Amendments to Environmental Permitting Regulations
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 are now in effect.
The recast IED combines seven existing Directives into one:
- Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD);
- Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (IPPC);
- Waste Incineration Directive (WID);
- Solvent Emissions Directive (SED); and
- Three existing Directives on Titanium dioxide on disposal; monitoring and surveillance; and programs for the reduction of pollution.
Composting and Anaerobic Digestion
The IED brings for the first time, large-scale composting and anaerobic digestion into the definition of an "installation" and the EA has developed new IED versions of Standard Rules Permits to take account of this change. Any new composting site with a capacity over 75 tonnes/day and anaerobic digestion sites with a capacity over 100 tonnes/day will need to apply for the IED permit. Existing sites exceeding these capacities will have until January 2015 to apply for the new IED version of their permit.