Matthew Davis, EA

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Standard Rules Consultation No. 14 Landspreading &
Digestate Storage
Mat Davis
Senior Advisor, Environment Agency
ADBA Regulator Forum, 21st May 2015

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Standard Rules Consultation No. 14:
Landspreading and Digestate Storage
Consultation ran from 15th December 2014 to 20th March 2015.
Forty-eight responses received.
Published on the consultation portal (https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/portal)
Consultation response document being prepared for publication.
Business Engagement Assessment being scoped.

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Proposed set of changes: landspreading permits
Changes to the provisions for temporary storage of waste prior to spreading.
Enable operators to request deployments for areas greater than 50 hectares.
Prohibit spreading in Groundwater Safeguard Zones for nitrate.
Add restrictions on spreading in adverse conditions.
Update the list of acceptable wastes and add a number of new wastes.
Require pre-notification of the intention to commence spreading.
Minor amendments to existing definitions and wording to provide greater clarity and
consistency.

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Proposed set of changes: storage permit
Expand the list of acceptable wastes to include all non-hazardous wastes listed in SR2010Nos
4, 5 and 6.
Remove the exclusion on wastes consisting solely or mainly of dust powder and loose fibres.
These wastes will be acceptable if they are stored in a building.
Require stackable wastes to be stored on impermeable surface with sealed drainage.
Require containers used to store non-stackable wastes to be constructed to CIRIA 126
specifications.
High readily available nitrogen wastes may be stored but containers must be covered to prevent
ammonia emissions.
Different wastes must be stored separately.
Minor amendments to existing wording and definitions to provide greater clarity and
consistency.

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Materials to Land Campaign:
Use a waste stream approach and intelligence
gathering to better understand use of waste on
land.

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Thank you and Questions Please.
Mat Davis
Senior Advisor, Environment Agency
ADBA Regulator Forum, 21st May 2015

7. DIGESTATE LAND
SPREADING –
TEMPORARY STORAGE
AND NEW WASTE
REGULATIONS
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MATTHEW DAVIS
TECHNICAL ADVISOR – SOIL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY