Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

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. The 2016 Regulations set out an Environmental Permitting and compliance regime that applies to various activities and industries.

As well as consolidating and updating the legislation, 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). 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.

The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 has also been used to transpose many EU Directives into domestic law. Each Directive or policy area covered by the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) regime has a speciifc schedule.

Policy Area	EPR Schedule
Chapter II Industrial Emissions Directive (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control)	7 – Part A installations
Part B installations and Part B mobile plant	8 – Part B installations and Part B mobile plant
Waste Framework Directive	9 – Waste operations and materials facilities
Landfill Directive	10 - Landfill
End-of-life Vehicles Directive	11 – Waste motor vehicles
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive	12 – Waste electrical and electronic equipment
Chapter IV Industrial Emissions Directive	13 – Waste incineration
Chapter V Industrial Emissions Directive	14 – Solvent emission activities
Chapter III Industrial Emissions Directive	15 – Large combustion plants
Asbestos Directive	16 – Asbestos
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