Paragraph 46 Recovery and Storage of Waste from a Water Treatment Works or a Sewage Treatment Works
A guide to the legislation is given below. Read through this to help you decide if this exemption covers the type of activity that you wish to undertake.
Exempted activity
Paragraph 46 allows the recovery and storage of waste from within the curtilage of a water treatment works and waste from within the curtilage of a sewage treatment works. The activity must be carried out on an impermeable surface.
Waste Stream(s) Permitted
Waste from Water Treatment and Waste from Sewage Treatment (Table 11. Part 1, Schedule 2 of The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (as amended).
Storage and location
Storage must be carried out on an impermeable pavement.
Quantity
The maximum quantity of wastes permitted to be accepted in any period of twelve months from the preparation of water intended for human consumption or water from industrial use at a Water Treatment Works, must not exceed 10,000 cubic metres.
The maximum quantity of other municipal wastes or waste from waste water treatment plants permitted to be accepted at a Waste Water Treatment Works in any period of twelve months must not exceed 100,000 cubic metres.
What the legislation says
The full wording of the paragraph 46 exemption can be found in Schedule 2 of The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003. These Regulations have been amended a number of times. A document containing subsequent legislative updates can be found on the NIEA website at -
www.ni-environment.gov.uk/final_amended_wml_regs.pdf (.PDF 664KB)
Relevant Objectives in relation to the disposal or recovery of waste are given in paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Regulations.
If you think that you can meet the requirements of the paragraph 46 exemption and wish to proceed with the registration please contact:-
Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Land and Resource Management
1st Floor Klondyke Building
Cromac Avenue
Gasworks Business Park
Lower Ormeau Road
Belfast
BT7 2JA
Tel 028 9056 9358
Fax 028 9056 9376
or alternatively click on the links below for printable guidance and application form
