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The Environment Agency (EA) recently held a consultation on draft guidance for ‘Appropriate measures for permitted facilities that take non-hazardous and inert waste’ in England. This draft guidance is designed to help operators understand which standards (appropriate measures) are relevant to regulated facilities with environmental permits to treat or transfer non-hazardous and/or inert waste. This draft guidance applies to permitted waste management facilities such as:
The draft guidance, if adopted, will replace the following existing guidance notes:
How does this affect your site?
If your existing site falls into one of the types of facilities listed above, then the timeframe by which you must comply with these new measures depends on which category the improvements at your facility falls into:
Local environmental impacts such as nearby sensitive receptors, may mean an operator has to act more quickly than the timescales outlined above.
By August 2022, unless approved by a derogation, existing installations must comply with relevant BAT Associated Emission Levels (AELs). These are set out in the published Waste Treatment BAT Conclusions document.
New sites (including new or replacement plant at existing facilities) must comply from when operations begin, unless a derogation is approved.
Below are some of the new measures proposed by this draft guidance:
SLR have the broad range of skills and expertise to be able to assist you in assessing how the ‘Appropriate Measures for Permitted Facilities that take Non-Hazardous and Inert Waste’ guidance may affect you and assisting you with complying.
For more information please contact Greg Altria (Principal Consultant - Environment Management, Permitting & Compliance) or Maria Francis (Senior Consultant – Environment Management, Permitting & Compliance) through our contact form.
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