PART 2Environmental permits
CHAPTER 1Application to the Crown and requirement for an environmental permit
Application to the Crown11
Schedule 4 (application of these Regulations to the Crown) has effect.
Requirement for an environmental permitC2C4C6C9C10C11C12C15C16C17C1912
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A person must not, except under and to the extent authorised by an environmental permit—
b
cause or knowingly permit a water discharge activity or groundwater activity.
F11A
Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply in relation to the operation of a medium combustion plant, mobile medium combustion plant or a specified generator comprising—
a
a new medium combustion plant, before 20th December 2018;
b
an existing medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input greater than 5 megawatts, before 1st January 2024;
c
an existing medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input of less than or equal to 5 megawatts, before 1st January 2029;
d
a specified generator, before the permitting date,
unless that medium combustion plant, mobile medium combustion plant or specified generator, is required to have a permit by virtue of forming part of another class of regulated facility.
1B
For the purposes of paragraph (1A)—
a
“existing medium combustion plant” and “new medium combustion plant” have the meanings given in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 25A;
b
“permitting date” has the meaning given in paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 25B.
2
Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply if the water discharge activity or groundwater activity is an exempt facility.
3
In respect of a radioactive substances activity, paragraph (1) does not apply to a person to whom a radioactive substances exemption applies for that activity.
4
Paragraph (5) applies to a person (“A”) who—
a
receives radioactive waste from another person (“B”) for the purposes of A disposing of that waste, and
b
subsequently disposes of that waste.
5
Where this paragraph applies, A does not require an environmental permit—
a
for the receipt of waste from B, where B holds an environmental permit which allows B to dispose of the waste to A, or
b
for the subsequent disposal of that waste by A, where the waste is disposed of in accordance with the permit held by B.