Compliance and Legislative Updates

Date: 16 April 2010. Posted in Industry News

1   Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) regulations 2010 – came into force April 6 th 2010.

• Steamlined regulation
• Amalgamated previously separate Permitting Regimes
• Transposed 11 EU Directives

Some waste activities require exemption registration. A guidance document is attached below (Source www.netregs.gov.uk )

General guide to Environmental Permitting (Adove PDF - 980KB)

An Environmental Permitting Guidance Booklet published by defra can also be found at the link below:

Defra: Environmental permitting guidance on exempt waste operations (Adobe PDF- 580KB)

2  Landfill Tax increased to £48 from 1 st April 2010

A guidance document published is can be found here (Source www.netregs.gov.uk )

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