Legislation Update

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Legislation Update
Mark Stouph Director of Risk Management
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• Waste Exemptions
• EA Guidance on waste recovery for land spreading
• Controlled Waste Regulations 1992
• New Consultations

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Waste Exemptions

• The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales)
  Regulations 2010
• Into force 6 April 2010
• Replaces the 2009 regulations
• Provides for grant, variation, transfer, etc of
  permits
• Revises the existing exemptions regime

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Waste Exemptions

• Grouped by activity
• U Use of Waste (U1-U16)
• T Treatment of Waste (T1-T33)
• D Disposal of Waste (D1-D8)
• S Storage of Waste (S1-S3)
• Transitional arrangements (2011-2012)
• Note oil storage limit (paragraph S1) is 3m3 not
  100 (amended by SI 676/2010)

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EA Guidance - Recovery

• Defining Waste Recovery Permanent Deposit of
  Waste on Land
• Regulatory Gidance Series EPR 13
• Waste Recovery Plan required
• Is there a benefit?
• Is it suitable?
• Minimum amount being used?
• Substitute for virgin material?
• Appropriate standards?

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Controlled Waste Regulations 1992

• Feb 2010
• Joint statement by Defra, DCFS, DoH, BIS, NOMS
• Sch 2 premises LA cannot charge for disposal
• Regulations very likely to change
• May result in education, hospitals prisons
  being removed from Sch 2

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Consultations

• Environment Agency
• Civil sanctions
• DEFRA
• Civil sanctions
• Guidance on Green Claims
• Meeting EU landfill diversion targets
• Landfill bans
• Packaging strategy
• Major Accident off-site Emergency plans

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Mark Stouph Director of Risk Management
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Management Limited.