The Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Regulation 6(3)(c)

[F1 SCHEDULE 3 N.I. CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION OF CATEGORY A WASTE FACILITIES

Textual Amendments

F1 Regulations revoked (with savings) (1.4.2015) by The Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/85), reg. 24(1) (with regs. 5(1), 24(2)(5))

A waste facility shall be classified as Category A if—

1.   A failure or incorrect operation, e.g. the collapse of a heap or the bursting of a dam, could give rise to a major accident, on the basis of a risk assessment taking into account factors such as the present or future size, the location and the environmental impact of the waste facility; or U.K.

2.   It contains waste classified as hazardous under Directive 91/689/EEC(1) above a certain threshold; or U.K.

3.   It contains substances or preparations classified as dangerous under Directives 67/548/EEC(2) or 99/45/EEC(3) above a certain threshold.] U.K.

(1)

O.J. No. L377, 31.12.1991, p.20-27

(2)

O.J. No. L196, 16.8.1967, p.1-98

(3)

O.J. No. L200, 30.7.1999, p.1-68