Waste management guidance - technical competence guidance for operators of authorised waste facilities
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This document provides detailed guidance on the provision of technically competent management for licensed or permitted waste management activities. The guidance is intended for use by NIEA staff, operators of licensed or permitted activities and applicants for licenses or permits.
Technically competent management is a requirement of the Waste Management Licensing regime created under Part II of The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (in relation to ‘specified waste management activities’). This guidance is applicable under both regimes.
The Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 introduce a further test of operator competence relating to the provision of ‘adequate professional technical development and training’, but that test is outside the scope of this document.