The Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 No. 85

Regulation 6(3)(c)

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

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

2. It contains waste classified as hazardous under Directive 2008/98/EC M1 above a certain threshold; or

[F1 3. It contains substances or preparations classified as dangerous which fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) 1272/2008.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 para. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Planning (Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1235), regs. 1(2), 6(12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 O.J. No. L312, 22.11.2008, p.3-30