Paragraph 10 Authorisations: delivery and reception of wasteF1

SEPA must ensure that an authorisation for the incineration or co-incineration of waste at a waste incineration plant or co-incineration plant includes such conditions as it considers appropriate to ensure that—

(a)

all necessary precautions are taken to prevent or limit as far as practicable in relation to the delivery and reception of waste—

(i)

the pollution of air, soil, surface water and groundwater,

(ii)

other negative effects on the environment, odours and noise,

(iii)

direct risks to human health,

(b)

the mass of each type of waste is determined, where possible in accordance with the List of Waste in Annex I to the 2000 Commission Decision prior to the acceptance of waste at the waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant,

(c)

prior to the acceptance of hazardous waste at a waste incineration or waste co-incineration plant, all available information contained in heads (i) to (iii) must be obtained—

(i)

all the administrative information on the generating process contained in the documents described in sub-paragraph (d)(i),

(ii)

the physical, and as far as practicable, chemical composition of the waste and all other information necessary to evaluate its suitability for the intended incineration process,

(iii)

the hazardous characteristics of the waste, the substances with which it cannot be mixed, and the precautions to be taken in handling the waste,

(d)

prior to the acceptance of hazardous waste at the waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant, at least the following procedures must be carried out—

(i)

the checking of the documents required by assimilated EU law which implemented the Waste Framework Directive and, where applicable, those required by Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste and by legislation on transport of dangerous goods,

(ii)

the taking of representative samples, unless inappropriate as far as possible before unloading, to verify conformity with the information provided for in sub-paragraph (c) by carrying out controls and to enable SEPA to identify the nature of the wastes treated,

(iii)

the samples referred to in head (ii) must be kept for at least 1 month after the incineration or co-incineration of the waste concerned,

(e)

SEPA may, on application of the authorised person, grant an exemption to sub-paragraphs (b) to (d), where the waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant are part of an installation covered by schedule 20 and only incinerates or co-incinerates waste generated within that installation.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 22 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 13 (with sch. 23)