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 3 E+W Treatment of waste

SECTION 2 E+W Descriptions and specific conditions

Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter (T32) E+W

32.—(1) The treatment of relevant waste in a lined biobed or above ground biofilter.

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

Codes	Waste types
020109, 160509	Non-hazardous pesticide washings only

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

(a) the total quantity of waste treated or stored over any 12-month period does not exceed 15,000 litres,

(b) the biobed or biofilter is located at a secure place that is—

(i) at least 10 metres from a watercourse;

(ii) at least 50 metres from a spring or well or from any borehole not used to supply water for domestic or food production purposes;

(iii) at least 250 metres from any borehole used to supply water for domestic or food production purposes;

(iv) not within a zone defined by a 50-day travel time for groundwater to reach a groundwater abstraction that is used to supply water for domestic or food production purposes,

(c) the biobed or biofilter—

(i) is designed and maintained for the treatment operation;

(ii) has an impermeable lining, and

(d) the treatment is carried on at the place of production.