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 effluent to clean a highway gravel bed (U7) E+W

7.—(1) The use of relevant waste from a water treatment works or a waste water treatment plant to clean a highway gravel bed.

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

Codes	Waste Types
190899	Effluent only

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

(a) the total quantity of waste used over any 24-hour period does not exceed 10 cubic metres,

(b) the highway gravel bed has sealed drainage to ensure that the condition in paragraph (c) can be met,

(c) all waste used in and produced by the cleaning operation is collected, and

(d) the waste meets any relevant conditions specified in the environmental permit authorising the operation of the water treatment works or waste water treatment plant.