The Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002

Conditions to be included in landfill permits

8.—(1) A landfill permit shall include conditions specifying the list of defined types, and the total quantity, of waste authorised to be deposited in the landfill.

(2) A landfill permit shall also include appropriate conditions—

(a) specifying requirements for—

(i) preparations for, and the carrying out of, landfilling operations;

(ii) monitoring and control procedures, including contingency plans;

(b) ensuring that the financial provision required by regulation 4(3)(b)(1) of the 2000 Regulations is maintained until the permit is surrendered in accordance with those Regulations;

(c) ensuring that the landfill is operated in such a manner that the necessary measures are taken to prevent accidents and to limit their consequences; and

(d) requiring the operator to report at least annually to the Environment Agency on—

(i) the types and quantities of waste disposed of; and

(ii) the results of the monitoring programme required by regulations 14 and 15.

(3) A landfill permit shall also include—

(a) appropriate conditions for ensuring compliance with the requirements of the following provisions of these Regulations—

(i) Schedule 2 (general requirements for all landfills);

(ii) regulation 9 (prohibition of acceptance of certain wastes at landfills);

(iii) regulation 10 (waste which may be accepted in the different classes of landfill);

(iv) regulation 11 (costs of disposal of waste in landfills);

(v) regulation 12 (waste acceptance procedures);

(vi) regulation 13 (initial site inspections by Environment Agency);

(vii) regulation 14 (control and monitoring of operational landfill sites);

(viii) regulation 15 (closure and after-care procedures for landfills); and

(b) such other conditions as appear appropriate to the Environment Agency, including in particular conditions giving effect to—

(i) any requirement imposed by Community or national legislation; and

(ii) in the case of landfills falling within paragraph (a) of Part A(1) of Section 5.2 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Regulations, the principle that energy should be used efficiently.

(4) The provisions of these Regulations mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) above shall impose obligations directly on an operator of a landfill (rather than through the conditions of a landfill permit) only to the extent specified in paragraph 3(3) to (5) of Schedule 4.

(1)

See paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5 to these Regulations.