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The [[Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016]] S.I. No. 1154 ("the 2016 Regulations") consolidate and replace the [[Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010]] S.I. No. 675 which had been amended 15 times. These amendments included provisions to strengthen powers for regulators to tackle illegal operators and provisions to add a new permitting regime for flood defences<ref name="Env">[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1154/pdfs/uksiem_20161154_en.pdf [[DEFRA]] Explanatory Memorandum to the [[Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016]]</ref>. The 2016 Regulations set out an [[Environmental Permitting]] and compliance regime that applies to various activities and industries<ref name="Env" />. | The [[Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016]] S.I. No. 1154 ("the 2016 Regulations") consolidate and replace the [[Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010]] S.I. No. 675 which had been amended 15 times. These amendments included provisions to strengthen powers for regulators to tackle illegal operators and provisions to add a new permitting regime for flood defences<ref name="Env">[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1154/pdfs/uksiem_20161154_en.pdf [[DEFRA]] Explanatory Memorandum to the [[Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016]]</ref>. The 2016 Regulations set out an [[Environmental Permitting]] and compliance regime that applies to various activities and industries<ref name="Env" />. They entered into force on 1st January 2017. | ||
As well as consolidating and updating the legislation | As well as consolidating and updating the previous [[Environmental Permitting|environmental permitting]] legislation they also amend a wide range of Acts including the [[Control of Pollution Act 1974]], the Water Industry Act 1991, Clean Air Act 1993 and Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995<ref name ="WIS">[https://www.wiserenvironment.co.uk/new-environmental-permitting-regulations-2016-come-force/ Wiser Environment]</ref>. One hundred and twenty-one Statutory Instruments also have amendments made under these Regulations. | ||
The [[Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016]] | Furthermore there is also a set of amendments to the 2016 Regulations which revise the rules for mobile crushing of lamps that contain mercury (the T17 exemption)<ref name="Env" />. This restricts those who are able to crush lamps under the T17 and reduce the number of lamps which can be crushed without a permit<ref name="Env" />. | ||
The [[Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016]] have also been used to transpose many EU Directives into domestic law. Each Directive or policy area covered by the [[Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016]] has a speciifc schedule<ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/935917/environmental-permitting-core-guidance.pdf /[[DEFRA]] Environmenal Permitting Core Guidance]</ref>. | |||
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! Policy Area !! EPR Schedule | ! Policy Area !! [[EPR (Regs England & Wales)|EPR]] Schedule | ||
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| Chapter II [[Industrial Emissions Directive]] ([[IPPC Directive|Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control]]) || 7 – Part A installations | | Chapter II [[Industrial Emissions Directive]] ([[IPPC Directive|Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control]]) || 7 – Part A installations | ||
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| [[Landfill Directive]] || 10 - [[Landfill]] | | [[Landfill Directive]] || 10 - [[Landfill]] | ||
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| [[End-of-Life Vehicles]] Directive || 11 – Waste motor vehicles | | [[End-of-Life Vehicles]] Directive || 11 – [[End-of-Life Vehicles|Waste motor vehicles]] | ||
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| [[WEEE Directive|Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive]] || 12 – [[Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment]] | | [[WEEE Directive|Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive]] || 12 – [[Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment]] | ||
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| Petrol Vapour Recovery Directive|| 18 – Petrol vapour recovery | | Petrol Vapour Recovery Directive|| 18 – Petrol vapour recovery | ||
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| [[Batteries]] Directive || 19 – Waste batteries and accumulators | | [[Batteries]] Directive || 19 – Waste [[Batteries|batteries]] and accumulators | ||
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| [[Mining Waste]] Directive || 20 – [[Mining Waste]] operations | | [[Mining Waste]] Directive || 20 – [[Mining Waste]] operations | ||
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In late November 2018, [[DEFRA]] published the Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018<ref name="WIS" />. These amendments strengthen the assessment and enforcement of operator competence and require that all waste sites operate in accordance with a written management system. These amends came into force on 7th April 2019<ref name="WIS" />. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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