The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Conditions in respect of NORM waste

19.—(1) The conditions referred to in the exemptions in paragraph 18(4)(a) and (b)(i) and (5) are that C must—

(a) keep an adequate record of the NORM waste which C disposes of under those exemptions,

(b) dispose of the waste by any of the methods described in sub-paragraph (2),

(c) where the disposal method in sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b) is used, ensure that where reasonably practicable any marking or labelling of the waste or its container is removed before C disposes of that waste, and

(d) allow the regulator access to such records or such premises as the regulator may request in order to determine that all of the conditions that apply to C in respect of the relevant exemption in that paragraph are complied with.

(2) The methods referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) are that the waste is disposed of—

(a) subject to sub-paragraph (3) where it applies, by burial in landfill or by the transfer of the waste to a person for the purpose of—

(i) the burial in landfill of the waste, or

(ii) the application of a treatment process to the waste which is preparatory to the burial in landfill of that waste,

(b) by incineration (or transfer to a person for such incineration or treatment which is preparatory to the incineration of the waste), but not in respect of—

(i) type 1 NORM waste, where in respect of the total amount of that waste that is incinerated (or transferred to a person for preparation or incineration) per year the quantity of radionuclides in the total amount of that waste exceeds 1 x 10⁸ Bq, or

(ii) type 2 NORM waste, or

(c) by transfer to a waste permitted person.

(3) The conditions referred to in paragraph 18(4)(b)(ii) and (5) are that C must—

(a) make a written radiological assessment of the reasonably foreseeable pathways for the exposure of the public and workers to radiation in respect of—

(i) the application of any treatment process to the waste which is preparatory to its burial in landfill, at the place of that treatment, and

(ii) the burial in landfill of that waste, at the place of disposal,

(b) be satisfied that the assessment demonstrates that radiation doses are not expected to exceed—

(i) 1 millisievert per year to any worker at the place of treatment or disposal, and

(ii) 300 microsievert per year to any member of the public,

(c) provide that assessment to the regulator at least 28 days before the first disposal is made, and

(d) not dispose of that waste (or continue to do so) if the regulator objects in writing to that assessment.