2009 No. 3381

Environmental Protection, England And Wales

F1The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009

Made20th December 2009

Coming into force6th April 2010

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 .

The Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, have in accordance with section 2(4) of that Act consulted—

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the Environment Agency;
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such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as they consider appropriate; and
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such other bodies or persons as they consider appropriate.

A draft of this instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament and by the National Assembly for Wales pursuant to section 2(8) and (9)(d) and (e) of that Act.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, make the following Regulations.

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

Regulations revoked (except regs. 1, 13(1)(3)) (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), reg. 1(1), Sch. 28 (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)

Citation, commencement and extent1

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These Regulations—

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may be cited as the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009;

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come into force on 6th April 2010; and

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extend to England and Wales only.

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For the purposes of this regulation—

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England and Wales includes the sea adjacent to England and Wales out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea; and

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the sea adjacent to Wales has the same meaning as in section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 M1.

Amendment of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007F12

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Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation: general)F13

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Substitution of regulation 5 (interpretation: exempt waste operation)F14

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Amendment of regulation 22 (revocation of an environmental permit: general)F15

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Amendment of regulation 38 (offences)F16

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Substitution of regulation 68 (further provision in relation to waste)F17

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Insertion of regulation 71B (transitional provision: exempt waste operations)F18

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Amendment of Schedule 1 (activities)F19

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Substitution of Schedule 2 (exempt waste operations: general)F110

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Substitution of Schedule 3 (descriptions: exempt waste operations and other operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply)F111

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Amendment of Schedule 19 (public registers)F112

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Amendments to the Environment Act 199513

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The Environment Act 1995 M2 is amended as follows.

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In section 56(1) (interpretation) M3, in the definition of “environmental licence”, for paragraph (j) substitute—

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registration under Schedule 2 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 of an establishment or undertaking in relation to a WEEE operation (as defined by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations),

Consequential amendment to the Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006F114

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Consequential amendment to the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009F115

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SavingsF116

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Jane DavidsonMinister for Environment, Sustainability and Housingone of the Welsh Ministers

Dan NorrisParliamentary Under SecretaryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

F1SCHEDULE 1SCHEDULE 2 TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2007

Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 2Exempt waste operations: general
Interpretation: general1
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Interpretation: exemption registration authority2
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Requirements for exempt waste operations3
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Procedure for registering an exempt waste operation4
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Restrictions on registering exempt waste operations carried on at the same place5
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Fee for registration relating to WEEE operations6
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Validity of registration7
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Changes to relevant particulars8
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Register of exempt waste operations9
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Duty to remove entries from the register10
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Exclusion from the register of information affecting national security11
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Record keeping12
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Periodic inspections13
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F1SCHEDULE 2SCHEDULES 3 AND 3A TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2007

Regulation 11

SCHEDULE 3Exempt waste operations: descriptions and conditions
Paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2
PART 1Interpretation
Interpretation1
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PART 2Exempt waste operations: descriptions and conditions (specific and general)
CHAPTER 1Use of waste
Introductory1
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Use of waste in constructionU1
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Use of baled end-of-life tyres in constructionU2
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Use of waste in the construction of entertainment or educational installations etcU3
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Burning of waste as a fuel in a small applianceU4
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Use of waste derived biodiesel as fuelU5
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Use of sludge for the purposes of re-seeding a waste water treatment plantU6
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Use of effluent to clean a highway gravel bedU7
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Use of waste for a specified purposeU8
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Use of waste to manufacture finished goodsU9
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Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefitU10
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Spreading waste on non-agricultural land to confer benefitU11
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Use of mulchU12
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Spreading of plant matter to confer benefitU13
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Incorporation of ash into soilU14
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Pig and poultry ashU15
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Use of depolluted end-of-life vehicles for vehicle partsU16
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CHAPTER 2Treatment of waste
Introductory1
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Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant wasteT1
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Recovery of textilesT2
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Treatment of waste metals and metal alloys by heating for the purposes of removing grease etcT3
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Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc)T4
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Screening and blending of wasteT5
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Treatment of waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverisingT6
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Treatment of waste bricks, tiles and concrete by crushing, grinding or reducing in sizeT7
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Mechanical treatment of end-of-life tyresT8
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Recovery of scrap metalT9
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Sorting mixed wasteT10
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Repair or refurbishment of WEEET11
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Manual treatment of wasteT12
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Treatment of waste foodT13
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Crushing and emptying waste vehicle oil filtersT14
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Treatment of waste aerosol cansT15
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Treatment of waste toner cartridges by sorting, dismantling, cleaning or refillingT16
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Crushing waste fluorescent tubesT17
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Dewatering using flocculantsT18
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Physical treatment of waste edible oil and fat to produce biodieselT19
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Treatment of waste at a water treatment worksT20
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Recovery of waste at a waste water treatment worksT21
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Treatment of animal by-product waste at a collection centreT22
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Aerobic composting and associated prior treatmentT23
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Anaerobic digestion at premises used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogasT24
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Anaerobic digestion at premises not used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogasT25
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Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormeryT26
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Treatment of sheep dip for disposalT27
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Sorting and de-naturing of controlled drugs for disposalT28
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Treatment of non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration for disposalT29
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Recovery of silverT30
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Recovery of monopropylene glycol from aircraft antifreeze fluidsT31
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Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilterT32
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Recovery of central heating oil by filtrationT33
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CHAPTER 3Disposal of waste
Introductory1
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Deposit of waste from dredging of inland watersD1
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Deposit of waste from a railway sanitary convenienceD2
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Deposit of waste from a portable sanitary convenienceD3
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Deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health noticeD4
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Depositing samples of waste for the purposes of testing or analysing themD5
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Disposal by incinerationD6
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Burning waste in the openD7
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Burning waste at a port under a Plant Health noticeD8
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CHAPTER 4Storage of waste other than at the place of production pending its recovery or reuse
Introductory1
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Storage of waste in secure containersS1
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Storage of waste in a secure placeS2
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Storage of sludgeS3
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SCHEDULE 3ADescriptions and conditions: other waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply
Regulation 68(1)
PART 1General and interpretation
General and interpretation1
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PART 2Other waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions
Temporary storage at the place of production1
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Temporary storage of waste at a place controlled by the producer2
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Temporary storage at a collection point3
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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the provisions in the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538 as amended by section 88(2) of the Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 28), S.I. 2009/890 and 2009/1799) (“the 2007 Regulations”) relating to exempt waste operations. They revoke and re-implement provisions in the 2007 Regulations partially giving effect to the Waste Framework Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 114, 27.4.2006, p9) (“the Directive”).

An exempt waste operation is a waste disposal or recovery operation that does not require an environmental permit under regulation 12 of the 2007 Regulations as provided for in Article 11 of the Directive. Regulation 5 of the 2007 Regulations defines an exempt waste operation.

These Regulations revise the definition of an exempt waste operation (regulation 4). They also insert a new definition into regulation 2 of the 2007 Regulations (regulation 3).

They provide for the revocation of an existing environmental permit (in whole or in part) where, as result of the amendments made by these Regulations, the permit covers an exempt waste operation (regulation 5).

Regulation 38 (offences) of the 2007 Regulations is amended to reflect the amendments made to the record-keeping requirements set out in Schedule 2, as inserted by Schedule 1 to these Regulations (regulation 6).

The Regulations also amend the provisions in the 2007 Regulations relating to waste operations that are not covered by the Waste Framework Directive but which may still require an environmental permit under 33(1)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to the extent that they involve the deposit of waste. The 2007 Regulations provide that certain of these operations do not require an environmental permit provided that certain conditions are met. These Regulations continue to provide for this but in a revised form with the revisions set out in Schedule 3A, inserted by Schedule 2 to these Regulations (regulation 7).

Transitional provisions are provided for establishments and undertakings that were registered in relation to exempt waste operations under the 2007 Regulations immediately before these Regulations came into force (regulation 8). The savings provisions in regulation 16 of these Regulations are also relevant for the purposes of these transitional provisions.

The definition of “excluded activity” in paragraph 1 of Section 6.8 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 is amended so that the production of compost for growing mushrooms is an excluded activity for the purpose of that paragraph meaning that this becomes a Part B activity (as defined in regulation 3(1) of the 2007 Regulations) requiring an environmental permit (regulation 9).

The Regulations substitute Schedule 2 (exempt waste operations: general) of the 2007 Regulations with a new Schedule setting out the specific procedural requirements relating to the registration of exempt waste operations (regulation 10). They also substitute Schedule 3 (descriptions: exempt waste operations and other operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply) of the 2007 Regulations with a new Schedule 3 (regulation 11). However, the substitutions do not apply for the purposes of the transitional provisions inserted by regulation 8. Therefore, Schedule 2 and 3 to the 2007 Regulations continue to apply for the purposes of the transitional provisions.

The Regulations make a consequential amendment to the public register provisions in paragraph 1(1)(k) of Schedule 19 to the 2007 Regulations necessitated by the provisions in paragraph 11 of substituted Schedule 2 (which provides for directions that certain information must be excluded from the register) (regulation 12).

The Regulations make consequential amendments to section 41 and section 56 of the Environmental Protection Act 1995 relating to Environment Agency charging schemes (regulation 13). As a result of the amendments, such charging schemes may only cover the registration of exempt waste operations where the operation is the repair or refurbishment of WEEE. A related consequential amendment is made to the Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 (regulation 14). The savings provisions in regulation 16(2) and (3) of these Regulations mean that the Environment Agency can continue to make charging schemes for the registration of “notifiable” waste operations (as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2007 Regulations) and operations involving the recovery of scrap metal for the purposes of the transitional provisions.

Regulation 15 makes a minor consequential amendment to the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 and regulation 16 contains savings provisions previously described.

The substituted Schedule 2 defines who is an exemption registration authority – in most cases, this is the Environment Agency but in some cases, local authorities are exemption registration authorities (paragraph 2). Paragraph 3(1) sets out the requirements that must be met by a waste operation in order for it to be an exempt waste operation. Paragraph 4 sets out the procedure for registering exempt waste operations. Paragraph 5 contains provisions relating to restrictions on the registration of multiple waste operations at the same place. Paragraph 6 contains provisions for fees in relation to the registration of a WEEE operation (repair or refurbishment of WEEE). Paragraph 7 contains provisions relating to the period of validity of registrations and the renewal of registrations. Paragraph 8 contains provisions relating to changes to information appearing on the register (referred to as relevant particulars). Paragraph 9 sets out the requirements for the exemption registration authority as regards establishing and maintaining a register of exempt waste operations. Paragraph 10 sets out the circumstances under which such an authority must remove an entry from the register. Paragraph 11 makes provision for information affecting national security to be excluded from the register. Paragraph 12 sets out record keeping requirements and paragraph 13 sets out inspection requirements.

The substituted Schedule 3 set out sets revised descriptions and conditions for exempt waste operations (regulation 11). The provisions of Schedule 3 in the 2007 Regulations that relate to other waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply are revised and set out in new Schedule 3A.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Waste Management Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2AL and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website (www.opsi.gov.uk).