Landfill regulatory guidance
Guidance notes to help operators of landfill sites with relevant regulations.
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This guidance has been developed following a review of best practice and discussion with industry and clarifies some generic landfill permitting technical issues.
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General guidance to help landfill operators understand how they will be affected by forthcoming changes to the way landfills are regulated brought in by the Landfill Directive. Updated September 2003.
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Guidance Note to help landfill operators understand the implications and the process of classifying sites under the Landfill Directive.
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This note provides guidance on defining the area of land that constitutes a landfill site. This will be of particular relevance for existing landfill sites, most notably with regard to: Site classification and Conditioning plans
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Guidance Note to provide landfill operators and Agency staff with information on how the Habitats Regulations are being implemented for existing landfill sites through the PPC permitting process.
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Provides practical guidance on the engineering requirements of Schedule 2 of The Landfill Regulations 2002.
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This revised guidance explains the requirements for closing landfill sites which have not obtained a PPC permit but have received waste after 16 July 2001.
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Guidance to Environment Agency staff and operators on the controls that relate to both new and existing Pet Cemeteries and Crematoria in accordance with the Landfill Directive.
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Guidance to Agency staff and operators on the principles and degrees of separation required for cells taking stable non-reactive hazardous wastes, asbestos wastes and gypsum wastes in non-hazardous landfills. The document provides guidance on the period b
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Interim guidance for operators and Environment Agency staff.
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This guidance is intended to clarify the extent to which the Landfill Directive and the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations apply to the deposit of waste in lagoons or similar structures.
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This note is intended to provide guidance to Agency staff and Landfill operators engaged in the determination and preparation of Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) applications for landfill sites. All decisions regarding the extent of installations wi
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This note provides guidance to Agency staff, on the ban on the landfilling of whole and shredded used tyres in accordance with the requirements of the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 (the Landfill Regulations).
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A note to summarise the timetable for implementing the requirements of the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002.
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A note to summarise the wastes prohibited from disposal to landfill by the new Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002.
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This document provides clear guidance on landfill gas flaring, and recommends best practice for the design and operation of flares and for the control and management of their emissions.
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A note to summarise the new restrictions implemented by the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 on the disposal of special/hazardous waste to landfill
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This note provides guidance on defining the area of land that constitutes a landfill site. This will be of particular relevance for existing landfill sites, most notably with regard to: Site classification and Conditioning plans
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Guidance Note to help landfill operators understand the implications and the process of classifying sites under the Landfill Directive.
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Interim guidance for operators and Environment Agency staff.
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General guidance to help landfill operators understand how they will be affected by forthcoming changes to the way landfills are regulated brought in by the Landfill Directive. Updated September 2003.
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This guidance has been developed following a review of best practice and discussion with industry and clarifies some generic landfill permitting technical issues.
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Guidance to Environment Agency staff and operators on the controls that relate to both new and existing Pet Cemeteries and Crematoria in accordance with the Landfill Directive.
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This revised guidance explains the requirements for closing landfill sites which have not obtained a PPC permit but have received waste after 16 July 2001.
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Front cover for the monitoring guidance document below.
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This note is intended to provide guidance to Agency staff and Landfill operators engaged in the determination and preparation of Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) applications for landfill sites. All decisions regarding the extent of installations wi
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Provides practical guidance on the engineering requirements of Schedule 2 of The Landfill Regulations 2002.
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Guidance to Agency staff and operators on the principles and degrees of separation required for cells taking stable non-reactive hazardous wastes, asbestos wastes and gypsum wastes in non-hazardous landfills. The document provides guidance on the period b
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This document provides clear guidance on the monitoring of landfill gas engine emissions at permitted or licensed landfill sites.
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This document provides clear guidance on the monitoring of landfill gas surface emissions at permitted or licensed landfill sites.
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This document provides the technical background on gas treatment technologies for landfill gas engines on permitted or licensed landfill sites.
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This document provides clear guidance on the monitoring of emissions from enclosed landfill gas flares at permitted or licensed landfill sites.
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