The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 No. 3538

SCHEDULE 3 Descriptions: exempt waste operations and other operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply

PART 1 Exempt waste operations: descriptions

Recovery of waste consisting of animal by-products at a collection centre

23.—(1) The recovery of waste consisting of animal by-products at a collection centre—

(a) in England, in accordance with an authorisation under regulation 27 of the Animal By-Products Regulations 2005(1);

(b) in Wales, in accordance with an authorisation under regulation 27 of the Animal By-Products (Wales) Regulations 2006(2),

if the total quantity of waste being recovered at that collection centre at any time does not exceed 10 tonnes.

(2) Storage of the waste intended to be submitted to such a recovery operation if—

(a) storage takes place in a secure place; and

(b) no waste is stored for more than twelve months.

(3) In this paragraph—

(a) “animal by-product” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption(3);

(b) “collection centre” has the same meaning as in paragraph 18 of Annex I to that Regulation.

(1)

S.I. 2005/2347.

(2)

S.I. 2006/1293 (W.127).

(3)

OJ No. L 273, 10.10.2002, p1.