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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111150184",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/1/chapter/2/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefit (U10)",
  "text": "(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.\n(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.\nCodes\nWaste types\nQuantity limit\nStorage limit (at any one time)\nPeriod\nAdditional specific conditions\n010102, 010408, 170504\nChalk only\n50 tonnes per hectare\n200 tonnes\n12 months\nA\n020101\nSludges from washing and cleaning fruit and vegetables on farm only\n50 tonnes per hectare\n200 tonnes\n12 months\nA, F\n020199, 020399\nUntreated wash waters from cleaning fruit and vegetables on farm only\n100 tonnes per hectare\n200 tonnes\n12 months\nA, F\n020305\nEffluent from the on-site treatment of wash waters from cleaning fruit and vegetables on farm only\n100 tonnes per hectare\n200 tonnes\n12 months\nA, F\n020401, 020399\nSoil from cleaning and washing fruit and vegetables only\n50 tonnes per hectare\n200 tonnes\n12 months\nA\n020199\nMilk from agricultural premises only\n50 cubic metres of diluted milk per hectare\n200 tonnes\n24 hours\nA, B, E\n100101\nAsh from wood chip boilers produced pursuant to an operation described in paragraph U4 only\n1 tonne per hectare\n10 tonnes\n12 months\nA\n170506\nDredging 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\n150 tonnes per hectare\n1,250 tonnes\n12 months\nC\n020199\nSpent compost from the growing of mushrooms only\n50 tonnes per hectare\n500 tonnes\n12 months\nA\n190599\nCompost produced pursuant to a treatment described in paragraph T23 or T26 only\n50 tonnes per hectare\n500 tonnes\n12 months\nA\n190604\nDigestate produced pursuant to a treatment described in paragraph T24 or T25 only\n50 tonnes per hectare\n200 tonnes\n12 months\nA\n190812\nWaste consisting of biobed or biofilter material produced pursuant to a treatment described in paragraph T32 only\n50 tonnes per hectare\n200 tonnes\n12 months\nA, D\n(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—\n(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,\n(b) the total quantity of waste stored at any one time does not exceed the limit specified in the fourth column of the table,\n(c) subject to additional specific conditions D and E in paragraph (f), where they apply, no waste is stored for longer than 12 months prior to spreading,\n(d) the waste is stored in a secure location prior to spreading,\n(e) at the time the spreading begins—\n(i) the land has not been frozen for 12 or more hours in the preceding 24 hours,\n(ii) the land is not waterlogged, frozen or snow-covered, and\n(f) the operation complies with such of the following additional specific conditions as are specified in the sixth column of the table—\nA\nthe location of any waste which is stored or land which is spread is at\nleast 10 metres from a watercourse and 50 metres from a spring, well or bore-hole;\nB\nprior 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;\nC\nthe waste is spread adjacent to the place from which it was dredged;\nD\nthe waste is stored for at least 12 months prior to spreading;\nE\nthe waste is not stored for longer than 24 hours prior to spreading;\nF\nthe waste is spread at the place where it is produced.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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