UK Statutory Instrument SI 2016 England and Wales

Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

These Regulations provide a consolidated system of environmental permitting in England and Wales. They replace the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675).

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Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 8 of 98 obligations carry imprisonment (5 years). 90 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator16 Any Person11 Occupier4 Director or Officer2 Applicant1

Plus 64 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Occupier — also bound by 235 other Acts
Highways Act 1980 23 duties
Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 126 duties
Applicant — also bound by 307 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

General

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10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement, extent and application (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation: general
s.003 Interpretation: Directives
s.004 Exempt facilities and the application of section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act
s.005 Interpretation: exempt facilities
s.006 Interpretation: local authority (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Interpretation: operate a regulated facility and operator (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Interpretation: regulated facility and class of regulated facility (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Interpretation: relevant function (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Giving notices, notifications and directions, and the submission of forms
Part 2

Environmental permits

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s.022 Revocation of an environmental permit: general (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must provide 20 days' notice before revoking a permitStatutory regulator
s.024 Notification of the surrender of an environmental permit (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Notify the regulator to surrender your environmental permitOperator
s.030 Variation of an environmental permit: revocation of standard rules (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must update environmental permits if standard rules are cancelledStatutory regulator
18 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.011 Application to the Crown (opens in a new tab)
s.012 Requirement for an environmental permit (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Grant of an environmental permit (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Content and form of an environmental permit (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Conditions in relation to certain land
s.016 Mobile plant operating on the site of another regulated facility: conflict of permit conditions (opens in a new tab)
s.017 Single site permits etc. (opens in a new tab)
s.018 Consolidation of an environmental permit
s.019 Subsistence of an environmental permit (opens in a new tab)
s.020 Variation of an environmental permit (opens in a new tab)
s.021 Transfer of an environmental permit (opens in a new tab)
s.023 Revocation of an environmental permit: steps to be taken after the revocation takes effect (opens in a new tab)
s.025 Application for the surrender of an environmental permit (opens in a new tab)
s.026 Preparation and revision of standard rules
s.027 Standard rules as conditions of an environmental permit
s.028 Notification of revisions of standard rules
s.029 Revocation of standard rules (opens in a new tab)
s.031 Appeals to an appropriate authority (opens in a new tab)
Part 3

Discharge of functions in relation to a regulated facility

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s.032 Discharge of functions (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency and NRW must exercise permit and enforcement functionsStatutory regulator
s.033 Direction to a regulator: discharge of functions by a different regulator (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Government may swap regulatory responsibility between agencies and councilsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.034 Review of environmental permits and inspection of regulated facilities (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must review permits and inspect facilities periodicallyStatutory regulator
s.035 Specific provisions applying to environmental permits (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Comply with sector-specific permit requirementsAny Person
Part 4

Enforcement and offences

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s.038 Offences (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Contravene regulation 12(1) or cause itAny Person
  • Contravene regulation 12(1) or cause/permit contraventionAny Person
s.039 Penalties and enforcement undertakings (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Breach of environmental permitting regulationAny Person
s.041 Offences by bodies corporate (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Cause corporate environmental offence by consent, connivance or neglectDirector or Officer
  • Officer liable for corporate environmental offenceDirector or Officer
6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.036 Enforcement notices (opens in a new tab)
s.037 Suspension notices (opens in a new tab)
s.040 Defences (opens in a new tab)
s.042 Enforcement by the High Court (opens in a new tab)
s.043 Admissibility of evidence (opens in a new tab)
s.044 Power of court to order cause of offence to be remedied (opens in a new tab)
Part 5

Public registers

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s.046 Duty of the regulator to maintain a public register (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must maintain and provide access to a public registerStatutory regulator
s.047 Exclusion from public registers of information affecting national security (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Exclude information affecting national security from public registersAny Person
s.048 Exclusion from public registers of confidential information (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must protect confidential business information from public registersStatutory regulator
s.049 Procedure if the regulator considers that information may be confidential (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must notify you if they believe information is confidentialStatutory regulator
s.050 Duty to determine confidentiality (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must decide if your business information stays confidentialStatutory regulator
s.051 Determination of confidentiality (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must decide if environmental information is confidentialStatutory regulator
s.052 Procedure following a determination (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must notify you of confidentiality decisions within 20 working daysStatutory regulator
s.053 Appeals in relation to confidentiality (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Appeal a decision to make your business information publicAny Person
s.054 Consequences of an appeal (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must update the public register following a confidentiality appealStatutory regulator
s.055 Reconsideration of confidentiality (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must review and may end information confidentiality every 4 yearsStatutory regulator
s.056 Directions of the appropriate authority in relation to confidentiality (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Government may disclose your confidential info if in the public interestCrown / Minister / Government department
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.045 Interpretation of this Part (opens in a new tab)
Part 6

Powers and functions of the regulator and the appropriate authority

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s.057 Power of the regulator to prevent or remedy pollution (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators may intervene to prevent or fix pollution at your expenseStatutory regulator
s.059 Appropriate agency: notices in relation to emissions to water (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must update permits based on Agency water emission noticesLocal authority
s.060 Appropriate agency: public participation statement (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Appropriate agency must publish and follow a public participation statementStatutory regulator
s.062 Directions to regulators, exemption registration authorities and exemption authorities: general (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators and exemption authorities must follow government directionsStatutory regulator
s.065 Guidance to regulators, exemption registration authorities and exemption authorities (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must follow government guidance on environmental permittingStatutory regulator
s.066 Fees and charges in relation to the exercise of regulator's functions by local authorities (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Pay required fees and charges for environmental permitsOperator
s.068 Consultation in relation to works affecting flood and coastal erosion risks (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must consult each other on cross-border flood risk activitiesStatutory regulator
s.069 Functions with respect to flood risk activities (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must consider fishery interests in flood risk decisionsStatutory regulator
5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.058 Power of the regulator to prevent or remedy effects of flood risk activities (opens in a new tab)
s.061 Power to require the provision of information (opens in a new tab)
s.063 Reference of applications to an appropriate authority (opens in a new tab)
s.064 Directions to the appropriate agency: installations outside the United Kingdom (opens in a new tab)
s.067 Plans relating to emissions (opens in a new tab)
Part 7

Miscellaneous provisions

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s.071 Death of sole operator (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Notify the regulator and transfer permit following the death of an operatorOperator
10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.070 Interpretation of this Part (opens in a new tab)
s.072 Repeal (opens in a new tab)
s.073 Revocations (opens in a new tab)
s.074 Saving (opens in a new tab)
s.075 Consequential amendments (opens in a new tab)
s.076 Amendment of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 (opens in a new tab)
s.077 Transitional provisions: general (opens in a new tab)
s.078 Public registers (opens in a new tab)
s.079 Site plans not required for existing permits etc. (opens in a new tab)
s.080 Review: England (opens in a new tab)
Schedules

Schedules

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s.018 Petrol vapour recovery (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must ensure petrol stations comply with vapour recovery rulesStatutory regulator
s.sch001a Modification of the Basic Safety Standards Directive Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators replace 'competent authority' in UK radiation safety rulesStatutory regulator
s.sch002 Procedure for registering an exempt facility Regulated
  • Notify the regulator to register or renew your exempt waste or water activityOccupier
s.sch002 Register of exempt facilities Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Exemption registration authorities must maintain a public register of exempt facilitiesStatutory regulator
s.sch002 Duty to remove entries from the register Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Exemption registration authority must remove and notify about inactive exempt facilitiesStatutory regulator
s.sch002 Exclusion from the register of information affecting national security Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must exclude information from register for national securityCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch002 Changes to relevant particulars relating to waste operations Regulated
  • Notify the regulator of changes to your exempt waste operation detailsAny Person
s.sch002 Record keeping for exempt waste operations Regulated
  • Keep waste records for exempt waste operationsAny Person
s.sch003 Low-environmental-risk burials at new cemeteries or new extensions of cemeteries: England Regulated
  • Meet environmental conditions for low-risk burials in new cemeteriesOperator
s.sch005 Consultation with ... member States Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must consult affected EU/EEA states on environmentally significant permit applicationsStatutory regulator
s.sch005 Duty to consider representations Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must consider representations before deciding on permits or variationsStatutory regulator
s.sch005 Duty to determine an application Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must grant or refuse your permit applicationStatutory regulator
s.sch005 Notification of a determination or decision Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must notify applicant/operator of permit decision and appeal rightsStatutory regulator
s.sch005 Incidents and accidents: deemed condition of a permit Regulated
  • Immediately report and respond to environmental incidents and permit breachesOperator
s.sch005 Consultation: conditions mentioned in regulation 15(1) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must consult landowners before imposing permit conditions requiring rights over landStatutory regulator
s.sch006 Notice to affected and interested persons Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must notify affected persons of an appeal and report to the appropriate authorityStatutory regulator
s.sch006 Hearing before an appointed person Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authority must hold appeal hearing if you request oneCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch006 Notice of determination of an appeal Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Appropriate authority must notify appellant of appeal determination and send copies to regulator and interested personsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch007 Applications for the grant of an environmental permit Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must ensure environmental permit applications include Industrial Emissions Directive informationStatutory regulator
s.sch007 Exercise of relevant functions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must ensure compliance with Industrial Emissions DirectiveStatutory regulator
s.sch007 Developments in best available techniques Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must monitor best available techniques and encourage emerging techniquesStatutory regulator
s.sch007 Inspections Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must comply with Industrial Emissions Directive when inspecting your facilityStatutory regulator
s.sch008 Applications for the grant of an environmental permit Regulated
  • Include all required information in your environmental permit applicationApplicant
s.sch008 Exercise of relevant functions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must control air emissions from industrial installations using best available techniquesStatutory regulator
s.sch008 Change in operation Regulated
  • Notify the regulator of substantial changes in your operationOperator
s.sch008 Developments in best available techniques Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must keep up to date with best available techniquesStatutory regulator
s.sch009 Written management system conditions Regulated
  • Manage your waste operation under a written pollution prevention systemOperator
s.sch009 (1) Every environmental permit which authorises a small waste incineration... Regulated
  • Do not accept separately collected recyclable waste for incinerationOperator
s.sch009 Technical competence: notification condition Regulated
  • Report technical competence compliance in permit returnsOperator
s.sch009 Input material Regulated
  • Measure and sample waste material received at your materials facilityOperator
s.sch009 Output material Regulated
  • Measure and sample output materials from your materials facilityOperator
s.sch009 Reports to the regulator Regulated
  • Submit periodic reports to regulator for materials facilityOperator
s.sch010 Waste separately collected for preparing for re-use and recycling not to be landfilled Regulated
  • Do not accept separately collected recyclable waste for landfillOperator
s.sch013 Applications for the grant of an environmental permit Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environmental permit applications must include Industrial Emissions Directive informationStatutory regulator
s.sch014 Exercise of relevant functions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must ensure industrial sites comply with the Industrial Emissions DirectiveStatutory regulator
s.sch015 Exercise of relevant functions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must exercise its functions to ensure compliance with listed IED requirementsStatutory regulator
s.sch020 Closure of a mining waste facility Regulated
  • Comply with closure notice and maintain liability under permitOperator
s.sch020 Developments in best available techniques Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must keep informed of developments in best available techniquesStatutory regulator
s.sch020 Applications for grant or variation of an environmental permit for a Category A mining waste facility Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must not grant permit until fire authority has emergency plan infoStatutory regulator
s.sch020 Inspections Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must inspect every mining waste facility in line with EU guidelinesStatutory regulator
s.sch022 Notice requiring environmental permit Regulated
  • Obtain an environmental permit if the regulator requires itAny Person
s.sch022 Guidance Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must consider whether you follow groundwater guidance before enforcementStatutory regulator
s.sch022 Meaning of “groundwater activity” Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must keep records of determinations that discharges are not groundwater activitiesStatutory regulator
s.sch022 Exercise of relevant functions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must prevent hazardous substances entering groundwaterStatutory regulator
s.sch022 Applications for grant of environmental permit Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must assess groundwater risks before granting permit for dischargesStatutory regulator
s.sch023 Conditions in respect of solid radioactive waste Regulated
  • Comply with conditions for exempt disposal of solid radioactive wasteOccupier
s.sch023 Conditions in respect of aqueous radioactive waste in paragraph 21 Regulated
  • Dispose of aqueous radioactive waste under exemption conditionsOccupier
s.sch023 Inspection programmes Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must consider hazard, radiation protection, and compliance when setting inspection programmes for radioactive substancesStatutory regulator
s.sch023 Inspection findings Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must record and communicate inspection findingsStatutory regulator
s.sch023 Dilution of radioactive material and radioactive waste Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must observe Article 30(4) requirements on dilutionStatutory regulator
s.sch024 Installations generating waste heat Regulated
  • Include cost-benefit analysis for waste heat utilisation in permit applicationsAny Person
s.sch024 Determination of applications Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must apply energy efficiency cost-benefit analysis to your permitStatutory regulator
s.sch025a Applications for the grant of an environmental permit Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must process environmental permit applications within one month of receiving required informationStatutory regulator
s.sch025a Exercise of relevant function Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must ensure compliance with MCPD provisions and prevent dark smokeStatutory regulator
s.sch026a Power to impose a variable monetary penalty Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • The Agency may impose variable monetary penalties for environmental offencesStatutory regulator
s.sch026a Final notice Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must include penalty details and appeal rights in final noticeStatutory regulator
s.sch026a Non-compliance penalty Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Agency can impose penalty for failing to meet third party undertakingStatutory regulator
364 other schedules
s.002 Exempt facilities: general (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Exempt facilities and waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Application to the Crown (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Environmental permits (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Landfill (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Large combustion plants: Industrial Emissions Directive (opens in a new tab)
s.026 Enforcement undertakings (opens in a new tab)
s.027 Public registers (opens in a new tab)
s.028 Revocations (opens in a new tab)
s.sch001 Application of Part B activities: releases into the air
s.sch001 References to releases into water
s.sch001 References to certain substances
s.sch001a Modification of the Directives
s.sch001a Modification of the Asbestos Directive
s.sch001a Modification of PVR I
s.sch001a Modification of PVR II
s.sch001a Modification of the Waste Framework Directive
s.sch001a Modification of the Water Framework Directive
s.sch001a Modification of the WEEE Directive
s.sch001a Modification of the Batteries Directive
s.sch001a Modification of the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive
s.sch001a Modification of the Energy Efficiency Directive
s.sch001a Modification of the Industrial Emissions Directive
s.sch001a Modification of the Landfill Directive
s.sch001a Modification of the Medium Combustion Plant Directive
s.sch001a Modification of the Mining Waste Directive
s.sch002 Interpretation: general
s.sch002 Restrictions on registering exempt waste operations carried on at the same place
s.sch002 Validity of registration of waste operations
s.sch002 Periodic inspections of establishments and undertakings
s.sch002 Interpretation: exemption registration authority and exemption authority
s.sch002 General condition
s.sch002 Exempt waste operations
s.sch002 Exempt water discharge activities: Wales
s.sch002 Exempt water discharge activities: England
s.sch002 Exempt groundwater activities: Wales
s.sch002 Exempt groundwater activities: England
s.sch002 Exempt flood risk activities
s.sch003 Treatment of non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration for disposal (T29)
s.sch003 Recovery of silver (T30)
s.sch003 Recovery of monopropylene glycol from aircraft antifreeze fluids (T31)
s.sch003 Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter (T32)
s.sch003 Recovery of central heating oil by filtration (T33)
s.sch003 Closed-loop ground source heating and cooling systems: England
s.sch004 Crown application
s.sch004 Contravention of these Regulations by the Crown
s.sch004 Entry to Crown premises
s.sch004 Service on certain Crown operators
s.sch004 Application of this Schedule to certain radioactive substances activities
s.sch005 Identity and competence of the operator
s.sch005 Surrender applications
s.sch005 Time limits for determination
s.sch005 Calculation of the relevant period
s.sch005 Date of effect of certain determinations and decisions
s.sch005 Form of certain determinations and decisions: consolidation of permits
s.sch006 Interpretation
s.sch006 Making an appeal
s.sch006 Time limit for making an appeal
s.sch006 Procedure following the quashing of a determination of an appropriate authority
s.sch007 Application
s.sch007 Interpretation
s.sch007 Exercise of regulator's functions: general
s.sch007 Review of environmental permits
s.sch007 Public participation
s.sch008 Application
s.sch008 Interpretation
s.sch008 Exercise of regulator's functions: general
s.sch008 Review of permits
s.sch009 Records
s.sch009 Disclosure of information by the regulator
s.sch010 Application
s.sch010 Closure of a landfill
s.sch010 Surrender applications
s.sch010 Interpretation: general
s.sch010 Applications for the grant of an environmental permit
s.sch010 Inspection prior to operation
s.sch010 Exercise of relevant functions
s.sch010 Interpretation of the Landfill Directive for the exercise of relevant functions
s.sch010 Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: general
s.sch010 Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: additional acceptance criteria relating to physical stability and bearing capacity of granular waste
s.sch010 Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: additional acceptance criteria in relating to monolithic waste
s.sch011 Application
s.sch011 Interpretation
s.sch011 Exercise of relevant functions
s.sch012 Application
s.sch012 Interpretation
s.sch012 Exercise of relevant functions
s.sch013 Application
s.sch013 Interpretation
s.sch013 Exercise of relevant functions
s.sch014 Application
s.sch014 Interpretation
s.sch015 Application
s.sch015 Interpretation
s.sch015 Interruption in supply of fuel
s.sch016 Application
s.sch016 Interpretation
s.sch016 Exercise of relevant functions
s.sch017 Application
s.sch017 Interpretation
s.sch017 Exercise of relevant functions
s.sch019 Application
s.sch019 Exercise of relevant functions
s.sch020 Application
s.sch020 Inventory of closed mining waste facilities
s.sch020 Planning permission conditions
s.sch020 Interpretation
s.sch020 Applications for grant or variation of an environmental permit
s.sch020 Review of environmental permits
s.sch020 Classification of mining waste facilities
s.sch020 Exercise of relevant functions
s.sch020 Public participation
s.sch020 Derogation from requirements
s.sch021 Application
s.sch021 Interpretation
s.sch021 Meaning of “water discharge activity”
s.sch021 Highway drains – notice requiring environmental permit
s.sch021 Discharge of trade effluent or sewage effluent into lake or pond – notice requiring environmental permit
s.sch021 Liability resulting from discharge of sewage effluent from public sewer
s.sch022 Application
s.sch022 Notice in relation to a highway drain
s.sch022 Liability resulting from discharge of sewage effluent from public sewer
s.sch022 Interpretation
s.sch022 Meaning of “hazardous substance”
s.sch022 Meaning of “non-hazardous pollutant”
s.sch022 Groundwater activities for which a permit may be granted
s.sch022 Prohibition notice
s.sch023 Exemption for receiving and disposing of solid radioactive waste
s.sch023 Solid radioactive waste
s.sch023 Exemption for receiving and disposing of NORM waste
s.sch023 Exemption for disposing of gaseous NORM waste from oil and gas production
s.sch023 Conditions in respect of NORM waste
s.sch023 Exemption for disposing of aqueous radioactive waste in Table 6
s.sch023 Exemption for disposing of other aqueous radioactive waste
s.sch023 Exemption for disposal of gaseous radioactive waste
s.sch023 Conditions in respect of gaseous radioactive waste
s.sch023 Table 4
s.sch023 Table 4A
s.sch023 Table 5
s.sch023 Table 6
s.sch023 Table 7
s.sch023 Interpretation of this Section
s.sch023 Table 8
s.sch023 Dilution to reduce concentration of radioactivity
s.sch023 Radioactive waste: requirements to be imposed on permit holders
s.sch023 Monitoring of discharges
s.sch023 Historic radium contamination
s.sch024 Interpretation
s.sch024 Electricity generating installations
s.sch024 Heating and cooling networks
s.sch024 Thresholds
s.sch024 Aggregation of rated thermal input – existing installations
s.sch024 Existing applications for the grant or variation of an environmental permit
s.sch025 Notice boards
s.sch025 Purpose-built sediment traps
s.sch025 Site investigation boreholes and trial pits
s.sch025a Medium Combustion Plants: Medium Combustion Plant Directive
s.sch025a Application
s.sch025a Plant at gas compressor stations – existing medium combustion plants
s.sch025a Temporary derogations – existing and new medium combustion plants
s.sch025a Interpretation
s.sch025a Interpretation of this Part
s.sch025a Emission limit values
s.sch025a Limited operating hours – existing medium combustion plants
s.sch025a Limited operating hours - new medium combustion plants
s.sch025a Small and micro isolated systems – existing medium combustion plants
s.sch025b Specified generators
s.sch025b Application
s.sch025b Interpretation – specified generators
s.sch025b Interpretation – relevant dates and permitting dates
s.sch025b Interpretation - general
s.sch025b Environmental permit conditions: general
s.sch025b Exceptions to environmental permit conditions
s.sch025c Application of Schedule
s.sch025c Meaning of “in-scope generator”
s.sch025c The decarbonisation readiness report and related assessments
s.sch025c The CCR conditions
s.sch025c The HCR conditions
s.sch025c Interpretation: general
s.sch025c Application of Part 2 of this Schedule
s.sch025c Applications for the grant or variation of an environmental permit
s.sch025c Determination of applications
s.sch026 Enforcement undertakings
s.sch026 Publication of enforcement undertakings
s.sch026 Contents of an enforcement undertaking
s.sch026 Acceptance of an enforcement undertaking
s.sch026 General provisions on enforcement undertakings
s.sch026 Discharge of an enforcement undertaking
s.sch026 Inaccurate, incomplete or misleading information
s.sch026 Non-compliance with an enforcement undertaking
s.sch026 Appeals
s.sch026 Guidance as to use of enforcement undertakings
s.sch026a Variable monetary penalties (England)
s.sch026a Power to recover a variable monetary penalty or non-compliance penalty
s.sch026a Variable monetary penalties: appeals
s.sch026a Non-compliance penalty and enforcement cost recovery notice: appeals
s.sch026a Powers of the First-tier Tribunal on appeal
s.sch026a Guidance as to the use of civil sanctions and cost recovery
s.sch026a Publication of enforcement action
s.sch026a Notice of intent to impose a variable monetary penalty
s.sch026a Making representations and objections
s.sch026a Offering a third party undertaking
s.sch026a Procedure for imposition of a variable monetary penalty
s.sch026a Variable monetary penalties: criminal proceedings and conviction
s.sch026a Variable monetary penalties: enforcement cost recovery notice
s.sch027 Matters to be included in a public register
s.sch027 Information no longer relevant for public participation
s.sch027 Formal cautions
s.sch027 Spent convictions of individuals
s.sch029 Network Rail (Tinsley Chord) Order 2015
s.sch029 Large Combustion Plants (Transitional National Plan) Regulations 2015
s.sch029 Port Talbot Steelworks Generating Station Order 2015
s.sch029 London Underground (Bank Station Capacity Upgrade) Order 2015
s.sch029 East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange and Highway Order 2016
s.sch029 National Grid (Hinkley Point C Connection Project) Order 2016
s.sch029 Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016
s.sch029 A19/A1058 Coast Road (Junction Improvement) Development Consent Order 2016
s.sch029 Palm Paper Mill Generating Station Order 2016
s.sch029 Thorpe Marsh Gas Pipeline Order 2016
s.sch029 Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Oil Storage) (Wales) Regulations 2016
s.sch029 Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing (Protected Areas) Regulations 2016
s.sch029 The Midland Metro (Birmingham City Centre Extension, etc.) (Land Acquisition and Variation) Order 2016
s.sch029 The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent Order 2016
s.sch029 The Midland Metro (Wolverhampton City Centre Extension) Order 2016
s.sch029 The York Potash Harbour Facilities Order 2016
s.sch029 The Meaford Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2016
s.sch029 The North Wales Wind Farms Connection Order 2016
s.sch029 The Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm Order 2016
s.sch029 The River Humber Gas Pipeline Replacement Order 2016
s.sch029 The M4 Motorway (Junctions 3 to 12) (Smart Motorway) Development Consent Order 2016
s.sch029 The Triton Knoll Electrical System Order 2016
s.sch029 Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2006
s.sch029 Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006
s.sch029 Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (Wales) Regulations 2006
s.sch029 Contaminated Land (Wales) Regulations 2006
s.sch029 Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007
s.sch029 Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007
s.sch029 Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008
s.sch029 Co-ordination of Regulatory Enforcement (Enforcement Action) Order 2009
s.sch029 Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009
s.sch029 Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009
s.sch029 Major Accident Off-Site Emergency Plan (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009
s.sch029 Corporation Tax (Land Remediation Relief) Order 2009
s.sch029 Mercury Export and Data (Enforcement) Regulations 2010
s.sch029 Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010
s.sch029 River Mersey (Mersey Gateway Bridge) Order 2011
s.sch029 Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
s.sch029 Network Rail (Hitchin (Cambridge Junction)) Order 2011
s.sch029 Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011
s.sch029 Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2011
s.sch029 Volatile Organic Compounds in Paints, Varnishes and Vehicle Refinishing Products Regulations 2012
s.sch029 Ipswich Barrier Order 2012
s.sch029 Network Rail (Ipswich Chord) Order 2012
s.sch029 Network Rail (North Doncaster Chord) Order 2012
s.sch029 Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford Improvements) Order 2012
s.sch029 Climate Change Agreements (Eligible Facilities) Regulations 2012
s.sch029 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012
s.sch029 Crossrail (Kensal Green) Order 2013
s.sch029 Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm Order 2013
s.sch029 Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013
s.sch029 Lancashire County Council (Torrisholme to the M6 Link (A683 Completion of Heysham to M6 Link Road)) Order 2013
s.sch029 Leeds Railway Station (Southern Entrance) Order 2013
s.sch029 Croxley Rail Link Order 2013
s.sch029 Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Prescribed Relevant Offences and Relevant Enforcement Action) Regulations 2013
s.sch029 Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Second City Crossing) Order 2013
s.sch029 M1 Junction 10a (Grade Separation) Order 2013
s.sch029 Network Rail (Redditch Branch Enhancement) Order 2013
s.sch029 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013
s.sch029 National Grid (King's Lynn B Power Station Connection) Order 2013
s.sch029 Ashton Vale to Temple Meads and Bristol City Centre Rapid Transit Order 2013
s.sch029 Network Rail (Norton Bridge Area Improvements) Order 2014
s.sch029 National Grid (North London Reinforcement Project) Order 2014
s.sch029 East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
s.sch029 Daventry International Rail Freight Interchange Alteration Order 2014
s.sch029 Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
s.sch029 Network Rail (Huyton) Order 2014
s.sch029 A556 (Knutsford to Bowdon Improvement) Development Consent Order 2014
s.sch029 Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014
s.sch029 North Killingholme (Generating Station) Order 2014
s.sch029 Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm Order 2014
s.sch029 Central Bedfordshire Council (Woodside Link Houghton Regis) Development Consent Order 2014
s.sch029 South Hook Combined Heat and Power Plant Order 2014
s.sch029 Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order 2014
s.sch029 Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
s.sch029 London Underground (Northern Line Extension) Order 2014
s.sch029 Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014
s.sch029 Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014
s.sch029 Willington C Gas Pipeline Order 2014
s.sch029 Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
s.sch029 Northumberland County Council (A1 – South East Northumberland Link Road (Morpeth Northern Bypass)) Development Consent Order 2015
s.sch029 A160/A180 (Port of Immingham Improvement) Development Consent Order 2015
s.sch029 Cornwall Council (A30 Temple to Higher Carblake Improvement) Order 2015
s.sch029 Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015
s.sch029 Ship Recycling Facilities Regulations 2015
s.sch029 Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties and Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2015
s.sch029 Control of Major Accidents Hazards Regulations 2015
s.sch029 Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
s.sch029 Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015
s.sch029 Knottingley Power Plant Order 2015
s.sch029 Network Rail (Ordsall Chord) Order 2015
s.sch029 Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015
s.sch029 White Moss Landfill Order 2015
s.sch029 Norfolk County Council (Norwich Northern Distributor Road (A1067 to A47(T))) Order 2015
s.sch029 Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015
s.sch029 Swansea Bay Tidal Generating Station Order 2015
s.sch029 Preesall Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2015
s.sch029 Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 2015
s.sch029 Hirwaun Generating Station Order 2015
s.sch029 Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015
s.sch029 Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 Power Station Order 2015
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/1/crossheading/combustio Part A(1) (a) Burning any fuel in an appliance with...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/1/crossheading/combustio Interpretation and application of Part A(1)
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/1/crossheading/gasificat Part A(1) (a) Refining gas where this is likely to...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/2/crossheading/ferrous/m Interpretation of Section 2.1
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/2/crossheading/nonferrou Interpretation and application of Section 2.2
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/2/crossheading/surface/t Part A(1) (a) Unless falling within Part A(2) of this...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/activitie Interpretation of Section 3.2
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/ceramic/p Part A(1) (a) Manufacturing ceramic products (including roofing tiles, bricks,...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/ceramic/p Part A(2) (a) Unless falling within Part A(1) of this...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/ceramic/p Part B (a) Unless falling within Part A(1) or A(2)...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/ceramic/p Interpretation of Part B
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/manufactu Part A(1) (a) Manufacturing glass fibre in plant with a...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/manufactu Part A(2) (a) Manufacturing glass, unless falling within Part A(1)...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/manufactu Part B
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/manufactu Unless falling within Part A(1) or Part A(2) of this...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/other/min Part A(2) (a) Manufacturing cellulose fibre reinforced calcium silicate board...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/other/min Part B (a) Unless falling within Part A(1) or Part...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/other/min Interpretation and application of Part B
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/productio Part A(1) (a) Producing cement clinker in rotary kilns with...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/productio Part A(2) (a) Grinding cement clinker.
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/productio Part B (a) Storing, loading or unloading cement or cement...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/productio Part A(1) (a) Melting mineral substances including the production of...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/4/crossheading/chemical/ Part A(1) (a) Producing (including any blending which is related...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/4/crossheading/explosive Part A(1) (a) Producing explosives.
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/4/crossheading/inorganic Part A(1) (a) Producing inorganic chemicals such as—
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/4/crossheading/manufactu Part A(1) (a) Any activity for the manufacture of a...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/4/crossheading/organic/c Interpretation of Section 4.1
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/4/crossheading/organic/c Interpretation of Section 4.1
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/4/crossheading/pharmaceu Part A(1) (a) Producing pharmaceutical products.
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/4/crossheading/plant/hea Part A(1) (a) Producing plant health products or biocides.
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/4/crossheading/the/stora Part B (a) The storage in tanks, other than in...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/4/paragraph/wrapper26n2 Interpretation of Chapter 4
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/5/crossheading/disposal/ Part A(1) (a) The disposal of waste in a landfill—...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/5/crossheading/disposal/ Part A(1) (a) Disposal or recovery of hazardous waste with...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/5/crossheading/disposal/ Part A(1) (a) Disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/5/crossheading/incinerat Part A(1) (a) The incineration of hazardous waste in a...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/5/crossheading/temporary Part A(1) (a) Temporary storage of hazardous waste with a...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/5/crossheading/the/produ Part A(1) (a) Making solid fuel (other than charcoal) from...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/5/crossheading/treatment Part A(1) (a) Independently operated treatment of waste water not...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/activitie Part A(2) (a) Manufacturing new tyres (but not remoulds or...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/activitie Part B (a) Unless falling within Part A(1) or Part...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/carbon/ac Part A(1) (a) Producing carbon or hard-burnt coal or electro-graphite...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/carbon/ca Part A(1) (a) Capture of carbon dioxide streams from an...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/coating/a Part A(1) (a) Pre-treating (by operations such as washing, bleaching...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/intensive Part A(1) (a) Rearing poultry or pigs intensively in an...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/paper/pul Part A(1) (a) Producing, in industrial plant, pulp from timber...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/tar/and/b Part A(1) (a) The following activities— (i) distilling tar or...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/tar/and/b Part B (a) Any activity not falling within Part A(1)...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/tar/and/b Interpretation of Part B
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/the/manuf Part B (a) Unless falling within Part A(1) or Part...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/the/treat Interpretation of Section 6.8
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/timber/ac Part A(2) (a) Preservation of wood and wood products with...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/timber/ac Part B (a) Unless falling within Part A(2) of Section...
s.schedule/1/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/timber/ac Interpretation of Part B
sch. 23 para. 1 Optimisation and dose limits Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must keep public radiation exposure as low as reasonably achievableStatutory regulator
sch. 23 para. 2 Site security: inspection Regulated
  • Operator must allow regulator access to inspect radioactive source premisesOperator
sch. 23 para. 4 Advice and assistance in respect of orphan sources Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Government must ensure prompt technical advice on orphan sourcesCrown / Minister / Government department
sch. 25 para. 10 Protected undertakings, railways and bridges Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must not prejudice protected undertakings or interfere without consentStatutory regulator
sch. 25 para. 7 Emergency works notice Regulated
  • You must comply with an emergency works notice about flood risk activitiesOccupier
sch. 3 para. 14 Incorporation of ash into soil (U14) Regulated
  • Incorporate burnt cereal/straw ash into soil within 24 hoursAny Person
sch. 5 para. 6 Public participation in relation to certain applications Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must inform the public and invite comments on certain permit applicationsStatutory regulator
sch. 5 para. 8 Public participation in relation to regulator-initiated variations Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must notify operator and consult public on proposed permit variationsStatutory regulator
sch. 9 para. 3 Specification of conditions of environmental permits and exercise of relevant functions Regulated
  • Operators of materials facilities must comply with permit conditions and Chapter 2 rulesOperator
33 other provisions
sch. 18 para. 2 Exercise of relevant functions
sch. 23 para. 11 General conditions
sch. 23 para. 12 Loss or theft conditions
sch. 23 para. 13 Loss or theft conditions: mobile radioactive apparatus
sch. 23 para. 14 Condition to dispose of accumulated waste
sch. 23 para. 3 Radioactive waste: power of the Secretary of State to provide facilities for disposal or accumulation
sch. 25 para. 2 Emergency activity
sch. 25 para. 3 A licensable marine activity in England
sch. 25 para. 5 sch. 25 para. 5
sch. 25 para. 9 Regulator's power to take steps to remove and remedy etc.
sch. 3 para. 1 Use of waste in construction (U1)
sch. 3 para. 10 Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefit (U10)
sch. 3 para. 11 Spreading waste on non-agricultural land to confer benefit (U11)
sch. 3 para. 12 Manual treatment of waste (T12)
sch. 3 para. 15 Pig and poultry ash (U15)
sch. 3 para. 2 Storage of waste in a secure place (S2)
sch. 3 para. 21 Recovery of waste at a waste water treatment works (T21)
sch. 3 para. 3 Small discharges of sewage effluent: England
sch. 3 para. 4 Small discharges of sewage effluent: England
sch. 5 para. 2 Entitlement to compensation
sch. 5 para. 4 Further information in respect of a duly-made application
sch. 5 para. 5 Public participation: scope
sch. 5 para. 7 Payment of compensation
s.002 Activities falling within more than one Part description (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Application of activities falling within Part 2 (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Application of thresholds for Part A(1) or Part A(2) activities (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Operation below thresholds: effect on the installation (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefit (U10) (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Pig and poultry ash (U15) (opens in a new tab)
s.018 Dewatering using flocculants (T18) (opens in a new tab)
s.026 Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery (T26) (opens in a new tab)
s.027 Treatment of sheep dip using organophosphate-degrading enzyme (T27) (opens in a new tab)
s.028 Sorting and de-naturing of controlled drugs for disposal (T28) (opens in a new tab)

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