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

PART 1Exempt waste operations: descriptions

Burning plant tissue waste and wood at a dock46

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (3), burning at a dock of waste consisting of—

a

plant tissue waste; or

b

wood of any kind used to wedge or support parts of cargo, including packing material, spacers and pallets,

pursuant to a notice given under article 32 of the Plant Health (England) Order 200582 or article 32 of the Plant Health (Wales) Order 200683, if the waste is burned on a hardstanding, within a secure location at the dock where it was unloaded.

2

Subject to sub-paragraph (3), storage at the dock where it was unloaded of waste intended to be so burned.

3

An operation does not fall within this paragraph unless the total quantity of waste stored or burned, in any period of 24 hours, does not exceed 15 tonnes.