
2009 No. 3381
Environmental Protection, England And Wales
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (revoked)
Made 20th December 2009
Coming into force 6th April 2010
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Citation, commencement and extent
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Amendment of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007
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Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation: general)
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Substitution of regulation 5 (interpretation: exempt waste operation)
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Amendment of regulation 22 (revocation of an environmental permit: general)
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Amendment of regulation 38 (offences)
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Substitution of regulation 68 (further provision in relation to waste)
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Insertion of regulation 71B (transitional provision: exempt waste operations)
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Amendment of Schedule 1 (activities)
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Substitution of Schedule 2 (exempt waste operations: general)
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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)
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Amendment of Schedule 19 (public registers)
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Amendments to the Environment Act 1995
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Consequential amendment to the Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006
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Consequential amendment to the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009
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Savings
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SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2 TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2007
Regulation 10
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SCHEDULE 2
Exempt waste operations: general
Interpretation: general
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Interpretation: exemption registration authority
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Requirements for exempt waste operations
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Procedure for registering an exempt waste operation
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Restrictions on registering exempt waste operations carried on at the same place
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Fee for registration relating to WEEE operations
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Validity of registration
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Changes to relevant particulars
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Register of exempt waste operations
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Duty to remove entries from the register
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Exclusion from the register of information affecting national security
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Record keeping
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Periodic inspections
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SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULES 3 AND 3A TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2007
Regulation 11
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SCHEDULE 3
Exempt waste operations: descriptions and conditions
Paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2
PART 1 Interpretation
Interpretation
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PART 2 Exempt waste operations: descriptions and conditions (specific and general)
CHAPTER 1
Use of waste
Introductory
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Use of waste in construction
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Use of baled end-of-life tyres in construction
U2 
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Use of waste in the construction of entertainment or educational installations etc
U3 
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Burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance
U4 
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Use of waste derived biodiesel as fuel
U5 
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Use of sludge for the purposes of re-seeding a waste water treatment plant
U6 
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Use of effluent to clean a highway gravel bed
U7 
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Use of waste for a specified purpose
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Use of waste to manufacture finished goods
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Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefit
U10 
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Spreading waste on non-agricultural land to confer benefit
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Use of mulch
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Spreading of plant matter to confer benefit
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Incorporation of ash into soil
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Pig and poultry ash
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Use of depolluted end-of-life vehicles for vehicle parts
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CHAPTER 2
Treatment of waste
Introductory
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Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste
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Recovery of textiles
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Treatment of waste metals and metal alloys by heating for the purposes of removing grease etc
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Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc)
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Screening and blending of waste
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Treatment of waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising
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Treatment of waste bricks, tiles and concrete by crushing, grinding or reducing in size
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Mechanical treatment of end-of-life tyres
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Recovery of scrap metal
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Sorting mixed waste
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Repair or refurbishment of WEEE
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Manual treatment of waste
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Treatment of waste food
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Crushing and emptying waste vehicle oil filters
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Treatment of waste aerosol cans
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Treatment of waste toner cartridges by sorting, dismantling, cleaning or refilling
T16 
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Crushing waste fluorescent tubes
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Dewatering using flocculants
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Physical treatment of waste edible oil and fat to produce biodiesel
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Treatment of waste at a water treatment works
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Recovery of waste at a waste water treatment works
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Treatment of animal by-product waste at a collection centre
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Aerobic composting and associated prior treatment
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Anaerobic digestion at premises used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas
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Anaerobic digestion at premises not used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas
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Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery
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Treatment of sheep dip for disposal
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Sorting and de-naturing of controlled drugs for disposal
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Treatment of non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration for disposal
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Recovery of silver
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Recovery of monopropylene glycol from aircraft antifreeze fluids
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Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter
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Recovery of central heating oil by filtration
T33 
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CHAPTER 3
Disposal of waste
Introductory
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Deposit of waste from dredging of inland waters
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Deposit of waste from a railway sanitary convenience
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Deposit of waste from a portable sanitary convenience
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Deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health notice
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Depositing samples of waste for the purposes of testing or analysing them
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Disposal by incineration
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Burning waste in the open
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Burning waste at a port under a Plant Health notice
D8 
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CHAPTER 4
Storage of waste other than at the place of production pending its recovery or reuse
Introductory
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Storage of waste in secure containers
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Storage of waste in a secure place
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Storage of sludge
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SCHEDULE 3A
Descriptions and conditions: other waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply
Regulation 68(1)
PART 1 General and interpretation
General and interpretation
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PART 2 Other waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions
Temporary storage at the place of production
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Temporary storage of waste at a place controlled by the producer
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Temporary storage at a collection point
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