# The Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003


After paragraph 11 sub-paragraph (e) insert:
“11A. For the purposes of Table 3 the following definitions apply—
“conventional treatment” means any treatment process used to reduce the fermentability and possible health hazards associated with sludge, including biological, chemical or heat treatments that ensure that at east 99% of pathogens have been destroyed;
“enhanced treatment” means any treatment process which is capable of virtually eliminating any pathogens which may be present in the original sludge and which will be free from Salmonella and will have been treated so as to ensure that 99.9999% pathogens have been destroyed (a 6 log reduction).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/403/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-4
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