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  • Regulatory Position Statements

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    • Resource & Waste Policy, 
    • Regulation & Guidance

    The following statements provide guidance on the regulatory requirements associated with operations or materials.

    Anaerobic Digestion

    • Compost and anaerobic digestate responsibilities
    • Regulation of anaerobic digestion of waste
    • Anaerobic digestion of agricultural manure and slurry

    By-Products

    • Fresh produce by-products from farms and food processing facilities
    • Bakery, brewing and dairy by-products from food and drink processing facilities

    Wood

    • The environmental regulation of wood

    Soils

    • Regulation of Greenfield excavated materials in construction and development
    • Testing regime for soils and wastes

    Low Risk Activities

    • Low risk construction activities
    • Low risk waste activities

    Asphalt / Coal tars

    • The movement and use of treated asphalt waste containing coal tar
    • Asphalt road planings

    Waste Management Facilities

    • EWC classification of mixed municipal waste leaving waste management facilities
    • Reducing fire risk at sites storing waste and other combustible materials

    Others

    • Utilising additional quality protocols
    • Short term storage of refuse derived fuel and solid recovered fuel at a dockside
    • Burial of rodents poisoned on farmland
    • Restriction on the use of waste gypsum and plasterboard in animal bedding
    • Movements of small quantities of hazardous waste
    • Producer Responsibility Reporting Obligations

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    • Assessments and Reports for redevelopment of sites potentially affected by contamination
    • Chemicals and industrial pollution policy issues
    • COMAH Public Information Northern Ireland
    • Contractual/Export agreement
    • Duty of care
    • End of Life Vehicles
    • End of waste regulations
    • Environmental Crime
    • Exemptions from Waste Management Licensing public register
    • General guidance for applying for a waste management licence
    • Hazardous waste
    • Information requests under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004
    • Introduction to Public Registers
    • NILAS Landfill Allowances Register
    • Northern Ireland Landfill Allowance Scheme (NILAS)
    • Published waste data
    • Registered waste carriers / transporters
    • Registration and Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
    • Registration of carriers and brokers
    • Regulating sewage discharges
    • Regulation of landfills in Northern Ireland
    • Regulatory Guidance
    • Restriction of hazardous substances
    • The Mobuoy Remediation Project
    • The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste
    • Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations
    • Waste Management Licensing
    • Waste Management Licensing Exemptions
    • Waste Management Licensing public register
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