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CHAPTER 1 Application to the Crown and requirement for an environmental permit
CHAPTER 3 Variation, transfer, revocation and surrender of an environmental permit
PART 3 Discharge of functions in relation to a regulated facility
PART 6 Powers and functions of the regulator and the appropriate authority
58.Power of the regulator to prevent or remedy effects of flood risk activities
59.Appropriate agency: notices in relation to emissions to water
62.Directions to regulators, exemption registration authorities and exemption authorities: general
64.Directions to the appropriate agency: installations outside the United Kingdom
65.Guidance to regulators, exemption registration authorities and exemption authorities
66.Fees and charges in relation to the exercise of regulator's functions by local authorities
68.Consultation in relation to works affecting flood and coastal erosion risks
PART 7 Miscellaneous provisions
Activities, installations and mobile plant
SECTION 1.2 Gasification, liquefaction and refining activities
CHAPTER 2 Production and processing of metals
SECTION 6.4 Coating activities, printing and textile treatments
SECTION 6.5 The manufacture of dyestuffs, printing ink and coating materials
SECTION 6.8 The treatment of animal and vegetable matter and food industries
Modification of the Directives
PART 1 Exempt waste operations: descriptions and conditions
SECTION 2 Descriptions and specific conditions
3.Use of waste in the construction of entertainment or educational installations etc. (U3)
6.Use of sludge for the purposes of re-seeding a waste water treatment plant (U6)
10.Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefit (U10)
11.Spreading waste on non-agricultural land to confer benefit (U11)
16.Use of depolluted end-of-life vehicles for vehicle parts (U16)
SECTION 2 Descriptions and specific conditions
1.Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste (T1)
3.Treatment of waste metals and metal alloys by heating for the purposes of removing grease etc. (T3)
4.Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc.) (T4)
6.Treatment of waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising (T6)
7.Treatment of waste bricks, tiles and concrete by crushing, grinding or reducing in size (T7)
16.Treatment of waste toner cartridges and waste ink cartridges by sorting, dismantling, cleaning or refilling (T16)
19.Physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oil and fat to produce biodiesel (T19)
24.Anaerobic digestion at premises used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas (T24)
25.Anaerobic digestion at premises not used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas (T25)
27.Treatment of sheep dip using organophosphate-degrading enzyme (T27)
28.Sorting and de-naturing of controlled drugs for disposal (T28)
29.Treatment of non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration for disposal (T29)
31.Recovery of monopropylene glycol from aircraft antifreeze fluids (T31)
CHAPTER 5 Storage of waste other than at the place of production pending its recovery or re-use
PART 2 Exempt water discharge activities: descriptions and conditions
PART 3 Exempt groundwater activities: descriptions and conditions
PART 4 Exempt flood risk activities: descriptions and conditions
4.Service crossings attached to the outside of existing structures over a main river
9.Maintenance of structures within the channel of a main river
18.Placement of stones or logs in a main river in England for habitat enhancement
22.Removal of silt and sand adjacent to in-river structures in England
23.Dredging of man-made ditches, land drains, agricultural drains and previously straightened watercourses in England
5A.Waste separately collected for preparing for re-use and recycling not to be landfilled
6.Interpretation of the Landfill Directive for the exercise of relevant functions
7.Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: general
8.Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: additional acceptance criteria relating to physical stability and bearing capacity of granular waste
9.Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: additional acceptance criteria in relating to monolithic waste
Radioactive substances activities
PART 4 The Basic Safety Standards Directive
PART 6 Radioactive substances activity exemptions
SECTION 2 Exemption for keeping and using radioactive material and accumulating radioactive waste
SECTION 3 Exemption for keeping or using mobile radioactive apparatus
SECTION 5 Exemption for disposing of solid radioactive waste
SECTION 7 Exemption for disposing of aqueous radioactive waste
SECTION 8 Exemption for disposal of gaseous radioactive waste
Efficiency in heating and cooling energy: Energy Efficiency Directive
PART 2 Subordinate legislation
4.Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994
6.Water Protection Zone (River Dee Catchment) Designation Order 1999
8.Weighing Equipment (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2000
10.Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001
11.Weighing Equipment (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2003
13.Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations 2003
14.Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003
15.Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004
18.Measuring Instruments (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2006
19.Measuring Instruments (Automatic Catchweighers) Regulations 2006
20.Measuring Instruments (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2006
21.Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2006
23.Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (Wales) Regulations 2006
25.Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007
28.Co-ordination of Regulatory Enforcement (Enforcement Action) Order 2009
30.Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009
31.Major Accident Off-Site Emergency Plan (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009
38.Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011
40.Volatile Organic Compounds in Paints, Varnishes and Vehicle Refinishing Products Regulations 2012
44.Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford Improvements) Order 2012
45.Climate Change Agreements (Eligible Facilities) Regulations 2012
50.Lancashire County Council (Torrisholme to the M6 Link (A683 Completion of Heysham to M6 Link Road)) Order 2013
53.Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Prescribed Relevant Offences and Relevant Enforcement Action) Regulations 2013
54.Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Second City Crossing) Order 2013
57.Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013
58.National Grid (King's Lynn B Power Station Connection) Order 2013
59.Ashton Vale to Temple Meads and Bristol City Centre Rapid Transit Order 2013
60.Network Rail (Norton Bridge Area Improvements) Order 2014
61.National Grid (North London Reinforcement Project) Order 2014
63.Daventry International Rail Freight Interchange Alteration Order 2014
66.A556 (Knutsford to Bowdon Improvement) Development Consent Order 2014
67.Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014
70.Central Bedfordshire Council (Woodside Link Houghton Regis) Development Consent Order 2014
75.Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014
76.Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014
79.Northumberland County Council (A1 – South East Northumberland Link Road (Morpeth Northern Bypass)) Development Consent Order 2015
80.A160/A180 (Port of Immingham Improvement) Development Consent Order 2015
81.Cornwall Council (A30 Temple to Higher Carblake Improvement) Order 2015
84.Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties and Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2015
86.Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
90.Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015
92.Norfolk County Council (Norwich Northern Distributor Road (A1067 to A47(T))) Order 2015
93.Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015
98.Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015
101.Large Combustion Plants (Transitional National Plan) Regulations 2015
103.London Underground (Bank Station Capacity Upgrade) Order 2015
104.East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange and Highway Order 2016
105.National Grid (Hinkley Point C Connection Project) Order 2016
106.Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016
107.A19/A1058 Coast Road (Junction Improvement) Development Consent Order 2016
110.Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Oil Storage) (Wales) Regulations 2016
111.Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing (Protected Areas) Regulations 2016
112.The Midland Metro (Birmingham City Centre Extension, etc.) (Land Acquisition and Variation) Order 2016
113.The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent Order 2016
114.The Midland Metro (Wolverhampton City Centre Extension) Order 2016
120.The M4 Motorway (Junctions 3 to 12) (Smart Motorway) Development Consent Order 2016
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