The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

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

CodesWaste Types
190899Effluent 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.