Landfill Regulations Amendment for Northern Ireland
The Landfill (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (Statutory Rule 2007 No.258) were made 24th April and enter into force on 4th June 2007. The Regulations amend the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (‘the 2003 Regulations’) and the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
The main amendments to the 2003 Regulations re-enact, with amendments, the waste acceptance criteria to be met by granular waste and set new waste acceptance criteria for monolithic waste, both in respect of stable non-reactive waste and non-hazardous waste deposited in the same cell with such waste (regulation 10) and waste acceptable at landfills for hazardous waste (regulation 11). Regulations 12 and 13 make provision for the sampling and testing of those wastes.
The Regulations set the limit value for waste acceptable at landfills for inert waste in respect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (regulations 7 and 8 ).
The full text of the amendment is available from: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/sr/sr2007/20070258.htm
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk (accessed 03/05/07)