The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Amendment of the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

2.—(1) The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4 (prohibition on holding irrespective of registration)—

(a) in paragraph (3A)—

(i) for “the fluids contain” substitute “it contains”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), after “PCBs”, insert “within the fluids containing PCBs”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “PCBs” substitute “fluids containing PCBs”;

(b) in paragraph (3C)—

(i) for “the fluids contain” substitute “it contains”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), after “PCBs”, insert “within the fluids containing PCBs”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “PCBs” substitute “fluids containing PCBs”;

(c) in paragraph (4)(a), for “a total volume of”, substitute “to reduce the total volume of fluids containing PCBs to”.

(3) In regulation 5 (labelling of contaminated equipment), in paragraph (3)—

(a) omit “the fluids contain”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (a), before “0.005%”, insert “within the equipment the fluids contain”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (b)—

(i) before “a total volume”, insert “the equipment contains”;

(ii) before “PCBs”, insert “fluids containing”;

(d) for “<0.05dm3” substitute “<0.05dm3””.

(1)

S.I. 2000/1043, amended by S.I. 2020/489. There are other amending instruments, but none are relevant.