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

PART 1Exempt waste operations: descriptions and conditions

CHAPTER 4Disposal of waste

SECTION 2Descriptions and specific conditions

Deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health notice (D4)4

1

The deposit of agricultural waste that is relevant waste.

2

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

Codes

Waste types

020103

Plant tissue waste

3

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

a

the deposit is required under a Plant Health notice,

b

where waste is deposited into a pile, the pile—

i

does not exceed 250 tonnes, and

ii

is not immediately adjacent to another pile of the same type of waste,

c

at the time the deposit is made—

i

the land has not been frozen for 12 or more hours in the preceding 24 hours;

ii

the land is not waterlogged, frozen or snow-covered, and

d

no waste is deposited within—

i

10 metres of any watercourse;

ii

50 metres of any spring, well or borehole.