Environmental Permitting - Regulations and guidance
- Regulations and EP guidance
- Directions
- Waste operator competence schemes
- Local Authority regulated sites
- Dedicated policy information
See also:
If you have any comments you would like to make regarding the Regulations, or guidance, please contact us: eppadministrator@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Regulations and EP guidance
Simplifying Environmental Regulation: a summary booklet |
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Regulations |
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Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007 No 3538) |
OPSI website |
Environmental guidance |
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Core Environmental Permitting guidance |
PDF 450 KB |
PDF 100 KB |
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End of Life Vehicles Directive |
PDF 200 KB |
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive, Part A(1), (including the Titanium Dioxide Directive) |
PDF 350 KB |
PDF 350 KB |
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Solvent Emissions Directive |
PDF 200 KB |
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive |
PDF 300 KB |
Waste Framework Directive |
PDF 700 KB |
Waste Incineration Directive |
PDF 850 KB |
Landfill Directive |
PDF 670 KB |
PDF 100 KB |
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PDF 100 KB |
Directions
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The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Transitional – National Security) Direction 2008 |
PDF 100 KB |
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Waste operator competence schemes
For those waste operations covered by Certificates of Technical Competence (CoTCs), a relevant CoTC remains an appropriate means of demonstrating technical competence. For waste operations not covered by CoTCs the Environment Agency will continue to assess technical competence. This arrangement will continue until the first of the new schemes is approved (When schemes are approved, they will be listed here).
On 22nd December 2008 Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government approved a new scheme for operators of waste management facilities in England and Wales to demonstrate their technical competence in order to obtain an environmental permit and manage permitted waste operations. The scheme has been developed jointly by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) and the Waste Management Industry Training and Advisory Board (WAMITAB).
The scheme will become operational for new entrants immediately. Continuing competence tests will be available from 1st March 2009. Details of the scheme can be found via www.ciwm.co.uk or www.wamitab.org.uk.
Local Authority regulated sites
Local authorities general guidance manual comprises guidance on the policy and permitting procedures for activities subject to LA-IPPC and LAPPC under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 from 6 April 2008 onwards.
Dedicated policy information
See also
- UK Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (UK PRTR) - Pollutant release data from a wide range of industrial installations across the UK, including: refineries; power stations; and less polluting activities that are regulated by local authorities.
- NetRegs: environmental permits
- Businesslink: introducing a single environmental permitting and compliance regime
Page last modified: 18 May 2009
Page published: 2 October 2005