# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 8: Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: additional acceptance criteria relating to physical stability and bearing capacity of granular waste


When interpreting the Decision Annex for the purposes of paragraph 5(3)—
(a) in point 2.3.2, the criteria to ensure that granular waste will have sufficient physical stability and bearing capacity are that it has either—
(i) if it is cohesive waste, a mean in situ shear strength of at least 50kPa, or
(ii) if it is non-cohesive waste, an in situ bearing ratio of at least 5%;
(b) point 2.4.2 is to be read as if, in addition to the criteria listed, it requires the satisfaction of the criteria in paragraph (a)(i) and (a)(ii).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/10/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-10/paragraph-8
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