The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 No. 1154

SCHEDULE 3 E+W Exempt facilities and waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions

PART 1 E+W Exempt waste operations: descriptions and conditions

CHAPTER 2 E+W Use of waste

SECTION 2 E+W Descriptions and specific conditions

Use of waste derived biodiesel as fuel (U5) E+W

5.—(1) The use of biodiesel derived from relevant waste as a fuel in a portable generator if the requirements in sub-paragraph (4) are met or in a motor vehicle and the storage of such biodiesel—

(a) in or on a motor vehicle or in such a portable generator, or

(b) at a place that is owned or occupied by the owner or user of the biodiesel.

(2) The table specifying relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph is set out below.

Codes	Waste Types
190210	Waste derived biodiesel only

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—

(a) the total quantity of biodiesel stored in or on a motor vehicle or in a portable generator at any one time does not exceed 1,000 litres,

(b) the total quantity of biodiesel stored at a place owned or occupied by the owner or user of the biodiesel at any one time does not exceed 5,000 litres, and

(c) the biodiesel is stored with secondary containment.

(4) The requirements in this sub-paragraph are that—

(a) the portable generator has a net rated thermal input of less than 0.4 megawatts, and

(b) where it is used together with other portable generators (whether or not it is operated simultaneously with such other generators) the aggregate net rated thermal input of all the generators is less than 0.4 megawatts.