Order 2011
  661. 38Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011
  662. 39Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2011
  663. 40Volatile Organic Compounds in Paints, Varnishes and Vehicle Refinishing Products Regulations 2012
  664. 41Ipswich Barrier Order 2012
  665. 42Network Rail (Ipswich Chord) Order 2012
  666. 43Network Rail (North Doncaster Chord) Order 2012
  667. 44Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford Improvements) Order 2012
  668. 45Climate Change Agreements (Eligible Facilities) Regulations 2012
  669. 46Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012
  670. 47Crossrail (Kensal Green) Order 2013
  671. 48Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm Order 2013
  672. 49Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013
  673. 50Lancashire County Council (Torrisholme to the M6 Link (A683 Completion of Heysham to M6 Link Road)) Order 2013
  674. 51Leeds Railway Station (Southern Entrance) Order 2013
  675. 52Croxley Rail Link Order 2013
  676. 53Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Prescribed Relevant Offences and Relevant Enforcement Action) Regulations 2013
  677. 54Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Second City Crossing) Order 2013
  678. 55M1 Junction 10a (Grade Separation) Order 2013
  679. 56Network Rail (Redditch Branch Enhancement) Order 2013
  680. 57Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013
  681. 58National Grid (King’s Lynn B Power Station Connection) Order 2013
  682. 59Ashton Vale to Temple Meads and Bristol City Centre Rapid Transit Order 2013
  683. 60Network Rail (Norton Bridge Area Improvements) Order 2014
  684. 61National Grid (North London Reinforcement Project) Order 2014
  685. 62East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
  686. 63Daventry International Rail Freight Interchange Alteration Order 2014
  687. 64Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
  688. 65Network Rail (Huyton) Order 2014
  689. 66A556 (Knutsford to Bowdon Improvement) Development Consent Order 2014
  690. 67Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014
  691. 68North Killingholme (Generating Station) Order 2014
  692. 69Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm Order 2014
  693. 70Central Bedfordshire Council (Woodside Link Houghton Regis) Development Consent Order 2014
  694. 71South Hook Combined Heat and Power Plant Order 2014
  695. 72Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order 2014
  696. 73Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
  697. 74London Underground (Northern Line Extension) Order 2014
  698. 75Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014
  699. 76Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014
  700. 77Willington C Gas Pipeline Order 2014
  701. 78Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
  702. 79Northumberland County Council (A1 – South East Northumberland Link Road (Morpeth Northern Bypass)) Development Consent Order 2015
  703. 80A160/A180 (Port of Immingham Improvement) Development Consent Order 2015
  704. 81Cornwall Council (A30 Temple to Higher Carblake Improvement) Order 2015
  705. 82Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015
  706. 83Ship Recycling Facilities Regulations 2015
  707. 84Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties and Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2015
  708. 85Control of Major Accidents Hazards Regulations 2015
  709. 86Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
  710. 87Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015
  711. 88Knottingley Power Plant Order 2015
  712. 89Network Rail (Ordsall Chord) Order 2015
  713. 90Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015
  714. 91White Moss Landfill Order 2015
  715. 92Norfolk County Council (Norwich Northern Distributor Road (A1067 to A47(T))) Order 2015
  716. 93Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015
  717. 94Swansea Bay Tidal Generating Station Order 2015
  718. 95Preesall Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2015
  719. 96Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 2015
  720. 97Hirwaun Generating Station Order 2015
  721. 98Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015
  722. 99Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 Power Station Order 2015
  723. 100Network Rail (Tinsley Chord) Order 2015
  724. 101Large Combustion Plants (Transitional National Plan) Regulations 2015
  725. 102Port Talbot Steelworks Generating Station Order 2015
  726. 103London Underground (Bank Station Capacity Upgrade) Order 2015
  727. 104East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange and Highway Order 2016
  728. 105National Grid (Hinkley Point C Connection Project) Order 2016
  729. 106Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016
  730. 107A19/A1058 Coast Road (Junction Improvement) Development Consent Order 2016
  731. 108Palm Paper Mill Generating Station Order 2016
  732. 109Thorpe Marsh Gas Pipeline Order 2016
  733. 110Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Oil Storage) (Wales) Regulations 2016
  734. 111Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing (Protected Areas) Regulations 2016
  735. 112The Midland Metro (Birmingham City Centre Extension, etc.) (Land Acquisition and Variation) Order 2016
  736. 113The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent Order 2016
  737. 114The Midland Metro (Wolverhampton City Centre Extension) Order 2016
  738. 115The York Potash Harbour Facilities Order 2016
  739. 116The Meaford Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2016
  740. 117The North Wales Wind Farms Connection Order 2016
  741. 118The Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm Order 2016
  742. 119The River Humber Gas Pipeline Replacement Order 2016
  743. 120The M4 Motorway (Junctions 3 to 12) (Smart Motorway) Development Consent Order 2016
  744. 121The Triton Knoll Electrical System Order 2016
  745. Explanatory note