Environmental Permitting
Charging Scheme & Guidance
Scheme effective from April 2014
Version 3 (published December 2015)
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- New standard rules permits added (SR2013 No1, SR2014 No2 and SR2014 No4).
- Clarification revised on partial surrender of a permit at a low risk site (section 4.5.4).
- Integration of Materials Facilities addendum.
- Full Unified Charging Framework charge band lists included.
- Error and typographical corrections.
- Clarity amendments.
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- Error corrections.
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Contents
1. Quick Reference Guide............................................................................................................. 5
1.1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 5
2. Registrations & EP miscellaneous charges ............................................................................ 7
2.1. Waste Carriers, Brokers and Dealers ................................................................. 7
2.2. Exempt Waste Operations .................................................................................. 8
2.3. International Waste Shipments (IWS) ................................................................. 8
2.4. Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) ........................................... 8
2.5. Waste Batteries and Accumulators ................................................................... 10
2.6. Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008
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3. Background to Regulation and Charging.............................................................................. 12
3.1. Unified Charging Framework (UCF) ................................................................. 12
3.2. Charging Structure ........................................................................................... 15
3.3. Operational Risk Appraisal (Opra) .................................................................... 16
3.4. Scheme surpluses and deficits ......................................................................... 17
3.5. Changes for 2015/16 ........................................................................................ 18
4. What we charge for ................................................................................................................. 19
4.1. Application charge for a new permit.................................................................. 21
4.2. Subsistence charge .......................................................................................... 22
4.3. Variation charge ............................................................................................... 23
4.4. Transfer charge ................................................................................................ 33
4.5. Surrender charge ............................................................................................. 37
4.6. Groundwater assessment (applicable to landfill facilities) ................................. 38
4.7. Independent monitoring charges ...................................................................... 38
4.8. Mobile Plant deployment charge ...................................................................... 38
4.9. Charge for advertising ...................................................................................... 38
4.10. Monitoring and emergency response charges ................................................ 38
4.11. R1 energy recovery activity assessment charge ............................................. 39
5. Permit regimes ........................................................................................................................ 40
5.1. Installations ...................................................................................................... 40
5.2. Waste Facilities ................................................................................................ 46
5.3. Mining Waste ................................................................................................... 56
5.4. Mobile Plant ..................................................................................................... 60
5.5. Groundwater Activities (land spreading) ........................................................... 65
5.6. Water Discharge Activities (WDA) and Groundwater Activities (point source)... 68
5.7. Radioactive Substances Activities .................................................................... 71
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6. Payment of charges ................................................................................................................ 78
6.1. Method and terms of payment .......................................................................... 78
6.2. When charges are due ..................................................................................... 79
6.3. Sources of further information .......................................................................... 79
6.4. Contact us ........................................................................................................ 80
7. The Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme 2014 ....................................................... 81
Environmental Permitting Guidance table index:
Table 1: Carriers, brokers and dealers charges
Table 2: T11 WEEE registration
Table 3: International Waste Shipments - notification charges
Table 4: WEEE - charges for approvals
Table 5: WEEE - annual applications - approval of treatment or export facilities
Table 6: Waste Batteries and Accumulators - compliance scheme annual charge
Table 7: Waste Batteries and Accumulators - annual application for approval of treatment or export facilities
Table 8: UCF charging bands for Waste and Installation permits
Table 9: UCF charging bands for all except Waste and Installation permits
Table 10: Compliance Classification Scheme - points banding
Table 11: What we charge for - Section 4 paragraphs and the charging regimes they apply to
Table 12: Administrative variation examples for installations and Waste operations
Table 13: Administrative variation examples for Radioactive Substances Activities
Table 14: Administrative variation examples for Water Discharge and Groundwater Activities
Table 15: Minor technical variation examples for Installations and Waste operations
Table 16: Minor technical variation examples for Radioactive Substances Activities
Table 17: Variation charges - Installation and Waste – changes to existing facilities.
Table 18: Current charging where a permit holder dies or is facing insolvency
Table 19: Installations - tier 2 charges
Table 20: Installations - tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Table 21: Installations - tier 2 standard permits
Table 22: Installations - tier 2 bespoke permits
Table 23: Installations - tier 3 charges
Table 24: Installations - Opra weighting table
Table 25: Installations - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers
Table 26: Installations - tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Table 27: Waste operation landfill sites - Transitional Waste subsistence charges
Table 28: Waste - adjacent sites
Table 29: Waste landfill adjoining an installation landfill
Table 30: Waste - tier 2 charges
Table 31: Waste - tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Table 32: Waste - tier 2 bespoke permit charge rates
Table 33: Waste - tier 2 Standard Permit and Fixed Condition Licence charge rates
Table 34: Waste - tier 3 charges
Table 35: Waste - Opra weighting table
Table 36: Waste - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers
Table 37: Waste - tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Table 38: Waste - tier 3 Transitional Waste Table subsistence bands
Table 39: Mining Waste - tier 2 charges
Table 40: Mining Waste tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Table 41: Mining Waste - tier 3 charges
Table 42: Mining Waste - Opra weighting table
Table 43: Mining Waste - Opra charge multipliers
Table 44: Mining Waste tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Table 45: Mining Waste charges summary
Table 46: Mobile Plant - tier 2 deployment charge compliance band adjustment
Table 47: Mobile Plant - tier 3 deployment charge compliance band adjustment
Table 48: Mobile Plant - tier 2 charges
Table 49: Mobile Plant - tier 3 charges
Table 50: Mobile Plant - Waste operation - Opra weighting table
Table 51: Mobile Plant - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers
Table 52: Mobile Plant - charges summary
Table 53: Mobile Plant - risk definitions (where differences apply)
Table 54: Groundwater Activities - charges
Table 55: Groundwater Activities - charges for liquid discharges
Table 56: Groundwater Activities - charges for solid discharges
Table 57: WDA and Groundwater Activities (point source) charges
Table 58: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 permit types
Table 59: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 charges
Table 60: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 3 charges
Table 61: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 fixed charges for application, variation, transfer and surrender
Table 62: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 subsistence charges
Table 63: Charges due dates - registrations and EP miscellaneous charges
Table 64: Charges due dates - permits (where applicable)
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1. Quick Reference Guide
1.1. Introduction
1.1.1. Purpose of this document
This document is a guide to our charges under the Environmental Permitting (EP) Charging
Scheme effective from 1 April 2014. It covers the different types of operations that require a
permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations as well as various other charges.
It explains the scheme and what charges you will have to pay. It is designed to help both
charge payers and our own staff and should be read in conjunction with the scheme itself.
1.1.2. What is covered
This document covers various charges including those for activities that require a permit or
registration under environmental permitting. This charging scheme now covers the following
activities:
Installations (formerly activities covered by the PPC regulations);
Waste Facilities (ex Waste Management Licensing (WML) activities);
Mining Waste;
Mobile Plant;
Groundwater Activities;
Water Discharge Activities (WDA) and Groundwater Activities (point source);
Radioactive Substances Activities (RSR);
Waste Carriers, Brokers and Dealers;
Exempt Waste Operations.
Other charges include:
International Waste Shipments (IWS);
Producer Responsibility – Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE);
Producer Responsibility – Waste Batteries and Accumulators;
Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008.
If you are carrying out other activities permitted by the Environment Agency not listed above
you should check our website to see what charges may be applicable.
1.1.3. Structure of this document
This Charging Scheme and Guidance covers charges relating to carriers, brokers and
dealers of waste, producer responsibility, IWS, waste exemptions and environmental permits.
The types of environmental permit vary from those with standard rules to bespoke complex
permits covering a wide range of activities such as complex chemical plants, large sewage
works and nuclear power stations.
This document has been designed to cater for a very wide and diverse audience.
To guide readers through the document and to simplify the process of deriving any charges
payable, we have split the document into a number of sections. In most cases you will only
need to read the relevant section for the activity or type of permit you have, or are applying
for.
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If your permit covers multiple activities then you will need to read all the relevant sections
before you will be able to derive your charge. The scheme and guidance is split in to the
following sections:
Part 2 – Registrations and EP miscellaneous charges
These are charges that do not relate to environmental permits:
Waste carriers, brokers and dealers;
Exempt waste operations;
International Waste Shipments;
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment;
Waste Batteries and Accumulators;
Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008.
Note: there is no charge for Registration of small sewage discharges to surface water and
groundwater. Specific advice for these can be found on our web site.
If you only have these activities, this section is all you need to derive your charge.
Part 3 - Background to Regulation and Charging
Provides an introduction covering charging basis, permit structure, risk appraisal and major
changes since last year.
Part 4 – What we charge for
A general outline of our charges. Should be read in conjunction with Part 5, which covers
regime specific aspects of the charges.
Part 5 - Guidance on our permit regimes
Contains sections covering each of the main permit charging regimes and the charges that
apply.
Part 6 - Payments and Further Information
Details on how to pay, sources of relevant further information and tells you how to contact us
should you need to do so.
1.1.4. Legal Scheme
This document should be read in conjunction with The Environmental Permitting Charging
Scheme 2014, the legal scheme that covers all the charging regimes in this guidance. This is
the legal instrument that sets our charges. The scheme included as an attachment to this
guidance document is an illustrative version of the legal scheme which has been updated to
include standard rules which have been published during 2014 /15 and an amendment made
to the scheme to include a materials facility charge.
1.1.5. Application forms
Permit application forms can be obtained from our website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency
or as a hard copy by phoning 03708 506506.
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2. Registrations & EP miscellaneous
charges
These are charges that do not relate to environmental permits.
This part covers:

Waste carriers, brokers and dealers;

Exempt waste operations;

International Waste Shipments (IWS);

Producer Responsibility – Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE);

Producer Responsibility – Waste Batteries and Accumulators;

Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008 .
Note: there is no charge for Registration of small sewage discharges to surface water and
groundwater.
If you only have these activities then this section covers all you need to derive your charge.
Details of payment arrangements are given in Part 6.
2.1. Waste Carriers, Brokers and Dealers
What we charge for:
Registration and renewal charges for upper tier registrations
If you are a carrier, broker or dealer of controlled waste you need to register with us. Charges
apply for upper tier registrations and renewals.
Copy cards
A copy of the identification card proving scheme membership is £5 per card for new,
additional or replacement copies. This is charged separately to the charging scheme.
Table 1: Carriers, brokers and dealers charges
Carriers & Brokers
Register as an upper tier carrier/dealer
Register as an upper tier broker/dealer
Register as an upper tier carrier/broker/dealer
Add a registration type to an upper tier registration
Renewal of an upper tier registration
Certificate copy cards
Lower tier registrations
Charge
£154
£154
£154
£40
£105
£5
Free
Further information for carriers and brokers can be found on our website at:
https://www.gov.uk/waste-carrier-or-broker-registration
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2.2. Exempt Waste Operations
What we charge for:
Renewal charge
Exempt waste operations do not have to pay subsistence charges. Instead there is a charge
for applying to renew your registration.
Table 2: T11 WEEE registration
Exemption
Registration charge (payable every three years)
T11 WEEE
£840
Further information on exemptions can be found on our website at:
Waste exemption: T11 repairing or refurbishing waste electrical and electronic equipment
(WEEE) - Detailed guidance - GOV.UK (T11)
Waste exemptions: disposing of waste - GOV.UK (Waste exemption main page)
2.3. International Waste Shipments (IWS)
The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations require a company to pay a charge at the
same time as providing a notification for the proposed international shipment of waste. The
charge is dependent on:

whether the waste is being imported or exported to/from England or Wales;

the purpose of the shipment, whether it is for recovery or disposal;

the band into which the number of shipments included in the notification falls.
The charges relating to the notification type and proposed number of shipments is defined in
Table 3.
Table 3: International Waste Shipments - notification charges
Shipments
Activity
1
Export for recovery
£1,450 £1,450 £2,700 £4,070
2 to 5
6 to 20 21 to 100 101 to 500 500 +
£7,920
£14,380
Export for non interim disposal £1,540 £1,540 £3,330 £5,500
£10,600
£19,500
Export for interim disposal
£1,700 £1,700 £3,330 £6,000
£12,900
£24,000
Import for non interim recovery £1,250 £1,250 £2,700 £4,900
£10,600
£19,500
Import for interim recovery
£1,450 £1,450 £2,830 £5,500
£12,900
£24,000
Import for non-interim disposal £1,540 £1,540 £3,330 £5,500
£10,600
£19,500
Import for interim disposal
£12,900
£24,000
£1,700 £1,700 £3,330 £6,000
2.4. Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
2.4.1. Compliance scheme operators
The Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Regulations require companies that wish to
operate a compliance scheme to make an application to the Environment Agency. Recent
changes to the Regulations mean there is no longer a three year cycle for applications. Only
applications for new compliance schemes will be required. The application charge is
£12,150.
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The annual (subsistence) charge for operating a compliance scheme under these regulations
is calculated from Table 4. The total charge is the sum of the charges for each member in
each charge band in Table 4.
Table 4: WEEE - charges for approvals
Charge band
Charge Band A (>£1m turnover)
Charge Band B (£1m turnover or less and required to be VAT register)
Charge Band C (not required to be VAT registered)
Charge Band D (not required to be VAT registered), overseas company
Charge
£445
£210
£30
£30
For example; a compliance scheme with 4 companies in charge band A, 5 companies in
charge band B, and 10 companies in charge band C will pay a total charge of:
A
B
C
D
Number of
companies
Charge/company
Total charge for
element
4
5
10
0
£445
£210
£30
£30
Total charge
£1,780
£1,050
£300
£0
£3,130
Treatment or export facility operators
The annual application charges for the operation of a treatment or export facility are given in
Table 5. Note that there is a charge of £110 for each additional site that an operator wishes
to include on the annual application.
Table 5: WEEE - annual applications - approval of treatment or export facilities
Charge
Large treatment operator (1)
£2,570
Small treatment operator (2)
£500
Large export operator (1)
£2,570
Small export operator (2)
£500
Additional charge – where small treatment operator or small export operator
exceeds its undertaking (3)
£2,070
Extension of approval of exporter – each additional site
£110
(1) “large treatment operator” or “large export operator” means an operator who is not a small
treatment operator or small export operator;
(2) “small treatment operator” or “small export operator” means an operator who has
undertaken not to issue evidence notes for more than 400 tonnes of WEEE in the year in
which the relevant charge is payable;
(3) Payable where a small treatment operator or small export operator exceeds its
undertaking not to issue evidence notes on more than 400 tonnes of WEEE.
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2.5. Waste Batteries and Accumulators
2.5.1. Battery producers and compliance scheme operators
The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations require producers of portable batteries
to either register directly with the Environment Agency (small producers) or join a Battery
Compliance Scheme (BCS) (large producers).
Small producers of batteries
Small producers are those that place one tonne or less of portable batteries per year on the
UK market and must register directly with the Environment Agency and pay an annual fee to
the Environment Agency of £30.
Large producers of batteries
Large producers are those that place more than one tonne of portable batteries per year on
the UK market and must join a BCS. Large producers do not pay a fee directly to the
Environment Agency. They may be charged an annual membership fee by the BCS they join.
Each BCS must pay the Environment Agency £600 for each member they have.
Battery Compliance Scheme operators
Any company that wishes to operate a BCS must make an application to the Environment
Agency. The charge for the assessment of this application is £17,000.
The annual charge for operating a BCS under these regulations is calculated from Table 6.
The total charge is the annual subsistence charge plus the sum of the charges for each large
battery producer member of the scheme.
Table 6: Waste Batteries and Accumulators - compliance scheme annual charge
Charge
Annual subsistence charge for operating a battery compliance scheme
£90,000
Plus charge for each member of the battery compliance scheme
£600
For example; a BCS with 40 members will pay a charge of £90,000 + £600 x 40 = £114,000.
2.5.2. Battery treatment operators and battery exporters
The annual application charges for the operation of a treatment or export facility are given in
Table 7. Note that there is a charge of £110 for each additional site that an operator wishes
to include on the annual application.
Table 7: Waste Batteries and Accumulators - annual application for approval of treatment or
export facilities
Item
Charge
Large Battery Treatment Operator (1)
£2,570
Small Battery Treatment Operator (2)
£500
Large Battery Exporter (1)
£2,570
Small Battery Exporter (2)
£500
Additional charge - where small battery treatment operator or exporter
exceeds its undertaking (3)
£2,070
Extension of approval of exporter – each additional site
£110
(1) “large battery treatment operator” or “battery exporter” means an operator who is not a
small battery treatment operator or small battery exporter;
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(2) “small battery treatment operator” or “small battery exporter” means an operator who has
undertaken to issue no more than 15 tonnes of waste portable battery evidence notes and to
accept no more than 150 tonnes of waste automotive and industrial batteries in the year in
which the relevant charge is payable;
(3) Payable where a small battery treatment operator or small battery exporter exceeds its
undertaking not to issue more than 15 tonnes of waste portable battery evidence notes or to
accept more than 150 tonnes of waste automotive and industrial batteries.
2.6. Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent
Fuel Regulations 2008
Under these Regulations the Environment Agency is the competent authority in England and
Wales for the transfrontier shipment of radioactive waste or spent fuel.
In certain circumstances we are responsible for determining applications for authorisation of
a shipment. In other cases we are requested by another member state of the European
Community to consent to a shipment.
The Environment Act allows us to recover our costs in carrying out our functions under these
Regulations. Our charges are based on actual time spent and costs incurred (rather than
fixed charges) for work relating to authorisations and consents under the Regulations.
The hourly rate is £125. This includes an allowance for staff whose time is not recorded for
charging purposes. These include support staff, as well as those involved in policy support,
provision of legal advice and other technical support. The rate also allows for other relevant
costs and includes accommodation, IT support systems, health and safety, production of
advice, financial services and other support costs.
We will invoice applicants/intended recipients of authorisations and consents for the
appropriate charge.
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3. Background to Regulation and
Charging
This section explains the links between our approach to better regulation which aims to make
our regulation proportionate, our Operational Risk Appraisal scheme (Opra) and our risk
based approach to charging (Unified Charging Framework).
Our objective is to make the level of regulatory effort proportionate to the environmental risk
of the permitted activity, and for this to be reflected in our charges. In this way, well
managed/low hazard activities present less of a risk and are charged less, with higher risk
activities being charged more. Through our charging scheme we look to encourage good
environmental performance and meet the objective of cost reflectivity, where the level of
charge reflects the level of regulatory effort.
We have included in this section an overview of the different “Tiers” of regulation we use,
how this links to Opra, our risk assessment approach and how these combine to derive the
charges payable. It is designed to help the reader gain a broader understanding of our
charging framework. It is also designed to help you work through the principles before
applying it in any specific case.
3.1. Unified Charging Framework (UCF)
We have developed the Unified Charging Framework (UCF) as a common charging
structure, built on the same three permitting tiers used in Better Regulation and Opra.
Charges within this Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme fit within this generic UCF
Framework. Over time we will look to migrate many of our other charging schemes into this
generic framework.
Currently tier 1 is not used for any charges within the EPR Charging Scheme, so is not
addressed further in this document.
Activities falling under tier 2 are placed in one of a number of bands using Opra principles.
Under UCF each of these is assigned a charge reflecting the level of regulatory effort they
require. The annual subsistence charge may also be subject to an adjustment based upon a
compliance rating.
Tier 2 charges generally apply to permits subject to standard conditions and a specific group
of lower risk bespoke permits. Table 8 and Table 9 (following pages) contain the tier 2
charge codes and charge bands for Application, Subsistence, Variation, Transfer and
Surrender charges.
Tier 3 activities relate to bespoke permits and the charges are generally calculated from a full
Opra profile for that permit type (or in the case of tier 3 Radioactive Substance Activities,
charged on a time and materials basis). The actual charge is calculated by using the relevant
charge multiplier. This is the case for most application, subsistence, normal and substantial
variation, full and partial surrender charges. There are also a number of fixed charges that
may apply to tier 3 bespoke permits such as for a minor technical variation or low risk
surrender.
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Table 8: UCF charging bands for Waste and Installation permits
Application
UCF band
identifier
S001A (W)
S015A (W)
S020A (W)
S030A (W)
S035A (W)
S038A (W)
S040A (W)
S050A (W)
S060A (W)
S070A (W)
S071A (W)
S080A (W)
S090A (W)
S100A (W)
S120A (W)
S300A (W)
S330A (W)
Charge
£0
£113
£205
£400
£510
£620
£720
£980
£1,630
£1,950
£2,050
£2,640
£2,960
£3,750
£7,380
£12,480
£17,460
Variation
UCF band
identifier
S001V (W)
S010V (W)
S020V (W)
S030V (W)
S040V (W)
S050V (W)
S060V (W)
S070V (W)
S080V (W)
Charge
£0
£143
£380
£540
£980
£1,960
£2,460
£3,910
£5,110
Transfer
UCF band
identifier
S001T (W)
S010T (W)
S020T (W)
S030T (W)
S035T (W)
S040T (W)
S050T (W)
S060T (W)
S070T (W)
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Charge
£0
£123
£380
£540
£720
£980
£2,000
£4,980
£7,470
Surrender
UCF band
identifier
S001S (W)
S020S (W)
S030S (W)
S040S (W)
S045S (W)
S050S (W)
S060S (W)
S070S (W)
S080S (W)
Charge
£0
£128
£380
£540
£1,540
£2,540
£3,590
£5,650
£6,650
Subsistence
UCF band
identifier
S001C (W)
S005C (W)
S010C (W)
S015C (W)
S020C (W)
S030C (W)
S031C (W)
S035C (W)
S040C (W)
S045C (W)
S047C (W)
S050C (W)
S055C (W)
S060C (W)
S070C (W)
S074C (W)
S078C (W)
S080C (W)
S085C (W)
S090C (W)
S100C (W)
S105C (W)
S110C (W)
S120C (W)
S130C (W)
S140C (W)
S150C (W)
S155C (W)
S160C (W)
S175C (W)
S300C (W)
S310C (W)
S320C (W)
S340C (W)
S360C (W)
S500C (W)
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Charge
£0
£31
£46
£79
£99
£156
£158
£216
£310
£410
£460
£520
£620
£780
£1,000
£1,280
£1,490
£1,580
£1,750
£2,040
£2,490
£2,770
£2,910
£3,420
£3,940
£4,180
£5,030
£5,650
£6,160
£8,130
£10,890
£13,250
£14,770
£20,030
£24,650
£92,430
Table 9: UCF charging bands for all except Waste and Installation permits
Application
UCF band
identifier
S001A
S015A
S020A
S030A
S035A
S038A
S040A
S050A
S060A
S070A
S071A
S080A
S090A
S100A
S120A
S300A
S330A
Charge
£0
£110
£200
£390
£500
£600
£700
£950
£1,590
£1,900
£2,000
£2,570
£2,880
£3,650
£7,190
£12,150
£17,000
Variation
UCF band
identifier
S001V
S010V
S020V
S030V
S040V
S050V
S060V
S070V
S080V
Charge
£0
£139
£370
£530
£950
£1,910
£2,400
£3,810
£4,980
Transfer
UCF band
identifier
S001T
S010T
S020T
S030T
S035T
S040T
S050T
S060T
S070T
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Charge
£0
£120
£370
£530
£700
£950
£1,950
£4,850
£7,270
Surrender
UCF band
identifier
S001S
S020S
S030S
S040S
S045S
S050S
S060S
S070S
S080S
Charge
£0
£125
£370
£530
£1,500
£2,470
£3,500
£5,500
£6,480
Subsistence
UCF band
identifier
S001C
S005C
S010C
S015C
S020C
S030C
S031C
S035C
S040C
S045C
S047C
S050C
S055C
S060C
S070C
S074C
S078C
S080C
S085C
S090C
S100C
S105C
S110C
S120C
S130C
S140C
S150C
S155C
S160C
S175C
S300C
S310C
S320C
S340C
S360C
S500C
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Charge
£0
£30
£45
£76.95
£96
£152
£153.90
£210
£300
£400
£445
£510
£600
£760
£970
£1,250
£1,450
£1,540
£1,700
£1,990
£2,420
£2,700
£2,830
£3,330
£3,840
£4,070
£4,900
£5,500
£6,000
£7,920
£10,600
£12,900
£14,380
£19,500
£24,000
£90,000
3.1.1. Charges falling outside of UCF
For a range of historic and other reasons the EP Charges Scheme contains charges that do
not wholly reflect UCF charging arrangements, these include:
Notifiable exemptions which are fixed charges but do not relate to permits. These are in
transition and will expire in time.
The following fixed charges do not relate to permits:
IWS, WEEE, Waste Batteries and Accumulators, as well as charges under Transfrontier
Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008;
Subsistence charges for tier 3 bespoke Waste and Mining Waste permits: the Charges
Scheme continues to use the tables of waste charges from earlier Waste Management
Licensing Schemes. These fixed charges are modified by the relevant compliance rating. It is
envisaged that in time these charges will be removed and bespoke waste permits will have
charges based (wholly) upon their Opra profile;
Charges for tier 3 Radioactive Substances Activities on nuclear licensed sites and all
radioactive substances facilities permitted to receive low level radioactive waste for disposal
into land at the facility, where charges are on a time and materials basis;
Water Discharge Activities and Groundwater Activities (point source), (formerly Charges for
Discharges), where for the time being we are continuing to use our existing basis of
charging.
3.2. Charging Structure
The activities covered by a registration or permit vary in the amount of risk they pose to the
environment. The higher the level of risk, the more regulation the activity requires. Our Better
Regulation approach is designed to reflect this. We divide the level of risk and required
regulation into three tiers. The higher the regulatory effort the higher the charging tier it is
placed in.
Tier 1
Tier 1 covers low risk activity that needs registration. As they are low risk, such registrations
are issued automatically on request. Currently tier 1 is not used for any charges within the
EP Charging Scheme.
Tier 2
Here the level of risk presented by carrying out the activity is generally higher than for
automatically issued registrations. Facilities falling into tier 2 are:

Registrations (where we need to decide whether to accept the registration);

Standard Rule permits;

Fixed Condition licences (bespoke conditions, no new applications);

Some lower risk Waste operations (bespoke conditions);

Some lower risk Installations (bespoke conditions);

Some Mining Waste operations (bespoke conditions);

Some Mobile Plant operations;

Some Radioactive Substances Activities;

The majority of Groundwater Activities for land spreading discharges.
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Tier 3
Tier 3 covers facilities requiring more detailed and individually tailored bespoke permits. Tier
3 permits include the following:

Some Installations;

Some Waste operations;

Some Mining Waste operations;

Some Mobile Plant operations;

Radioactive Substances Activities on nuclear licensed sites and all radioactive
substances facilities permitted to receive low level radioactive waste for disposal into land
at the facility.
3.3. Operational Risk Appraisal (Opra)
To ensure that we look after the environment we need to be able to put more of our effort into
the higher risk and poorly performing sites. Opra is a risk assessment tool that helps us do
this. Opra provides an objective and consistent assessment of the environmental risk of
operating a regulated facility.
The respective charging regime sections will tell you if and how Opra applies. Some permits
are not subject to Opra.
The Opra scheme is based around the following attributes:

Complexity;

Emissions;

Location;

Operator Performance;

Compliance Rating.
Each attribute is allocated one or more lettered bands, from which a score is derived from the
weighting tables that can be found in the respective charging regime sections.
Compliance Rating/Compliance Classification Scheme
A key element of Opra is to link regulatory effort to how well permit conditions are complied
with. For tier 2 and tier 3 we use the Compliance Rating approach to modify our regulatory
effort. Scores calculated through the Compliance Classification Scheme (CCS) are used to
determine a lettered band from which an adjustment percentage is derived and applied to the
subsistence charge.
We calculate your compliance rating each year after your permit has been issued.
We have adopted a standard approach to classify permit breaches known as the Compliance
Classification Scheme (CCS). The compliance rating is based on CCS events over the
course of a calendar year. Non-compliances identified and recorded in 2014 are used to
derive a compliance rating for 2015/16 Opra profiles.
We may also take into account relevant civil sanctions that we issue as enforcement
responses. If you receive a civil sanction, this may influence the Operator Performance
attribute of your Opra profile.
Some types of permit are not subject to a subsistence compliance adjustment. The individual
charging regime sections will state whether a compliance adjustment applies.
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Converting CCS points into an Opra band
We categorise permit breaches and use a points system where more serious beaches score
a greater number of points. We then add the points from each event to give an annual total of
non-compliance points. We allocate points based on the relative amount of additional work
we usually have to do while dealing with different types of permit breach. For Category 1
breaches some of our costs are recovered through subsequent legal action, for example
costs allocated following prosecution.
We took all of this into account when we calculated the points per breach score.
CCS category - points per breach:
Category 1 - 60
Category 2 - 31
Category 3 - 4
Category 4 - 0.1
We total the points for each non-compliance over a calendar year and convert the annual
total into an Opra band. The respective permit sections will tell you the affect each band has
on the subsistence charge.
Table 10: Compliance Classification Scheme - points banding
Opra band
A
CCS points 0
B
C
D
E
F
0.1-10
10.1-30
30.1-60
60.1-149.9
150 plus
Opra Compliance Band F
Opra compliance rating band F indicates situations where operators have the poorest level of
compliance. Waste facilities and Installations which have 150 CCS non-compliance points or
more in a calendar year will see their annual subsistence charge adjusted to a rate
equivalent to 300% of the base charge.
We obviously want those operators with a Band F compliance rating to improve their
performance.
Each year we will carry out a review at the mid-point of the following compliance period (i.e.
as at 30 June). If, after the first six months of the following compliance year, operational staff
consider there has been a significant improvement in compliance with permit requirements
and the compliance performance has improved to the extent that the mid-point score is less
than 50 points, an adjustment may be made to the second half-year charge to bring it into
line with a Band E performance (equivalent to 150% of the base charge).
Further information on Opra
More details on the Opra scheme can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/operational-risk-appraisal-opra
3.4. Scheme surpluses and deficits
We have an obligation under the Environment Act 1995 to ensure that our charges are cost
reflective. We do this by calculating the charges we consider we will need to raise in the
forthcoming financial year. There is no certainty over how many operators might stop
operating specific sites or how many new operations might start and so it is inevitable that at
the end of each financial year there will be a surplus or deficit in relation to each sector. The
Environment Act requires, in relation to all our charging schemes, that our charges are cost
reflective taking one year with another. Thus there is a legal obligation on us to make good
any surplus or deficit in relation to that particular scheme in subsequent years by adjusting
the charges due under that scheme in subsequent years. We adjust the charging scheme in
a reasonable time.
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3.5. Changes for 2015/16
This document has only been amended in respect of clarity and typography issues and the
addition of new standard permits. In all other respects it is a carried forward version of the
Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme & Guidance effective from April 2014.
We have decided not to seek approval to our proposed charges increases for 2015/16 and
already billed charges for 2015/16 at the rates used in 2014/15.
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4. What we charge for
This section outlines the charges we make and why we charge. The following table tells you which charges apply to a particular charging regime.
Information relevant to multiple charging regimes appears in this section. You should also read regime specific information contained in the page numbers
listed at the bottom of Table 11 on the following page.
Table 11: What we charge for - Section 4 paragraphs and the charging regimes they apply to
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Radioactive
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Radioactive
Substances
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Groundwater
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Groundwater
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Mining Waste
Application charge for a new permit
Application for multiple facilities
Application amendments
Standard rules permits pre-application risk assessment
Staged procedure
Subsistence charge
Compliance adjustment
Subsistence invoice issue date
Permit issued in the course of a year
Revocation, surrender, transfer and changes to permits
Charge where construction or operation has not yet started
EPR assurance scheme
Variation charge
Administrative only change
Minor technical change
Normal variation
Substantial variation
Waste
4.1
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.1.4
4.2
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4
4.2.5
4.2.6
4.3
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
4.3.4
Installations
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4.3.7
4.3.8
4.3.9
4.3.10
4.3.11
4.3.12
4.4
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.4.3
4.4.4
4.5
4.5.1
4.5.2
4.5.3
4.5.4
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10
4.11
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Variation to add/remove a facility
More than one permit holder for an installation
Change to financial provision
Closing a landfill
Re-opening of a closed inert landfill
Consolidation of permits
Variations to permit type
Transfer charge
Transferring more than one facility as part of a single permit
Transferring a permit where the management is the same
Transfer of permits and compliance rating
Death or insolvency of a permit holder
Surrender charge
Removing a regulated facility (with associated land)
Reducing the area of land
Surrender charge where operations have not yet commenced
Surrendering a permit for a low risk site
Groundwater assessment
Independent monitoring charges
Mobile Plant deployment charge
Charge for advertising
Monitoring and emergency response charges
R1 energy recovery activity assessment charge
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Radioactive
Substances
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Radioactive
Substances
Tier 2
Permits with multiple regulated facilities
WDA and
Groundwater
(point
source)
Groundwater
(land
spreading)
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Mobile Plant
Mining Waste
Waste
Installations
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Pre-application advice
(For all permits except Tier 3 Radioactive Substances Activities, groundwater and water
discharge activity charging regimes)
Please look at our guidance and talk to us before you apply. This will help you get your
application right first time and help us make a decision more quickly. Pre-application advice
is available for new permit, variation, transfer and surrender applications.
If your application relates to a bespoke permit we offer up to 15 hours of advice on how to
prepare your application. If your charge is Opra based we can help you calculate this.
If your application relates to a standard permit, or a deployment notification under mobile
plant, we can give you up to one hour of advice.
If you need more help we can give you this at a charge of £125 per hour (this cost is levied
under our general powers in the Environment Act 1995 to charge for services provided).
Pre-application advice for groundwater and water discharge activities
Minimal pre-application advice can be provided because no charge is currently levied.
4.1. Application charge for a new permit
This section covers general application charge information. Additional information specific to
a particular charging regime and application charge rates is contained in the regime sections.
Table 11 outlines which charging regimes sub sections apply to. This section does not apply
to Tier 3 Radioactive Substances Activities.
You have to pay an application charge when you apply for a new permit. The payment must
be submitted with the application. However, you can submit your application and pay by
credit card. If you do this, we will contact you to obtain your credit card details.
4.1.1. Application for multiple facilities
If the permit you are applying for covers more than one type of regulated facility, the charge
you have to pay is the sum of all the individual application charges for each facility covered.
4.1.2. Application amendments
If you want to amend an application, before it has been determined, in a way that will require
further public consultation (for example, if there is a change to the proposed operator) then
you have to pay £1,930. If the Opra score increases, the application charge will be amended
to reflect the revised score, where applicable.
4.1.3. Standard rules permits pre-application risk assessment
(Not applicable to water discharge or groundwater activities)
There is a provision in the scheme where a person can request approval to treat a regulated
facility as a standard facility, subject to a specific risk assessment for which the charge is
£350.
This provision is for situations where proposed activities meet all requirements of the
particular standard rules and risk assessment except for certain prescribed location
requirements (e.g. they are within the defined distance of environmentally sensitive areas).
Currently this only applies to a limited number of standard rule sets in relation to some
conservation criteria. It does not apply to all location criteria.
For those prescribed criteria, details of which will be published on our website, we have a
simple site specific risk assessment to assess the significance of being within the defined
distance of the standard permit being applied for. If you think your application meets these
criteria, speak to your local Environment Agency officer. We will confirm whether you are
eligible and, if you are, you will be able to submit the additional risk assessment along with
the £350 payment at the same time as your standard rules permit application.
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If it was deemed that the risk meant that we needed to look at the application in more detail
through a tier 3 charge permit application, then you may deduct the amount of £350 from the
tier 3 application charge.
4.1.4. Staged procedure
We may agree that you can submit pre-application information in a number of stages in
certain circumstances, such as:

a major facility where development and commissioning may be spread over a number of
phases or over a reasonable period of time;

where the facility is particularly complex;

where you wish to reduce possible business risks by detailed consultation with us and the
public.
In such cases, you will be invoiced for the costs of our time and materials for each stage of
information submitted. The rate is £125 per hour. If you wish to apply for a permit based on
the staged procedure you should contact your local area office to discuss arrangements.
4.2. Subsistence charge
This section covers general subsistence charge information. Additional information specific to
a particular charging regime and subsistence charge rates is contained in the regime
sections. Table 11 outlines which charging regimes sub sections apply to.
The subsistence section does not apply to Mobile Plant, where deployment charges apply
(see section 5.4) or tier 3 Radioactive Substances Activities (charged on a time and materials
basis - see section 5.7).
We recover all the costs we incur in the ongoing regulation of a facility through annual
subsistence charges payable for any full or part financial year during which a permit is in
force (this includes where activities allowed by the permit have been suspended).
Subsistence charges for facilities will always be in the same tier of charge as the application
charge.
4.2.1. Compliance adjustment
Some subsistence charges are adjusted by the compliance rating band of the respective
facility; the exceptions to this are permits covering accredited farming installations,
groundwater activities, water discharge and Radioactive Substances Activities.
The compliance band you fall into is determined by your Compliance Classification Scheme
score accumulated over the previous calendar year. A good compliance record means you
will pay a lower subsistence charge than if you have a poor compliance record.
4.2.2. Subsistence invoice issue date
In most cases you will be sent an invoice at the beginning of April. Our charging year runs
from April to March the following year. Please see individual regime sections for exceptions.
4.2.3. Permit issued in the course of a year
Where you receive a new permit in the course of a year, we will send you a pro rata invoice
from the date of the new permit to cover the remaining part of that financial year. For
subsequent years we will normally issue an invoice at the beginning of April for the full
financial year. For Standard Permits, a default charge will apply - see respective charging
regime for details.
4.2.4. Effect of revocation, surrender, transfer and permit variations
If we revoke or you surrender, transfer or make a variation to your permit after the date the
subsistence charge is due, we will adjust the charge pro rata so that it ends/alters on the day
the change takes effect. If you have paid in full and the change puts your account into credit
we will refund you.
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Where a landfill moves from tier 3, schedule 3, Table 3A to tier 3 schedule 3, Table 4 there is
no variation of the permit and the charge adjustment will take effect from the beginning of the
following financial year. The conditions where this applies can be found in Schedule 3, Table
4 of the charging scheme.
4.2.5. Subsistence charge where construction has not commenced
For a regulated facility, where no works or construction of any kind authorised by the permit
have commenced, the subsistence charge becomes payable two years from the date the
permit was granted. Thereafter the subsistence charge shall be the lower of £3,190, or the
subsistence charge which would otherwise be payable.
4.2.6. EPR assurance scheme
Subsistence charge concessions apply to facilities who are participating in trials or who are
members of an EPR assurance scheme and apply where:

a regulated facility has participated to the satisfaction of the Environment Agency in the
trial of an EPR Assurance Scheme being developed by the Environment Agency.
Participants will receive a 10% reduction against the subsistence fee in the financial year
following start of the trial. If the trial exceeds 12 months the concession will apply until the
financial year following the end of the trial; or apply where:

a regulated facility has been authorised by the Environment Agency to be a member
of an Environment Agency approved designated EPR Assurance Scheme published by
the Environment Agency.
Participants will receive a 10% reduction against the subsistence charge in the financial year
following authorisation and each subsequent financial year they are members of the
Assurance Scheme.
4.3. Variation charge
This section covers general variation charge information. Additional information specific to a
particular charging regime and application charge rates is contained in the regime sections.
Table 11 outlines charging regimes sub sections apply to. This section does not apply to tier
3 Radioactive Substances Activities.
If you apply to vary your permit, or if we decide to vary your permit, you have to pay a
variation charge, unless:

the change is administrative only;

the change is a request for a Fixed Condition Licence to become a standard rules permit
of the same type; or

we decide to vary a permit which relates to a specified water activity.
Depending on the change to the permit and the permit regime, you can apply for:

an administrative only change (free of charge);

a minor technical change;

a normal variation;

a substantial variation (applies to Installations or Mining Waste facilities);

conversion of a bespoke permit to become a standard permit.
Your application to vary can include any combination of the above variation categories.
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For permits with an Opra based charge, an Opra profile will need to be submitted with the
application.
If your permit covers more than one regulated facility and you want to vary the permit, the
charge is the sum of the individual variation charges for the facilities being varied. This is
explained further in the following pages.
Sections 4.3.1 to 4.3.10 cover variations to a permit
Section 4.3.11 covers permit consolidation
Section 4.3.12 covers changes to the type of regulated facility
4.3.1. Administrative only change
Variations that are administrative only as opposed to any change that requires assessment
by us are free.
A variation which the Environment Agency decides requires any technical assessment or
consultation is not an administrative-only variation.
Tables 12 to 14 provide examples of administrative variations for the charging regimes
covered by this guidance but should not be considered an exhaustive list.
Table 12: Administrative variation examples for installations and Waste operations
1
Correction of errors in the permit such as name and address or grid reference, including
name and address changes where there has been no change in legal entity.
2
Modifications due to changes in the legislation which prohibit the acceptance of a waste
previously permitted by the permit.
3
Reduction of permitted volumes to a lower level.
4
Changes solely to the list of wastes the facility is permitted to accept, provided the change
would not alter the nature of the facility’s operation or increase the environmental risk
posed.
We will accept up to 15 waste type changes in one variation application as an
administrative change, except for permanent deposit of waste to land for recovery. (Adding
new waste types to a land recovery permit is not an administrative variation.) It will be at
our discretion whether we accept more than one administration variation request in a 12
month period to amend waste types.
5
Increasing the permitted area (only) of a standard facility which involves a change to the
plan provided by the applicant.
6
Changing a fixed condition licence to a permitted facility subject to standard rules (this can
also include increasing the area of permitted land).
7
Removing an emission point as the result of the removal of an item of plant providing the
removal of the plant does not require technical assessment.
8
An improvement condition response requiring revised improvement conditions where the
assessments were carried out at the time of the permit determination.
9
Changing or setting limits following improvement conditions or other information
assessments which were carried out at the time of the permit determination.
10
Changing reporting requirements where it is a result of examples 7, 8, or 9 above.
11
An application to vary a standard permit to a different standard permit where the new
permit covers the same activity or activities but on a smaller scale, and the operator meets
the requirements of the new standard rules.
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Table 13: Administrative variation examples for Radioactive Substances Activities
1
Correction of errors in the permit such as name and address or grid reference, including
name and address changes where there has been no change in legal entity.
2
A reduction in the amount of activity of any radionuclide listed in a permit to hold sealed or
open sources.
3
A reduction in any disposal or accumulation activity, time, or volume limit in a tier 2 permit
authorising the disposal of radioactive waste.
4
The deletion of one or more disposal routes from a tier 2 permit.
5
Increasing the permitted area (only) of a facility which involves a change to the plan
provided by the applicant.
6
An increase of not more than 10% in any open source holding limit where the variation is
made by notice and there is no permit consolidation.
7
Consolidation of an RSA93 open source registration and a RSA93 authorisation solely for
the purposes of its transfer to another operator.
8
Consolidation of an RSA93 sealed source registration and an RSA93 mobile sealed source
registration solely for the purposes of its transfer to another operator.
9
Changing a fixed condition registration to a facility subject to standard rules.
Table 14: Administrative variation examples for Water Discharge and Groundwater Activities
1
Correction of errors in the permit such as name and address or grid reference, including
name and address changes where there has been no change in legal entity.
2
Change to start date of a permit or limit(s) coming into effect if the delay has already been
approved with our WQ Planners (AMP scheme) or National Permitting Service (all other
cases).
Permits cannot be retained without a discharge starting for an extended period of time
unless outside the control of the operator. It is not acceptable to retain a permit to retain
capacity in a receiving water.
3
Discharge outlet or sample point NGR corrections and changes where a change of NGR to
improve the accuracy of an old NGR – i.e. changing 8 fig NGR to 12 fig NGR (not just
adding 00s).
4
Discharge outlet or sample point NGR corrections and changes where a change of NGR is
just to reflect the situation on the ground as long as the application was determined with it
in the correct place so that the 'change' is only in effect a typo correction.
5
Real changes in outlet or sample point location will be acceptable as an admin variation as
long as the change is within 10m of the existing location (i.e. only changing the last digit in
SK 12345 67890 - and such a move is not considered new. It is considered a ‘new’
discharge if, for example, it is to a different side of a breakwater, or to another watercourse
(even if there is greater dilution) or to a different water body.
For groundwater it is considered a new location if it requires a new ‘prior examination’ e.g.
not same soil type or underlying aquifer etc. The change in NGR must also not pick up any
new SSSI /SPZ1, not be within 50m of a potable supply, or conservation protected species
habitats etc. in the radial search.
6
Updating a permit to revise a condition where the wording is very similar, so the update
could be regarded as having no material effect.
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7
Where discharges greater than 2m3/d but less than or equal to 5m3/d to ground, wish to
remove the word ‘trade’ (and we accept the case) from their permit. Where these are
existing permits they will principally be considered by the Groundwater Review
Programme. If 2m3/d or less to ground or 5m3/d or less to surface water the operator may
seek to register their discharge as exempt, without charge.
8
Change to provide a replacement map such as a better quality map or an updated map
where the existing map is out of date.
4.3.2. Minor technical change
This section does not apply to Groundwater (landspreading) and Water Discharge Activities
and Groundwater (point source).
A minor technical change will involve some technical input by us but considerably less than
for a normal variation.
In the following circumstances a normal variation charge will apply instead of the above for
variations:

On sites of high public interest or contentious industrial sectors e.g. power station trials,
new waste-derived fuels in cement kilns and incinerators etc;

where emissions or techniques are complex or novel, or where complex modelling is
required;

if they are on sites with sensitive receiving environments.
We have explained this here to help you assess if your variation is likely to meet the criteria
for a minor technical change. However, if you have any doubt you should discuss the matter
with your local Environment Agency officer.
If you want to make a minor technical change you can pay a fixed charge, regardless of
whether your permit normally incurs fixed or Opra based charges, if this charge is lower than
the normal variation charge. To make a minor technical change you pay the lowest of:

£1,280;

for Installations and waste operations: the appropriate tier 2 or tier 3 variation charge;

for Radioactive Substances Activities: the appropriate tier 2 variation charge. The charge
payable is that which relates to the permit type after the variation takes place.
Tables 15 and 16 below provide examples of minor technical variations for the relevant
charging regimes covered by this advice but should not be considered an exhaustive list.
Table 15: Minor technical variation examples for Installations and Waste operations
1
Adding an emission point for which we do not have to carry out a technical assessment.
2
Changes solely to the list of wastes a facility authorised for permanent deposit of waste to
land for recovery is permitted to accept, provided the change would not alter the nature of
the facility’s operation or increase the environmental risk posed. We will accept up to 3
waste type changes in one variation application.
3
A new product introduction, trial or non-exempt research and development activity except
where the emissions or techniques are complex or novel, or where complex modelling is
required.
4
An improvement condition response requiring revised improvement conditions that were
not technically assessed during permit determination.
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Changing or setting limits following improvement conditions or other information that was
not technically assessed during permit determination.
6
Introducing non-complex standard conditions developed nationally for a sector.
7
An increase in annual throughput only.
8
An increase in storage capacities.
9
Adding treatment (recovery and disposal) codes, where the permit already allows
treatment, providing the change would not alter the nature of the facility’s operation or
increase the environmental risk posed.
10
Changing reporting requirements.
Table 16: Minor technical variation examples for Radioactive Substances Activities
1
An increase of not more than 10 per cent in any disposal or accumulation activity, time or
volume limit in a permit.
2
Any increase in holdings of unsealed sources that does not result in an increase of more
than 10 per cent in any disposal or accumulation activity, time or volume limit in a permit.
3
The addition of sealed sources to a type D (HASS) permit where each additional source is
not a high-activity source.
4
The first addition, resulting from a single variation, of one or more disposal routes involving
transfer to a person holding a permit authorising the receipt and disposal of radioactive
waste in a financial year.
5
The consolidation of an RSA93 open source registration and a RSA93 authorisation other
than for the purposes of its transfer to another operator.
4.3.3. Normal variation
A normal variation is a variation that is not an administrative only change, a minor technical
change or a substantial variation. Conversion to a different type of permit may also be
charged at the normal variation rate.
Tier 2 charges
If you want to make a normal variation to a permit that incurs tier 2 charges then you will
have to pay a fixed charge. These are listed in the relevant permit regime sections.
The only variations it is possible to make to a standard facility are an administrative or a
minor technical variation. If you want to make a more significant change to your facility you
have to apply for a variation to a bespoke permit.
Tier 3 Opra based charges
If you want to make a normal variation to a permit that incurs tier 3 Opra based charges, the
charge you have to pay is your existing Opra charging score multiplied by the charge
multiplier listed in the relevant table in the permit regime sections. Opra based variation
charges apply to Waste and Mining Waste where Opra based subsistence does not apply.
4.3.4. Substantial variation (tier 3 Opra based charges)
A substantial variation is one where there is either a substantial change (i.e. one where there
are significant negative effects on the environment relating to an Installation or Mining Waste
operation) or where we decide that public consultation is required. Our advice document,
EPR8 Changes in Operation, explains how we define substantial changes and decide
whether public consultation is required.
An example would be an increase in capacity such that the emissions to air, calculated using
H1 risk assessment methodology, result in a significant negative effect to the environment.
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If you want to make a substantial variation to a permit that incurs tier 3 Opra based charges,
the charge you have to pay is your existing Opra charging score multiplied by the charge
multiplier listed in the relevant table in the permit regime sections.
If you have a permit where the Opra banded profile covers more than one facility, for
example if your permit covers two installations, these will combine together to give a single
Opra banded profile. In such circumstances, even if you are only varying one of the
installations, it is still the full Opra score that is used, i.e. the score generated by both
installations together.
4.3.5. Permits with multiple regulated facilities
If your permit covers more than one regulated facility and you want to vary the permit, the
charge is the sum of the individual variation charges for the facilities being varied. If the
variation affects the different regulated facilities to differing degrees, then the total charge
could be a combination of all the different types of variation charge, for example, minor
technical and normal. It could also be a combination of fixed charges and Opra based
charges.
4.3.6. Variation to add/remove a facility
Adding a facility to an existing permit
If you wish to add a tier 2 facility the sum payable is the applicable permit application charge.
If you hold a permit that covers a tier 3 Installation group and you wish to add an additional
tier 3 Installation, or you hold a tier 3 Waste facility and wish to add an additional tier 3 Waste
facility permit, the charge is based on the relevant variation charge multiplier, multiplied by
the relevant Opra charging score for the new facility.
If you wish to add a tier 3 facility of a different category the charge is based on the relevant
application charge multiplier, multiplied by the relevant Opra charging score for the new
facility. Installations, Waste and Mining Waste are separate categories.
Removing a regulated facility (with no associated land) from an existing permit
In the case of a Variation application to remove a regulated facility (with no associated land)
from an existing permit, the charge payable is equivalent to that which would apply if the
relevant part of the permit were being surrendered. In the case of a tier 3 facility this will be
the applicable partial surrender charge, where listed, or the full surrender charge, for each
facility being surrendered. In the case of a tier 2 facility, it will be the relevant surrender
charge, or in the case of a permit that authorises more than one standard facility, the highest
applicable surrender charge.
In the Regulations references to an installation also include references to part of
installation. So removing part of an installation (e.g. removing one of a number of the
same A1 activities) without associated land is charged as if for a partial surrender.
The removal of a regulated facility with associated land requires a surrender application (see
section 4.5.1)
4.3.7. More than one permit holder for an installation
Where there is more than one permit holder for an installation and one of them applies for, or
is issued with a variation, the other permit holders will only incur a charge if their permits
have to be varied as a result.
4.3.8. Change to financial provision
Any changes that affect the financial provision, or the way you make it, incur variation
charges in the same way as any other change. So the charge is one of the variation charges
for either tier 2 or tier 3 depending on the activity the change relates to.
4.3.9. Closing a landfill
To close a landfill operation a normal variation charge applies.
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4.3.10. Re-opening of a closed inert landfill
For a closed inert landfill applying for a variation to re-open to allow the deposit of waste for
disposal, a charge equivalent to the application as new will be required.
4.3.11. Consolidation of permits
Consolidating two or more permits
An operator may ask us to consolidate two or more permits on a site into one. When we
consolidate the permits we create one permit of modern conditions to replace the former
permits.
If the permits being consolidated are not modern permits we will map the existing conditions
across to modern ones. If you ask us to consolidate you are agreeing to have a modern
permit.
Often a request to consolidate is made at the same time as a request to change one of the
individual permits. We calculate the charge for the variation to the permit/s as follows:

Where there is an application for variation;
the charge is at the charging scheme rate for each permit. That means that each permit
attracts the appropriate variation charge for the change proposed. (In many cases this will be
the normal variation charge but if appropriate it will be the substantial or minor technical
variation charge.) In addition those permits being altered purely to allow consolidation to
occur will attract a minor technical variation charge (or if appropriate no charge if it is an
administrative only variation).

Where the request is purely to consolidate;
where there is no application to vary, the type of variation charge will depend on the level of
work involved to create a modern permit.
Consolidating a single permit
An operator may ask us, or we may decide to produce a consolidated permit, as a result of a
variation application and/or as an Environment Agency initiated variation. If the consolidation
involves nothing beyond the consolidation of the results of any current variation application
and all previous variations into a new consolidated permit, there would be no charge beyond
the applicable charge for the variation application. However, if the consolidation also
involves, for example, modernisation of the permit as a result of an Environment Agency
initiated variation, there would be an additional charge for that variation which would depend
on the level of work involved.
4.3.12. Variations to permit type
(Also see Table 17 for Installation and Waste operation permit type variations).
Varying a tier 2 permit to one that incurs tier 3 charges
If you apply for a variation that will result in your permit changing from one that only incurs
tier 2 charges, to one that incurs tier 3 charges, then you will need to submit an Opra profile
with your application. The variation charge you will have to pay will be based on this Opra
profile multiplied by the appropriate variation charge multiplier.
Variation to become a standard facility
If you want to vary a fixed condition licence to a facility subject to standard rules and can
meet the requirements of the standard rules, the charge would be for an administrative only
change, i.e. free.
If you want to change from an existing permit that is not a fixed condition licence to a
standard facility the charge will be the relevant application charge for the standard permit.
If you are applying to vary to a standard facility and would also like to extend the area of the
site, you can extend the area without having to pay an additional charge.
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Variation of a standard facility to become subject to different standard rules
The sum payable is the applicable permit application charge relating to the new standard
rules.
Variation to become a bespoke tier 2 facility
If the variation is to a facility which is or will be when changed as proposed, a tier 2 facility
other than one subject to standard rules the charge will be the relevant variation charge for
the tier 2 bespoke permit.
Where an existing tier 2 facility is being changed to a different type of tier 2 facility other than
one subject to standard rules, the applicable variation charge is that relating to the tier 2
facility when changed as proposed.
Variation of an existing tier 3 to a different tier 3
The normal variation charge is based on the existing Opra profile and relevant charge
multiplier.
The subsistence charge for the remainder of the financial year will be based upon:

for an Installation (when varied) - the new Installation Opra profile of the varied permit,
modified by the compliance rating and calculated on a pro-rata basis;

for a Waste facility (when varied) - the appropriate table of Waste charges, modified by
the compliance rating, and calculated on a pro-rata basis.
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Table 17: Variation charges - Installation and Waste – changes to existing facilities.
To:
Tier 2 Waste
standard facility
Tier 2 Installation
standard facility
Tier 2
Waste operation
(bespoke)
Tier 3 Installation*
Tier 3
Waste operation
Tier 2
Waste
standard facility
Fixed rate Standard
facility application
charge (1)(2)(4)
Fixed rate Standard N/A
facility application
charge (1)(2)(4)
Fixed variation
charge for relevant
Waste operation
(bespoke)
New Opra profile x
Installation variation
multiplier
New Opra profile x
Normal variation
Waste multiplier
Tier 2
Installation
standard facility
Fixed rate Standard
facility application
charge (1)(2)(4)
Fixed rate Standard Fixed variation
facility application
charge for installation
charge (1)(2)(4)
(bespoke) (3)
N/A
New Opra profile x
Installation variation
multiplier
N/A
Tier 2
Fixed Condition
Licence
Free (1)
N/A
Fixed variation
charge for relevant
Waste operation
(bespoke)
New Opra profile x
Installation variation
multiplier
New Opra profile x
Normal variation
Waste multiplier
Tier 2
Installation
(bespoke)
N/A
Fixed rate Standard N/A
facility application
charge (2)(1)
N/A
New Opra profile x
Installation variation
multiplier
N/A
Tier 2 Waste
operation
(bespoke)
Fixed rate Standard
facility application
charge (1)(2)
N/A
N/A
New Opra profile x
Installation variation
multiplier
New Opra profile x
Normal variation
Waste multiplier
Tier 3
Installation
Fixed rate Standard
facility application
charge (1)(2)
Fixed rate Standard Fixed variation
facility application
charge for installation
charge (1)(2)
(bespoke) (3)
Fixed variation
charge for relevant
Waste operation
(bespoke)
N/A
Existing Opra
profile x Installation
Normal variation
multiplier
Tier 3
Waste operation
Fixed rate Standard
facility application
charge (1)(2)
N/A
Fixed variation
charge for relevant
Waste operation
(bespoke)
Existing Opra profile x
Waste Normal
variation multiplier
N/A
Permit type
Tier 2 Installation
(bespoke)
From:
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N/A
N/A
N/A
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* Where an Installation multiplier applies this can be normal or substantial (unless stated otherwise).
(1) Variation dependant on being able to meet standard rules.
(2) If, when you are applying to vary to a standard facility you would also like to extend the area of the site, you can do this without having to pay an
additional charge.
(3) Variation dependant on being able to meet medium risk criteria.
(4) Applies to the variation of a standard facility to a different standard facility.
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4.4. Transfer charge
This section covers general transfer charge information. Additional information specific to a
particular charging regime and application charge rates is contained in the regime sections.
Table 11 outlines charging regimes sub sections apply to. This section does not apply to tier
3 Radioactive Substances Activities, Water Discharge Activities or Groundwater activities.
If you want to transfer your permit you have to pay a transfer charge. You can apply to
transfer either all, or part (except for mobile plant), of a permit.
You will not have to pay a transfer charge:

if your permit used to be a waste management licence and you were, on 6 April 2008, the
operator by reason of regulation 69(2) of the Environmental Permitting (England and
Wales) Regulations 2007 (the holder of a waste management licence which became an
environmental permit under those Regulations was to be treated as the operator); and

we have agreed the transfer is desirable for regulatory reasons.
4.4.1. Transferring more than one facility as part of a single permit
If you are transferring more than one facility as part of a single permit, you will only have to
pay one transfer charge, equivalent to the charge for transferring a single facility. You will not
have to pay a charge for each separate facility.
The charge payable will be the highest of the individual charges. So if your application covers
two facilities that fall within tier 3, you will pay the higher of those two tier 3 charges. If the
application covers different facilities that fall within tier 2 and tier 3, you will pay the highest of
those individual charges.
If you are transferring all the facilities under the permit, i.e. the whole permit, then you have
to pay the highest of the individual full transfer charges. If you are only transferring some
facilities covered by a permit, even if you are transferring those facilities in full, because you
are not transferring the whole permit you have to pay the highest of the individual partial
transfer charges.
4.4.2. Transferring a permit where the management is the same
If you would like to transfer your permit and you can demonstrate that the management of
the operator you are transferring it to is substantially the same, you will have to pay
whichever is lowest of either:

a fixed charge of £1,950;

the appropriate tier 2 or 3 charge.
“Management" includes the people who are responsible for the management of the company
and regulated facility, the management techniques employed, the compliance record and
financial standing (and financial provision if appropriate) of the company and its managers.
4.4.3. Transfer of Permits and Compliance Rating
When you transfer your permit (either part, full or within the same management), the
compliance rating for the permit will also transfer across to the new operator. For example if
the permit you transfer has a compliance rating of a Band D then the pro rata subsistence
charge applied to the new permit will be increased by a 1.25 multiplier. Further advice on the
transfer of permits and your compliance rating are available in the individual annexes of the
Opra Scheme.
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4.4.4. Death or insolvency of a permit holder
Transfer of permits following the death of a permit holder
If a permit is held in a person’s sole name and that person dies, the permit becomes the
property of their personal representatives. The personal representatives must notify us of
the death within 6 months and may apply in that time for the permit to be transferred. If no
transfer application is made within 6 months, the permit will cease. Normally, subsistence
charges remain payable until a permit either ceases or is transferred. However, where a
permit holder has died and his or her personal representatives notify us that there is no
intention to transfer the permit and we are satisfied that the operations at the site have
ceased we will make no charge for the period between that date and the end of the 6 months
from the date of death of the permit holder. Policy adjustments of this type can be facilitated
by the abatement system.
Table 18 (following pages) provides a summary of our approach to the collection of charges
where a permit holder has died or is facing insolvency.
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Table 18: Current charging where a permit holder dies or is facing insolvency

Where a permit is held jointly and one of the events below happens to only one of the permit holders, the permit continues to be held by the
other parties, who should continue to operate and be responsible for charges as normal;

Where a permit is disclaimed by a trustee in bankruptcy or a liquidator, it ceases to have effect from the date of disclaimer.
Event
Effect on permit
Who is responsible
for charges
Our approach on collection of
charges
Death of permit holder.
The permit subsists and passes on death to
the personal representatives (PRs).
The PRs up to date of
transfer or expiry of 6
months.
We will normally charge the estate
up to date of transfer or cessation
of permit. However, if the PRs
notify us that they do not intend
to transfer the permit and stop
operating under the permit we will
charge the estate up to the date of
that notification, providing we
have confirmed that activities
under the permit have ceased.
The permit subsists and passes to the
Trustee in Bankruptcy from the date of the
This means that a court bankruptcy order
bankruptcy order.
has been made because an individual
cannot pay their debt.
The Trustee may apply to transfer the permit
or may disclaim the permit.
The Trustee in
Bankruptcy up to the
date of transfer or
disclaimer.
We charge the Trustee in
Bankruptcy up to date of transfer
or disclaimer.
Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA)
The existing permit
holder.
We continue to charge the permit
holder as normal.
The permit ceases after 6 months unless
transferred within that time, or transfer
application made.
A permit condition is added by statute: PRs
must notify us within 6 months of death that
the permit has vested in them.
Personal bankruptcy
This means that an individual has
entered into an agreement with creditors,
overseen by an Insolvency Practitioner,
for part payment of debts on a
percentage basis.
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existing holder.
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Event
Effect on permit
Who is responsible
for charges
Administration
The permit subsists as property of the
existing holder and the Administrator is
bound by its conditions.
The existing permit
We continue to charge the permit
holder, but all dealings holder as normal to date of any
should be with the
transfer.
Administrator.
This means that a corporate body is in
difficulties and an Administrator has
been appointed by court order to see if
business can be rescued as going
concern.
Receivership
This means that a corporate body has
failed to pay a debt and a Receiver is
appointed either by an individual creditor
under the terms of a loan agreement or
by the court.
Depending on the terms of the
administration order, the Administrator may
be able to apply to transfer the permit.
The permit subsists as property of the
existing holder.
Depending on the terms of the receivership
order, the Receiver may be able to apply to
transfer the permit.
Our approach on collection of
charges
The existing permit
holder, but during
receivership the
directors’ powers over
assets are suspended
and Receiver will act
on company’s behalf.
We continue to charge the permit
holder as normal to date of any
transfer.
The liquidator.
We charge the liquidator until date
of transfer or cessation of permit.
The existing permit
holder.
We continue to charge permit
holder as normal.
The aim is for the Receiver to collect in
sufficient property to pay the debt.
Liquidation
This means that a corporate body is
insolvent and a court order has been
made for the company to be wound up,
assets collected in and debts paid.
Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA)
This means that a corporate body owes
debts and has entered into a payment
arrangement with creditors.
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The permit subsists but passes to the
liquidator from the date of the court order.
Liquidator may apply to transfer or may
disclaim the permit.
Otherwise, permit will come to an end when
the company is eventually wound up, that is
ceases to exist and is removed from the
register of companies.
The permit subsists as property of the
existing permit holder.
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4.5. Surrender charge
Applies to permits regulating Installations, Waste, and Mining Waste. Radioactive
Substances Activities are also subject to a surrender charge but special rules apply – see
section 5.7. Table 11 outlines charging regimes sub sections apply to.
This section does not apply to Mobile Plant, Water Discharge Activities or Groundwater
Activities.
This section covers general surrender charge information. Additional information specific to
a particular charging regime and surrender charge rates is contained in the charging regime
sections.
If you apply to surrender either part or your entire permit you must pay a surrender charge.
4.5.1. Removing a regulated facility (with associated land) from an
existing permit
Where there is more than one facility under a permit and you wish to surrender one or more
of them but not all of them, you will have to pay the sum of the surrender charges for the
facilities being surrendered:
Tier 2 standard facilities - the individual surrender charge, or where the permit authorises
and the surrender relates to, more than one standard facility, the highest applicable of those
standard facility charges.
For non-standard facilities if you are surrendering a whole permit you will have to pay the
full surrender charge for each facility being surrendered. If you are only surrendering some
of the facilities covered by the permit, you have to pay a partial surrender charge, where
listed, or the full surrender charge for each facility being surrendered:

for every non-standard tier 2 facility - the individual surrender charge at the full
surrender rate, or part surrender rate (where applicable);

for every tier 3 facility - the sum equal to the relevant Opra charging score multiplied by
the relevant surrender charge multiplier at the full rate, or part surrender rate (where
applicable).
The removal of a regulated facility with no associated land requires a variation application
(see section 4.3.6).
4.5.2. Reducing the area of land
To reduce the area of land a part surrender charge applies.
4.5.3. Surrender charge where operations have not commenced
If you want to apply to surrender the whole or part of a permit where operations have not
commenced, you will have to pay a surrender charge of £770, regardless of whether your
facility normally incurs tier 2 or tier 3 charges.
Where there are several facilities on one site under a single permit and some have
commenced and others have not, the surrender charge for the whole permit is the sum of
all the separate surrender charges for the different facilities. Each facility where the
operation has commenced is liable for the full surrender charge. Each facility where the
operation has not commenced pays the reduced surrender charge of £770.
4.5.4. Surrendering a permit for a low risk site
If you want to apply for low risk or basic surrender of a permit authorising permanent
deposit of waste (including for a partial surrender), you must ask us to confirm whether or
not you may do this, in line with our advice document " Landfill (EPR 5.02) and other
permanent deposits of waste ", version 2, published in December 2012.
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If you want to apply for low risk surrender of any other tier 2 or tier 3 facility we must confirm
that an intrusive investigation is not needed, in line with the criteria in box 1 of “Site
condition report – guidance and templates”, (H5), version 3, published by us in April 2013.
We may consider a low risk surrender application for the partial surrender of a permit where
the overall site would not be considered low risk. For this to apply the part being
surrendered must fulfil the following criteria:

The area of the facility subject to your application must fit properly within the low risk
criteria;

The part of the facility being surrendered is not essential for and will not influence or be
influenced by the rest of the site;

The regulatory effort required to determine the application will not be in excess of the
low risk surrender fee.
It is for the Environment Agency to determine if the application meets these criteria and a
decision about the low risk status must be made before the decision on the fee required.
If the specified circumstances apply and we agree you may have a basic or low risk
surrender the charge will be £2,540 for low risk surrender, £540 for a basic surrender, or
the full or partial surrender charge specified in the scheme if lower than these amounts.
4.6. Groundwater assessment (applicable to landfill facilities)
We are required to periodically review certain Environmental Permits to check the quality of
groundwater. When we do this for a landfill and intend to charge we will contact you by
serving a notice on you. We will carry out an initial review (currently £1,010) and, if
necessary, a more detailed review at an additional charge of £3,660.
4.7. Independent monitoring charges
In some cases, and where prior notice is given, we may recover the cost of monitoring, site
surveys or investigations carried out by contractors acting on our behalf by means of a
direct charge. We will invoice you for the costs incurred after we have received invoices
from the contractors for the work done.
Where a charge for monitoring is payable but the permit is revoked, the person previously
operating the regulated facility shall continue to be liable for the monitoring charge in so far
as it relates to any expenditure incurred or liabilities accrued by the Environment Agency in
the year of revocation or in prior years.
4.8. Mobile Plant deployment charge
Applicable to mobile plant permits. See Mobile Plant section 5.4.
4.9. Charge for advertising
Where we need to advertise your application in accordance with our public participation
statement (see our website) in a newspaper, we will need to recover our costs of placing
the advert and will levy an advertising charge of £500 for each advertisement.
4.10. Monitoring and emergency response charges
Except in relation to a specified water activity, the cost of monitoring, site surveys and
investigations carried out by contractors acting on behalf of the Environment Agency will be
recovered, where appropriate, by means of a direct charge per permit to be notified to the
operator.
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Where the Environment Agency responds to an emergency air quality incident resulting
from the operation of a facility authorised by a permit, the relevant time and materials costs
of that response, including the costs of any contractors used, will be recovered, where
appropriate, by means of a direct charge per permit to be notified to the operator.
In cases where a charge is payable under this paragraph but the permit is revoked, the
person previously operating the regulated facility shall continue to be liable for the charge in
so far as it relates to any expenditure incurred or liabilities accrued by the Environment
Agency in the year of revocation or in prior years.
4.11. R1 energy recovery activity assessment charge
(May apply to permits where incineration takes place)
Under the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) Waste Hierarchy, incineration can be
considered a recovery rather than a disposal operation by incorporating energy recovery,
provided it meets what is known as the R1 Energy Recovery Formula. Unless the
Competent Authority agrees to classify it as R1 it remains a disposal activity by default.
The R1 assessment provides confirmation from us as the Competent Authority that a
particular process will be classed as energy recovery.
An operator can choose to apply for an assessment as R1 at any stage of the planning,
development and procurement process. After an initial assessment, typically at design
stage, the certification would normally need to be re-validated by us after acceptance
testing and annually thereafter.
The cost of assessments is not recovered except when the assessment is done as part of
the permit determination.
If an operator chooses to apply for an R1 assessment the charges are as follows:

Initial assessment, when the request is made outside of the permit determination
process - £2000;

Subsequent re-validation during operation of the facility - £1000.
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5. Permit regimes
5.1. Installations
Advice in this section covers charges for Installations. It is important that you are familiar
with sections 1-3 covering the general aspects of permits and charging before reading this
section.
Charges for permits for Installations are either:
tier 2:

Standard rules Installation;

Low impact bespoke Installation;

Local authority installation (Part A(2) or Part B bespoke Installation, or a small waste
incineration plant);

Farming Installation;

Directly Associated Activity Installation, i.e. one that does not include a Schedule 1
permitted activity;

Paragraph 17 Installation, i.e. one that is an Installation only by virtue of regulation 104
of the Environmental Permitting Regulations.
Or, tier 3:

All other bespoke Installations.
When waste operations, water discharge activities and/or groundwater activities are
included in the same permit as an Installation, but are not part of the Installation, they are
standalone regulated facilities. Standalone regulated facilities in this case are required to
pay the appropriate separate charge.
Where more than one Installation is carried on by the same operator at one site and under
one permit, the Charging Scheme refers to this as an Installation group. Each Installation
group will require an Opra banded profile under the Opra Scheme and will attract a single
tier 3 charge under the Charging Scheme.
Directly Associated Activity (DAA)
Under the EP regulations all parts of an installation require a permit, and in some cases a
permit may include more than one installation. A DAA is part of the installation that does not
include the carrying on of any activity listed in any part of Schedule 1 of the Regulations but
has a technical connection to the listed activity (and is not a low impact installation). In such
situations there is no separate charge for the DAA but their emissions will be included in the
installation Opra profile and thus included in the total installation permit charge. Waste
operations, Water Discharge Activities and/or Groundwater Activities are included in the
types of activity that may meet the definition of a DAA and be part of an installation.
An installation group will usually have a single operator. However in some situations, parts
of installations may be operated by different operators. Each different operator must have
their own permit. Where a permit includes only a DAA and no Schedule 1 activity, none of
the other installation charges in the scheme apply. As there is work associated with such
permits and we are required to recover our costs, we apply a charge for a DAA in such
circumstances. This is a tier 2 charge included under part 2, chapter 2 of schedule 1 of the
charging scheme.
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What we charge for:
General information
Regime specific
information notes
Main charges
Section
Page(s)
Application for new permit
4.1
21 to 22
Subsistence
4.2
22 to 23
(1)
Variation
4.3
23 to 32
(2)
Transfer
4.4
33 to 36
Surrender
4.5
37 to 38
Groundwater assessment
4.6
38
Independent monitoring charges
4.7
38
Default charges
(3)
(1) The following information on subsistence is specific to Installations:
Accredited farming Installations
Subsistence charges for tier 2 accredited farming Installations will not be adjusted by a
compliance rating, subsistence for non-accredited farming Installations will be subject to a
compliance adjustment.
Where a farming Installation becomes an accredited farming Installation after the date on
which the subsistence charge is payable in any year, the charge shall be adjusted pro rata
from the date on which this occurs.
(2) The following information on variations is specific to Installations:
Multi-Product Protocol (MPP)
A small number of Installations are identified as being subject to the Multi-Product Protocol
(MPP) approach – rule 5 in the Opra scheme annex for Installations. For these, the decision
on whether an operational change requires a variation is specified in the advice document
about MPP, entitled “Guidance on the use of a multi-product protocol (MPP) at chemical
production Installations”.
(3) The following information on default charges is specific to Installations:
(for Standard Permits introduced after 1 April 2015)
New standard permits will be placed into the most appropriate existing charge band. We will
identify the charge for each new proposed standard permit when we consult on the permit
and confirm our response.
The charge bands accorded to a default standard facility will be selected from the following
table:
Charge bands available for an Installation default standard facility
Charge
Band
S030A (W)
Application
charge
£400
Charge
Band
S035T (W)
Transfer
charge
£720
Charge
Band
S040S (W)
Surrender
charge
£540
S040A (W)
£720
S040T (W)
£980
S045S (W)
£1,540
S040C (W)
£310
S050A (W)
£980
S050S (W)
£2,540
S050C (W)
£520
S060A (W)
£1,630
S060S (W)
£3,590
S060C (W)
£780
S070A (W)
£1,950
S074C (W)
£1,280
S080C (W)
£1,580
S090C (W)
£2,040
S100C (W)
£2,490
S120C (W)
£3,420
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Charge
Subsistence
Band
charge
S030C (W)
£156
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Installation charges (tier 2)
Table 19: Installations - tier 2 charges
Charge type
Charge method
Application charge
Fixed rate: Table 21 (standard permits)
Fixed rate: Table 22 (bespoke permits)
Subsistence charge
Fixed rate: Table 21 (standard permits),
adjusted for compliance (Table 20)
Fixed rate: Table 22 (bespoke permits),
adjusted for compliance (Table 20)*
*Compliance adjustment does not apply to accredited
farming Installations
Variation charge
Fixed rate: Table 22 (bespoke permits)
(see section 4.3 for
administrative and minor
technical variations)
Not applicable to standard permits
Transfer charge
Fixed rate: Table 21 (standard permits)
Fixed rate: Table 22 (bespoke permits)
Surrender charge
Fixed rate: Table 21 (standard permits)
Fixed rate: Table 22 (bespoke permits)
Table 20: Installations - tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Compliance band
A
B
C
D
E
F
% of base charge
100%
100%
110%
125%
150%
300%
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Table 21: Installations - tier 2 standard permits
Installations that are standard facilities
Rules number
Application Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Low impact Part A Installation
SR2009 No2
£1,630
£380
£380
£520
Low impact Part A Installation for production of biodiesel
SR2009 No3
£1,630
£380
£380
£520
Composting in closed systems (capacity over 75 tonnes/day)
SR2012 No4
£1,950
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Composting in open systems (capacity over 75 tonnes/day)
SR2012 No8
£1,950
£980
£3,590
£2,490
On-farm anaerobic digestion facility including the use of the
resultant biogas
SR2012 No9
£1,950
£980
£1,540
£2,040
Anaerobic digestion facility including the combustion of the
resultant biogas
SR2012 No11
£1,950
£980
£1,540
£3,420
Treatment of incinerator bottom ash (IBA)
(capacity over 75 tonnes/day)
SR2012 No13
£1,950
£980
£3,590
£2,490
*See section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations.
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Table 22: Installations - tier 2 bespoke permits
Installations that are not standard
facilities
Application Normal
Substantial Part
Full
Variation* Variation*
Transfer Transfer
Part
Full
Subsistence
Surrender Surrender
Low impact Part A Installation
£2,640
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£520
Local authority installation
£1,630
£540
£980
£540
£540
£540
£540
£1,000
Accredited farming Installation (1)
N/A
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£1,580
Non-accredited farming Installation
£3,750
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£2,490
Directly Associated Activity
£7,380
£1,960
£3,910
£7,470
£4,980
£5,650
£6,650
£3,420
Paragraph 17 activity
£7,380
£1,960
£3,910
£7,470
£4,980
£5,650
£6,650
£3,420
(1) The Farm Assurance Scheme is for pig and poultry producers who are regulated through Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010. Farmers
can qualify for the scheme by showing a high standard of compliance under their permit conditions. The benefit to farmers who meet the entrance
criteria is a reduced annual subsistence charge. The charge is subject to a pro-rata adjustment in the event of a mid-year change. Subsistence
charge is not subject to a compliance adjustment.
*See section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations.
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Installation charges (tier 3)
Table 23: Installations - tier 3 charges
Charge type
Charge method
Application charge
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 24),
multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 25)
Subsistence charge
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 24),
multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 25),
adjusted for compliance (table 26)
Variation charge
(see section 4.3 for administrative
and minor technical variations)
Transfer charge
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 24),
multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 25)
Part transfer £7,470
Full transfer £4,980
Surrender charge
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 24),
multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 25)
Groundwater assessment
Initial review £1,010, further review (if required) £3,660
Independent monitoring charges
Cost recovery charging
Table 24: Installations - Opra weighting table
Attribute
Complexity
Emissions
Band Score
Note - each activity is scored
Air
Water
Land
Waste input
Sewer
Off-site waste
Location
Operator Performance
A
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
10
B
15
10
10
10
10
2
2
10
25
C
45
20
20
20
20
3
3
20
40
D
82
35
35
35
35
5
5
40
60
E
110
50
50
50
50
10
10
60
75
Table 25: Installations - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers
Charge
Permit Application charge
Subsistence charge
Normal Variation charge
Substantial Variation charge
Full Surrender charge
Partial Surrender charge
Installations
Multiplier (£)
206
101
58
113
127
99
Table 26: Installations - tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Compliance band
A
B
C
% of base charge
95%
100%
110%
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125%
E
150%
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F
300%
5.2. Waste Facilities
Guidance in this section covers charges for Waste facilities. It is important that you are
familiar with sections 1-3 covering the general aspects of permits and charging before
reading this section.
Charges for permits for Waste facilities are either:
tier 2:

Standard rules Waste facilities;

Fixed Condition Licence (no longer available to apply for);

Some bespoke Waste facilities;
Or, tier 3:

All other bespoke Waste facilities.
The Charging Scheme uses the term Waste facility as shorthand for one, or a group of,
waste operations that are not part of an Installation, but are carried on by the same operator
on one site, as one overall operation and under one permit (e.g. a transfer station).
Each Waste facility is liable for a separate charge.
In some cases a water discharge activity or groundwater activity may be part of the waste
operation. In these cases, although they are no longer standalone regulated facilities, they
are still liable for the appropriate separate charge. Full details of charges for Groundwater
Activities (land spreading) can be found in section 5.5 and for Water Discharge Activities and
Groundwater Activities (point source) in section 5.6.
The facilities listed in Schedule 1 Part 2 Chapter 3 of the legal scheme are all those that incur
Waste tier 2 charges. A Waste facility that is not on this list will be subject to tier 3 charges.
The list of standard facilities covers common waste management activities but this does not
mean your current permit for the same activity is automatically a standard permit. To become
a standard facility you need to apply and demonstrate that you meet the standard rules
criteria.
Charges to make changes to tier 2 permits are fixed tier 2 charges unless you are applying to
vary your permit so that it no longer meets the tier 2 criteria, in which case tier 3 charges will
apply (see Variations section 4.3 for more information).
There are two types of standardised waste operation permit that you can no longer apply for.
These are fixed condition licences and bespoke tier 2 vehicle de-pollution permits taking less
than 2,500 tonnes.
If you hold a Fixed Condition Licence you can apply, free of charge, to vary it to operate
under one of the published sets of waste operation standard rules.
Landfill sites regulated as Waste Operations
Operational landfill sites for hazardous and non-hazardous waste are regulated as
Installations. Landfills for the disposal of inert waste and sites that closed under the Landfill
Directive transitional arrangements are Waste operations. Therefore landfills regulated as
Waste operations will be either operational or closed landfills taking only inert waste or sites
that are closed or closing having never operated under a permit compliant with the Landfill
Directive requirements.
The applicable subsistence charge will be a combination of charges in transitional waste
tables 3A, 4, 6 and 7, as summarised in Table 27 below.
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Table 27: Waste operation landfill sites - Transitional Waste subsistence charges
Type of landfill site
Transitional
Waste
Transitional
Waste
Transitional
Waste
Transitional
Waste
Table 3A
charge
Table 4
charge
Table 6
charge
Table 7
charge
(waste to land
for recovery)
(burning of
biogas)
Operational inert
landfill
Y
X
If permitted
N/A
Closed site but not yet
definitely closed
Y
X
If permitted
If permitted1
Definitely closed sites
in the aftercare phase
X
Y
If permitted
If permitted1
Landfill sites with a Landfill Directive permit (i.e. those that were re-permitted in the 2000s),
that cease accepting waste for disposal are required to apply to vary their permit and submit
a closure report. The variation charge covers our costs of assessing the closure report and
varying the permit to the appropriate aftercare conditions.
For landfill sites that should have started the closure process by July 2009, the variation
charge for assessment of the closure report will be the minor technical variation charge. If
subsequently, additional or varied conditions are required for specific pollution prevention
reasons, a further variation application charge will be required. This will be at the appropriate
rate, i.e. either minor technical or normal variation.
Burning of biogas
The tier 2 option is for landfill gas engines at a facility not being charged in conjunction with a
Transitional Waste Table 3 or 4 bespoke waste permit. The tier 3 option (Transitional Waste
Table 7 part A) is for landfill gas engines that are currently being charged in conjunction with
a Transitional Waste Table 3 or 4 bespoke waste permit. Transitional Waste Table 7 part B
covers non-landfill facilities regulated for the burning of biogas.
What we charge for:
General information
Main charges
Section
Page(s)
Application for new permit
4.1
21 to 22
Subsistence
4.2
22 to 23
Variation
4.3
23 to 32
Transfer
4.4
33 to 36
Surrender
4.5
37 to 38
Groundwater assessment
4.6
38
Regime specific
information notes
(1)
Waste recovery review charge
(2)
Materials Facilities charge
(3)
Default charges
(4)
1
Permitted means that there is a specific condition in the permit covering the management of landfill
gas using an engine, or the activity is covered by the ‘working plan’ that is specifically incorporated
into the permit.
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(1) The following information on subsistence is specific to Waste facilities:
Tier 3 waste facilities - subsistence rules for permits covering more than one facility
As a general rule if a permit covers more than one regulated facility, the charge you have to
pay is the sum of all the individual subsistence charges for facilities covered.
An exception to this is if your permit covers more than one waste facility and they fall into
more than one part of the same Transitional Waste Table. In this situation you have to pay
the highest of the individual charges not the total.
Also, where a permit authorises both the treatment and keeping of waste the charge is the
higher of the sums derived from Transitional Waste Tables 1 and 2 (or Table 7 Part B where
burning biogas other than from a landfill also applies).
Registered as exempt after subsistence charge is due
If a regulated facility is registered as exempt from EP Permitting after the date the
subsistence charge is due, we will adjust the charge pro rata so it ends on the day the
exemption takes effect. If you have paid in full and the exemption puts your account into
credit we will refund the balance.
Additional subsistence charging rules:
This option is no longer available to new applicants.
Land specified in one of the permits shall be treated as adjoining land specified in another of
the permits notwithstanding that the areas of land are separated by a highway.
An adjacent site arrangement ceases to apply where any of the original terms of the
arrangement no longer apply, including when one or more of the permits subject to the
arrangement moves to Transitional Waste Table 4.
Table 28: Waste - adjacent sites
Conditions
An agreed adjacent site
arrangement was already in
place prior to 1st April 2009.
Charge
One sum is payable in respect of the relevant permits:
whichever is the lower of –
the equivalent to the sum which would be payable if all the
waste to which those permits relate had been the subject of a
single permit; or
the total of the sums calculated for each permit separately.
Table 29: Waste landfill adjoining an installation landfill
Condition
Charge
Permit is determined in accordance with Transitional Waste Table 3 or 4
Sum due
(either alone or in conjunction with other tables), and the land specified in reduced by
the permit adjoins (*) an Installation which is a landfill operated by the
10%.
same permit holder.
(*) Land specified in one of the permits shall be treated as adjoining land specified in
another of the permits notwithstanding that the areas of land are separated by a highway.
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(2) The following information on the waste recovery review charge is specific to Waste
facilities:
Before we can issue an environmental permit for a waste operation that includes permanent
deposit of waste as a recovery activity, we have to make an assessment of the waste
recovery plan (WRP). This involves an assessment of whether the activity constitutes a
recovery activity under the Waste Framework Directive. The initial assessment is included in
the permit application charge.
If an approved WRP under a standard rules permit changes after the permit is determined,
that re-assessment is not currently covered by the subsistence charge. We therefore apply a
charge of £350 for any subsequent re-assessment of a WRP required during the operation of
a standard rules permit. This charge will be triggered by a request for a change to the WRP.
Any amendments to a WRP approved under a bespoke permit will still require a permit
variation.
(3) The following information on the Materials Facilities charge is specific to Waste
facilities:
The charge relates to some operators who sort 1,000 tonnes per year or more of mixed dry
household or household-like waste material, to produce glass, metal, paper or plastic
recyclate. Operators are required to sample, record and report on a quarterly basis to the
Environment Agency who, as regulator, will conduct inspections, assess compliance and if
appropriate take enforcement action.
Operators of Materials Facilities must assess whether they qualify (using the questions
below) and, if they do, must notify us at MFregs@environment-agency.gov.uk
If you can answer yes to all of the following questions you meet the criteria for these
regulations and therefore you need to notify us. By notifying us you will attract an additional
subsistence charge.

Do you have an environmental permit allowing you to take in mixed household or similar
waste in order to separate it into dry recyclables?

Is any of the mixed dry household (or similar waste) you take in made up of at least 50%
by weight, of 2 or more of: glass, metal, paper or plastic?

Is your annual intake at least 1000t of this material?

Do you sort into the following target recyclates: glass, metal, paper or plastic?

Is any of the specified output material going for sale or transfer to other facilities/persons
to enable it to be recycled by them?
The current annual charge is £2,240. The charge covers additional regulatory costs specific
to the regulations and is in addition to the annual subsistence charge for the permit. The
charge will be raised annually in arrears on a calendar year basis - the charge for 2015 will
be levied in April 2016.
You may withdraw notifications at any time if you consider that your facility is no longer likely
to qualify for the regulation and charge. Where a notification is withdrawn, charges will
terminate from the start of the reporting period immediately following the date of receipt of
the withdrawal notice. No refunds will be made for notified periods.
For example, if you notified us on the 1 January 2015 and subsequently withdraw the
notification on 20 August 2015 the notification would cover three of the reporting periods for
the year, so the charge levied in April 2016 would be ¾ x £2240 = £1680.
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(4) The following information on default charges is specific to Waste facilities:
(for Standard Permits introduced after 1 April 2015)
New standard permits will be placed into the most appropriate existing charge band. We will
identify the charge for each new proposed standard permit when we consult on the permit
and confirm our response.
The charge bands accorded to a default standard facility will be selected from the following
table:
Charge bands available for a Waste default standard facility
Charge
Band
S030A (W)
Application
charge
£400
Charge
Band
S035T (W)
Transfer
charge
£720
Charge
Band
S040S (W)
Surrender
charge
£540
Charge
Subsistence
Band
charge
S030C (W)
£156
S040A (W)
£720
S040T (W)
£980
S045S (W)
£1,540
S040C (W)
£310
S050A (W)
£980
S050S (W)
£2,540
S050C (W)
£520
S060A (W)
£1,630
S060S (W)
£3,590
S060C (W)
£780
S070A (W)
£1,950
S074C (W)
£1,280
S080C (W)
£1,580
S090C (W)
£2,040
S100C (W)
£2,490
S120C (W)
£3,420
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Tier 2 Waste charges
Table 30: Waste - tier 2 charges
Charge type
Charge method
Application charge
Fixed rate: table 33 (Standard Permits)
Fixed rate: table 32 (Bespoke waste facilities)
(You can no longer apply for a Fixed Condition Licence)
Subsistence charge
Fixed rate: table 33 (Standard Permits/Fixed Condition Licences)
Fixed rate: table 32 (Bespoke waste facilities)
Adjusted for compliance (table 31)
Variation charge
(see section 4.3 for
administrative and minor
technical variations)
Fixed rate: table 33 (Standard Permits)
Transfer charge
Fixed rate: table 33 (Standard Permits/Fixed Condition Licences)
Fixed rate: table 32 (Bespoke waste facilities)
( A normal variation is not applicable to standard facilities)
Fixed rate: table 32 (Bespoke waste facilities)
(Full or partial transfer)
Surrender charge
Fixed rate: table 33 (Standard Permits/Fixed Condition Licences)
Fixed rate: table 32 (Bespoke waste facilities)
Table 31: Waste - tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Compliance band
A
B
C
D
E
F
% of base charge
100%
100%
110%
125%
150%
300%
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Table 32: Waste - tier 2 bespoke permit charge rates
Bespoke waste facilities
Application Normal
Variation*
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Pet cemetery
£400
£143
£380
£380
£156
Waste motor vehicle facility
(<2500t authorised by environmental permit prior to 1 April 2006)
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£780
Landfill gas facility (not being charged in conjunction with a Transitional
Waste Table 3 or 4 bespoke waste permit)
£3,750
£1,960
£980
£2,540
£2,910
Composting
Same as SR2011 No1 or SR2010 No14 but location requires assessment
N/A
£1,960
£980
£1,540
£1,000
Use of wastes in construction – up to 50,000 tonnes
Same as SR2010 No7 but location requires assessment
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£1,580
Use of wastes in construction – 50,001 to 100,000 tonnes
Same as SR2010 No8 but location requires assessment
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Use of wastes for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land
- up to 50,000 tonnes
Same as SR2010 No9 but location requires assessment
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£1,580
Use of wastes for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land
-50,001 to 100,000 tonnes
Same as SR2010 No10 but location requires assessment
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes, road-stone and
aggregate up to 75,000 tonnes
Same as SR2010 No12 but location requires assessment
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£1,580
Manufacture of timber and construction products from waste up to 75,000
tonnes
Same as SR2010 No13 but location requires assessment
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
* See section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations
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Table 33: Waste - tier 2 Standard Permit and Fixed Condition Licence charge rates
This table only contains charge rates; please see Schedule 1 Part 2 Chapter 3 of the
Charging Scheme for descriptions of the Standard Permits and Fixed Condition Licences
listed. Permits relating to specific charging regimes can be found in the relevant regime
section. Normal variations do not apply to Standard Permits. Admin and Minor Technical
variations are covered in section 4.3.
Standard permits
Rules number Application Transfer
Standard permits
Surrender
Subsistence
Application
Transfer
Surrender
SR2008 No1
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2010 No17
Rules number
£1,630
£980
£1,540
Subsistence
£780
SR2008 No2
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2010 No18
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£1,580
SR2008 No3
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2011 No 1
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£780
SR2008 No4
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2011 No 2
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£1,280
SR2008 No5
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£3,420
SR2011 No 3
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£780
SR2008 No6
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£3,420
SR2011 No 4
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£1,580
SR2008 No7
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£3,420
SR2012 No3
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2008 No8
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£3,420
SR2012 No7
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2008 No9
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
SR2012 No10
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£1,580
SR2008 No10
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
SR2012 No12
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£2,490
SR2008 No11
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
SR2012 No14
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£1,580
SR2008 No12
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2012 No15
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
SR2008 No13
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2013 No1
£1,630
£980
£540
£780
SR2008 No14
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
SR2014 No2
£1,630
£980
£2,540
£2,490
SR2008 No15
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
SR2008 No16
N/A
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2008 No17
N/A
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2008 No18
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2008 No19
£1,630
£980
£3,590
SR2008 No20
£1,630
£980
£3,590
SR2008 No21
£1,630
£980
SR2008 No22
£1,630
£980
SR2008 No23
£1,630
SR2008 No24
£1,630
SR2008 No25
Fixed condition licences
Normal
Variation
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
FCL1
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
£3,420
FCL2
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
£2,490
FCL3
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£3,420
£3,590
£2,490
FCL4
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£3,420
£3,590
£2,040
FCL5
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
£980
£3,590
£2,910
FCL6
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
£980
£3,590
£2,910
FCL7
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£3,940
FCL8
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2008 No26
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£780
FCL9
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2009 No1
£400
£380
£380
£156
FCL10
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2009 No4
£1,630
£980
£2,540
£780
FCL11
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2009 No5
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
FCL12
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2009 No6
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
FCL12 <2.5k t
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£780
SR2009 No7
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
FCL13
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
SR2010 No7
£1,950
£980
£540
£1,580
FCL14
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2010 No8
£1,950
£980
£540
£2,040
FCL15
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
SR2010 No9
£1,950
£980
£540
£1,580
FCL16
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£780
SR2010 No10
£1,950
£980
£540
£2,040
FCL17
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£3,420
SR2010 No12
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£1,580
FCL18
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,910
SR2010 No13
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£1,580
FCL19
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,910
SR2010 No14
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£780
FCL20
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£3,940
SR2010 No15
N/A
£980
£1,540
£2,490
FCL21
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
SR2010 No16
N/A
£980
£1,540
£1,580
FCL22
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Number
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Tier 3 Waste charges
Table 34: Waste - tier 3 charges
Charge type
Charge method
Application charge
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 35),
multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 36)
Subsistence charge
Fixed rate as specified in table 38
(Transitional Waste Tables 1 to 4, 6 and 7),
adjusted for compliance (table 37)
Variation charge
(see section 4.3 for administrative
and minor technical variations)
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 35),
Transfer charge
Part transfer £3,000
multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 36)
Full transfer £2,000
Surrender charge
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 35),
multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 36)
Groundwater assessment
Initial review £1,010
Further review (if required) £3,660
Table 35: Waste - Opra weighting table
Attribute
Complexity
Emissions
Note each activity is scored
Air
Water
Land
Waste input
Sewer
Off-site waste
Location
Operator Performance
Band Score
A
B
4
10
C
35
D
50
E
65
3
7
15
30
40
1
2
2
4
3
7
5
10
7
14
Table 36: Waste - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers
Charge
Permit Application charge
Subsistence charge
Normal Variation charge
Full Surrender charge
Part Surrender charge
Waste facility
Multiplier (£)
172
N/A
140
125
125
Table 37: Waste - tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Compliance band
A
B
C
% of base charge
95%
100%
110%
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125%
E
150%
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F
300%
Table 38: Waste - tier 3 Transitional Waste Table subsistence bands
This table only contains charge rates; please see Schedule 3 of the Charging Scheme for
descriptions of permit bands listed. Table 8 (Mining Waste) can be found in the relevant
charging regime section. Table 5 was previously used for Mobile Plant but is not a current
charge table.
Band
Charge
Band
Charge
Band
Charge
Band
Charge
T1A/a/1
£3,220
T2A/a/1
£161
T3A/a/1
£6,180
T4A/a/1
£700
T1A/a/2
£4,090
T2A/a/2
£330
T3A/a/2
£11,640
T4A/a/2
£920
T1A/a/3
£5,030
T2A/a/3
£480
T3A/a/3
£15,480
T4A/a/3
£1,170
T1A/a/4
£6,700
T2C/a/1
£1,780
T3A/b/1
£8,240
T4A/b/1
£780
T1A/b/1
£1,730
T2C/a/2
£2,130
T3A/b/2
£16,680
T4A/b/2
£1,050
T1A/b/2
£2,350
T2C/a/3
£2,770
T3A/b/3
£22,180
T4A/b/3
£1,320
T1A/b/3
£2,610
T2C/a/4
£3,690
T3A/b/4
£32,700
T4A/b/4
£1,750
T1A/b/4
£3,430
T2C/b/1
£1,030
T3A/c/1
£2,070
T4A/c/1
£297
T1A/c/1
£1,170
T2C/b/2
£1,460
T3A/c/2
£2,980
T4A/c/2
£350
T1A/c/2
£1,440
T2C/b/3
£1,890
T3A/c/3
£4,940
T4A/c/3
£450
T1A/c/3
£1,880
T2C/b/4
£2,550
T3A/c/4
£6,570
T4A/c/4
£610
T1A/c/4
£2,500
T2C/c/1
£780
T3A/d/1
£4,130
T4A/d/1
£470
T1A/d/1
£780
T2E/a/1
£4,840
T3A/d/2
£6,580
T4A/d/2
£670
T1B/a/1
£8,210
T2E/a/2
£7,090
T3A/d/3
£8,760
T4A/d/3
£890
T1B/a/2
£10,600
T2E/a/3
£9,250
T3A/e/1
£151
T4A/e/1
£151
T1B/a/3
£12,960
T2E/a/4
£12,300
T3A/f/1
£6,090
T4A/f/1
£590
T1B/a/4
£17,230
T2E/b/1
£1,030
T3A/f/2
£9,200
T4A/f/2
£810
T1B/b/1
£2,130
T2E/b/2
£1,690
T3A/f/3
£12,230
T4A/f/3
£1,080
T1B/b/2
£2,760
T2E/b/3
£2,710
T3A/g/1
£2,530
T4A/g/1
£320
T1B/b/3
£3,450
T2E/b/4
£3,590
T3B/a/1
£850
T1B/b/4
£4,590
T2E/c/1
£1,980
T6A/a/1
£2,530
T1B/c/1
£1,400
T2E/c/2
£2,860
T1B/c/2
£1,910
T2E/c/3
£4,130
T7A/a/1
£3,320
T1B/c/3
£2,510
T2E/c/4
£5,480
T7B/a/1
£3,320
T1B/c/4
£3,330
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5.3. Mining Waste
Guidance in this section covers charges for Mining Waste operations. It is important that you
are familiar with the sections 1-3 covering the general aspects of permits and charging
before reading this section.
You may also need a groundwater activity or water discharge activity as part of your Mining
Waste operation permit. Full details of charges for Groundwater Activities (land spreading)
can be found in section 5.5 and for Water Discharge Activities and Groundwater Activities
(point source) in section 5.6.
Charges for permits for Mining Waste operations are either:
tier 2:

A Mining Waste operation that does not include a Category A Mining Waste facility or a
Mining Waste facility involving management of hazardous extractive waste;

Standard rules (management of inert extractive wastes);

Bespoke Mining Waste operation (inert);

Bespoke Mining Waste operation (non-inert, non-hazardous).
Or, tier 3:

A bespoke Mining Waste operation which includes a Category A Mining Waste facility or;

A Mining Waste operation involving the management of hazardous waste.
Note: The charge for a Mining Waste operation is the same regardless of how many Mining
Waste facilities are including in the operation. References to facility throughout the charging
scheme and guidance only refer to Mining Waste facility where explicitly stated.
Charges for a tier 3 Mining Waste operation application, variation or surrender are linked to
the Mining Waste Opra profile. All other charges are fixed.
A Mining Waste operation may be included in the same permit as another regulated facility at
the same site. This will frequently be a water discharge or groundwater activity, but could
also be an Installation or Waste operation.
In all cases a separate charge is applicable for the Mining Waste operation as well as the
other regulated facility.
We expect many new Mining Waste operation permit applications to be made as applications
to vary an existing environmental permit, usually an existing water discharge permit. In all
cases the variation application charge will be equivalent to the relevant application charge for
a new Mining Waste operation. When adding a new regulated facility to a permit, the
variation charge reflects the activity being added not the pre-existing activity.
The subsistence charge for the new permit will be the sum of the pre-existing subsistence
charge plus the subsistence charge for the Mining Waste operation.
For a Mining Waste operation where there is an existing water discharge consent in place,
and the operation would meet all the requirements of the published standard rules, apart
from the condition about no integral point source discharge, we will allow the application
process and charges to be the same as though the standard rules were being applied for.
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What we charge for:
General information
Main charges
Section
Page(s)
Application for new permit
4.1
21 to 22
Subsistence
4.2
22 to 23
Variation
4.3
23 to 32
Transfer
4.4
33 to 36
Surrender
4.5
37 to 38
Regime specific
information notes
Default charges
(1)
(1) The following information on default charges is specific to mining waste:
(for Standard Permits introduced after 1 April 2015)
New standard permits will be placed into the most appropriate existing charge band. We will
identify the charge for each new proposed standard permit when we consult on the permit
and confirm our response.
The charge bands accorded to a default standard facility will be selected from the following
table:
Charge bands available for a Mining Waste default standard facility
Charge
Band
S030A (W)
Application
charge
£400
Charge
Band
S035T (W)
Transfer
charge
£720
Charge
Band
S040S (W)
Surrender
charge
£540
Charge
Band
S030C (W)
Subsistence
charge
£156
S040A (W)
£720
S040T (W)
£980
S045S (W)
£1,540
S040C (W)
£310
S050A (W)
£980
S050S (W)
£2,540
S050C (W)
£520
S060A (W)
£1,630
S060S (W)
£3,590
S060C (W)
£780
S070A (W)
£1,950
S074C (W)
£1,280
S080C (W)
£1,580
S090C (W)
£2,040
S100C (W)
£2,490
S120C (W)
£3,420
Tier 2 Mining Waste charges
Table 39: Mining Waste - tier 2 charges
Charge type
Charge method
Application charge
Fixed rate (table 45)
Subsistence charge
Fixed rate (table 45), adjusted for compliance (table 40)
Variation charge
Fixed rate (table 45), not applicable to standard facilities
(see section 4.3 for
administrative and minor
technical variations)
Transfer charge
Fixed rate (table 45)
Surrender charge
Fixed rate (table 45)
Table 40: Mining Waste tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Compliance band
A
B
C
D
E
F
% of base charge
100%
100%
110%
125%
150%
300%
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Tier 3 Mining Waste charges
Table 41: Mining Waste - tier 3 charges
Charge type
Charge method
Application charge
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 42),
multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 43)
Subsistence charge
£3,940, adjusted for compliance (table 44)
Variation charge
(see section 4.3 for
administrative and minor
technical variations)
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 42),
multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 43)
Transfer charge
Partial transfer £3,000
Full transfer £2,000
Surrender charge
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 42)
multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 43)
Table 42: Mining Waste - Opra weighting table
Attribute
Complexity
Emissions
Band Score
A
B
Air
Water
Land
Waste input
Sewer
Off-site waste
Location
Operator Performance
C
35
D
E
5
10
7
14
15
1
2
2
4
3
7
Table 43: Mining Waste - Opra charge multipliers
Charge
Permit Application Charge
Normal Variation Charge
Substantial Variation Charge
Full Surrender Charge
Partial Surrender Charge
Mining Waste
Multiplier (£)
172
140
140
125
125
Table 44: Mining Waste tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Compliance band
A
B
C
% of base charge
95%
100%
110%
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125%
E
150%
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F
300%
Table 45: Mining Waste charges summary
Permit activity
Permit type
Rules No.
(where
applicable)
Application
Normal
Variation*
Part
Transfer
Full
Transfer
Full or
partial
surrender
Subsistence
Management of inert
extractive wastes at mines
and quarries
Tier 2
SR2009
£980
N/A
£980
£980
£540
£156
Standard facility
No8
Management of inert
extractive wastes at mines
and quarries
Tier 2
(bespoke - created
through variation of a
water discharge
activity, to add
conditions from
SR2009 No8)
N/A
£980
£980
£980
£980
£540
£156
Inert Mining Waste
operation
Tier 2
N/A
£980
£980
£980
£980
£540
£520
Non-inert Mining Waste
operation with a non-inert
Mining Waste facility
Tier 2
N/A
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£980
£3,590
£1,000
Non-inert Mining Waste
operation without a Mining
Waste facility
Tier 2
N/A
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£980
£540
£1,000
Mining Waste operations
which include a Category A
Mining Waste facility or a
Mining Waste facility
involving the management
of hazardous waste.
Tier 3 bespoke
N/A
Opra Score
Opra Score
£3,000
£2,000
Opra Score
£3,940
x
x
x
Opra
multiplier
(£172)
Opra
multiplier
(£140)(1)
Opra
multiplier
(£125)
(bespoke conditions)
(bespoke conditions)
(bespoke conditions)
(Transitional Waste
Table 8)
(1) This rate also applies to a substantial variation
* See section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations.
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5.4. Mobile Plant
Guidance in this section covers charges for mobile plant operations. It is important that you
are familiar with the sections 1-3 covering the general aspects of permits and charging
before reading this section.
Charges for permits for mobile plant are either:
tier 2:

Standard rules permit for the treatment of waste soils & contaminated materials,
substances or products;

Standard rules permit for land spreading (for agricultural or ecological benefit);

Standard rules permit for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land;

Standard rules permit for land spreading of sewage sludge;

Standard rules permit for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and
aggregate.
Or, tier 3:

Any other waste operation permitted as mobile plant defined as:

land remediation; or

waste treatment; or

spreading of waste to land for recovery.
Mobile plant are different to site based permits in that they have a simpler permit application
process and surrender is simply by notification. Before the plant is deployed, a deployment
form must be submitted and approved. We then need to monitor compliance. Some
deployment charges are based on risk levels. Risk definitions can be found in table 53.
What we charge for:
General information
Main charges
Section
Page(s)
Application for new permit
4.1
21 to 22
Deployment charge
(1)
Variation
4.3
23 to 32
Transfer
4.4
33 to 36
Default charges
Regime specific
information notes
(2)
(1) The following information on deployment charges is specific to mobile plant:
With site based permits we recover all the costs we incur in the ongoing regulation of a
facility through annual subsistence charges that may be adjusted by the compliance
performance of the respective facility. For mobile plant permits there is no ongoing annual
subsistence. Instead, a charge is applicable for each deployment notification submitted. This
is payable at the same time as the deployment is notified for assessment.
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The income generated will ensure we recover the costs of properly assessing all types of
deployments, and also undertake a level of monitoring of compliance that is proportionate to
the environmental risk. Compliance monitoring is especially important for mobile plant
permits as the surrender requirements are so minimal.
Compliance of deployments made during 2014 have been scored in the usual way and an
operator’s deployment charge will be adjusted in accordance with performance, where
applicable, from April 2015 at the following rates:
Table 46: Mobile Plant - tier 2 deployment charge compliance band adjustment
Tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Compliance band
A
B
C
% of base charge
100%
100%
110%
D
125%
E
150%
F
300%
Table 47: Mobile Plant - tier 3 deployment charge compliance band adjustment
Tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment
Compliance band
A
B
C
% of base charge
95%
100%
110%
D
125%
E
150%
F
300%
Each land remediation deployment covers a period of up to 12 months from first deployment.
The deployment charge for all other types of Mobile Plant covers a period of up to 12 months
from when it is agreed, i.e. the charge is per deployment or per annum if the deployment
lasts longer than 12 months.
For SR2010 No4, SR2010 No5 and SR2010 No6, one deployment is limited to 50 hectares
and a maximum of 10 waste streams.
(2) The following information on default charges is specific to mobile plant:
(for Standard Permits introduced after 1 April 2015)
New standard permits will be placed into the most appropriate existing charge band. We will
identify the charge for each new proposed standard permit when we consult on the permit
and confirm our response.
The charge bands accorded to a default standard facility will be selected from the following
table:
Charge bands available for a Mobile Plant default standard facility
Charge
Band
S030A (W)
Application
charge
£400
Charge
Band
S035T (W)
Transfer
charge
£720
Charge
Band
S045C (W)
Deployment
charge
£410
S040A (W)
£720
S040T (W)
£980
S060C (W)
£780
S050A (W)
£980
S070C (W)
£1,000
S060A (W)
£1,630
S074C (W)
£1,280
S070A (W)
£1,950
S100C (W)
£2,490
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Tier 2 Mobile Plant charges
Table 48: Mobile Plant - tier 2 charges
Charge type
Charge method
Application charge
Fixed rate (table 52)
Deployment charge
Fixed rate (table 52), adjusted for compliance (table 46)
Variation charge
Normal variation charge does not apply - see section 4.3 for
administrative and minor technical variations
Transfer charge
Fixed rate (table 52), full transfer only
Tier 3 Mobile Plant charges
Table 49: Mobile Plant - tier 3 charges
Charge type
Charge method
Application charge
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 50), multiplied
by relevant Opra multiplier (table 51)
Deployment charge
Fixed rate (table 52), adjusted for compliance (table 47)
Variation charge (see
section 4.3 for
administrative and
minor technical
variations)
Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 50), multiplied
by relevant Opra multiplier (table 51)
Transfer charge
Fixed rate (table 52), full transfer only
*See section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations.
Table 50: Mobile Plant - Waste operation - Opra weighting table
Attribute
Complexity
Emissions
Note each activity is scored
Air
Water
Land
Waste input
Sewer
Off-site waste
Location
Operator Performance
Band Score
A
B
4
10
C
35
D
50
E
65
7
10
14
7
1
2
4
Table 51: Mobile Plant - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers
Charge
Waste operation
Multiplier (£)
Permit Application Charge
Normal Variation Charge
Section 5.4 Permit regimes – Mobile Plant
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140
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Table 52: Mobile Plant - charges summary
* See section 4.3 for administrative and technical variations
Permit activity
Permit type
Rules No.
(where
applicable)
**See table 53 for risk definition
Application
Normal
Variation*
Full
Transfer
Subsistence charge payable on
submission of an application to
deploy**
Lower risk
deployment
Medium risk
deployment
Higher risk
deployment
Mobile plant for the treatment of
Tier 2
waste soils & contaminated
Standard facility
materials, substances or products
SR2008
No27
Mobile plant for land spreading
(for agricultural or ecological
benefit)
Tier 2
Standard facility
SR2010
No4
£410
£780
£1,000
Mobile plant for reclamation,
restoration or improvement of
land
Tier 2
Standard facility
SR2010
No5
N/A
£780
£1,000
Mobile plant for land spreading of
sewage sludge
Tier 2
Standard facility
SR2010
No6
N/A
£780
£1,000
Mobile plant for the treatment of
waste to produce soil, soil
substitutes and aggregate
Tier 2
Standard facility
SR2010
No11
£410
£780
N/A
Waste facility mobile plant used
for waste land remediation
Tier 3
Bespoke
N/A
Opra score
Opra score
Waste facility mobile plant used
for spreading waste to land for
recovery
Tier 3
Bespoke
N/A
x Opra
multiplier
(£172)
x Opra
multiplier
(£140)
£780
£1,000
Waste facility mobile plant used
for waste treatment
Tier 3
Bespoke
N/A
Section 5.4 Permit regimes – Mobile Plant
£720
N/A
£720
£2,000
£2,490
£2,490
£410
£2,490
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Table 53: Mobile Plant - risk definitions (where differences apply)
Facility type
Lower risk deployment
Medium risk deployment
Higher risk deployment
SR2010 No4
Mobile plant for land
spreading (for agricultural or
ecological benefit)
List A wastes outside of Source Protection
Zone 2 and not within 500m of a European
site / Ramsar or SSSI site.
List A wastes within Source Protection
Zone 2 or within 500m of a European site
/ Ramsar or SSSI site.
List B wastes within Source
Protection Zone 2 or within
500m of a European site /
Ramsar or SSSI site.
List B wastes outside of Source
Protection Zone 2 and not within 500m of
a European site / Ramsar or SSSI site.
Any single list B waste within Source
Protection Zone 2 or within 500m of a
European site / Ramsar or SSSI site.
SR2010 No5
Mobile plant for reclamation,
restoration or improvement
of land
N/A .
Any listed wastes outside Source
Protection Zone 2 and not within 500m of
a European site / Ramsar or SSSI site.
Any listed wastes within
Source Protection Zone 2 or
within 500m of a European site
/ Ramsar or SSSI site.
SR 2010 No11
Mobile plant for the treatment
of waste to produce soil, soil
substitutes and aggregate
Any permitted wastes at a site outside of
Source Protection Zone 1 or 2 and not
within 500m of a European site / Ramsar or
SSSI site.
Any permitted wastes at a site within a
Source Protection Zone 1 or 2 or within
500m of a European site / Ramsar or
SSSI site.
N/A.
Any waste spread to land for
recovery
“lower risk”, “medium risk” and “higher risk” in relation to the deployment of waste mobile plant, have the same meanings
as above, except that where the waste to be treated in that deployment is not listed in standard rules SR2010 No4,
SR2010 No5 or SR2010 No6, the deployment shall be deemed to be “higher risk”.
SR2010 No6
Mobile plant for land
spreading of sewage sludge
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5.5. Groundwater Activities (land spreading)
Guidance in this section covers charges for groundwater activities relating to the discharge of
used sheep dip, waste pesticide washings, solids or other waste substances (i.e. land
spreading activities). These may be standalone permits for groundwater activities or part of
another permit (e.g. mining waste operation). Charges for environmental permits for other
groundwater activities, such as the point source discharge of treated sewage effluent to
ground, are covered in Section 5.6 Water Discharge Activities and Groundwater (point source)
activities.
In the context of previous legislation, the charge for any permit that was previously charged
under the Groundwater Regulations 2009 is described in this section. The charge for any
groundwater activity that was previously consented under the Water Resources Act is covered
in Section 5.6 Water Discharge Activities and Groundwater (point source) Activities.
It is important that you are familiar with the sections 1-3 covering the general aspects of
permits and charging before reading this section.
Groundwater charges are derived from tier 2 of the UCF and are fixed charges.
Under our risk based charging scheme, charges are modified by how well, or how poorly an
operator complies with their permit. However for 2015/16 we do not propose to introduce any
adjustment to our charges based upon compliance.
What we charge for:
General information
Main charges
Section
Page(s)
Application for new permit
4.1
21 to 22
Subsistence
4.2
22 to 23
Variation
4.3
23 to 32
Default charges
Regime specific
information notes
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1) The following information on variations is specific to groundwater (land spreading)
activities:
When your application is issued it will contain an effective date and subsistence charges will
be applied from that date.
Pre application advice is aimed to be kept to a minimum as there is currently no charge levied.
(2) The following information on variations is specific to groundwater (land spreading)
activities:
A low value variation charge of £75 is available to cover migrations from an existing permit for
small volume liquid discharges to Standard Permit 2010 No19 when that permit becomes
available.
(3) The following information on default charges is specific to groundwater (land
spreading) activities:
(for Standard Permits introduced after 1 April 2015)
New standard permits will be placed into the most appropriate existing charge band. We will
identify the charge for each new proposed standard permit when we consult on the permit and
confirm our response.
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The charge bands accorded to a default standard facility will be selected from the following
table:
Charge bands available for Groundwater Activities
default standard facilities
Charge
Band
S030A
Application
charge
£390
Charge
Band
S030C
Subsistence
charge
£152
S040A
£700
S040C
£300
S050A
£950
S050C
£510
S060A
£1,590
S060C
£760
S070A
£1,900
S074C
£1,250
S080C
£1,540
S090C
£1,990
S100C
£2,420
S120C
£3,330
Groundwater charges
Table 54: Groundwater Activities - charges
Charge type
Charge method
Application charge
Fixed rate table 55 (liquid discharges)
Subsistence charge
Variation charge (see section 4.3 for
administrative variations)
Fixed rate table 56 (solid discharges)
Section 5.5 Groundwater Activities (land spreading)
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Table 55: Groundwater Activities - charges for liquid discharges
Permit type
Sheep dip volume
Pesticide
washings
vol.
Small liquid discharges
(bespoke)
Less than or equal to 10 m3/yr
Medium liquid discharge
(bespoke)
Large liquid discharge
(bespoke)
Application
charge
Normal
variation
Transfer
charge
Surrender
charge
Subsistence
charge
All volumes £390
£75
£0
£0
£153.90
Greater than 10 m3/yr but less
than or equal to 50 m3/yr
N/A
£600
£370
£0
£0
£510
Greater than 50 m3/yr
N/A
£960
£530
£0
£0
£3,840
Table 56: Groundwater Activities - charges for solid discharges
Permit name
Solid Mass
Application
Charge
Normal
variation
Transfer
Charge
Surrender
Charge
Subsistence
Charge
Small solid discharges
(bespoke)
Less than or equal to 8 tonnes
£700
£370
£0
£0
£300
Medium solid discharge
(bespoke)
Greater than 8 but less than or equal to
100 tonnes
£1,590
£530
£0
£0
£510
Large solid discharge
(bespoke)
Greater than 100 tonnes
£7,190
£2,400
£0
£0
£3,840
Section 5.5 Groundwater Activities (land spreading)
67
5.6. Water Discharge Activities (WDA) and Groundwater
Activities (point source)
Water Discharge Activities and Groundwater activities (point source) are one of the regimes
that are incorporated under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations
2010. All extant discharge consents (which did not automatically become exempt
registrations) automatically migrated to bespoke EP permits on 6 April 2010.
It is important that you are familiar with the sections 1-3 covering the general aspects of
permits and charging before reading this section.
Charges for permits for Water Discharge Activities (WDA) and Groundwater Activities (point
source) are for either:

standard rules permits for discharge to surface water from cooling water and heat
exchangers (SR2010 No2);

standard rules permits for discharge to surface water of secondary treated domestic
sewage with a maximum daily volume between 5 and 20 cubic metres per day (SR2010
No3); or

bespoke permits for any other discharge to surface water or groundwater.
As an interim measure these permits will continue to be charged for subsistence using the
established formulaic method of:

Volume Factor,

Content Factor,

Receiving Water Factor,

Annual Charge Financial Factor.
Further detail on the subsistence charge calculation can be found in Schedule 4 of the EP
Charging Scheme which can be found at the end of this document.
In future these permits are expected to migrate to the UCF and be subject to tier 2 and tier 3
charging arrangements.
What we charge for:
General information
Main charges
Section
Page(s)
Application for new permit
Subsistence
(Annual Charge Financial Factor)
Variation
Default charges
4.1
4.2
21 to 22
22 to 23
4.3
23 to 32
Regime specific
information notes
(1)
(2) & EP Charging
Scheme Schedule 4
(3)
(4)
(1) The following information on applications is specific to Water Discharge Activities
and Groundwater Activities (point source):
The Standard Application Charge is payable except when the Reduced Application Charge
is payable.
Pre application advice is aimed to be kept to a minimum as there is currently no charge
levied.
Section 5.6 Permit regimes – WDA and Groundwater Activities (point source)
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If you want to amend an application, before it has been determined, in a way that will require
further public consultation (for example, if there is a change to the proposed operator) then
you have to pay another application charge.
(2) The following information on subsistence is specific to Water Discharge Activities
and Groundwater Activities (point source):
Effective date for charging
If a permit is issued during the financial year it is chargeable from the effective date. A
bespoke permit can only be charged from a later date if the discharge has not yet
commenced and the permit specifies a future start date or requires prior notice to be given.
This does not apply to standard rules permits so these should not be applied for until they
are required.
(3) The following information on variations is specific to Water Discharge Activities
and Groundwater Activities (point source):
Examples of changes not classed as administrative variations
These, will be charged for at the appropriate standard or reduced variation charge rates as
listed in table 57. There may be some cases where we may agree to amend the permit as an
Environment Agency led variation.

A variation which requires any technical assessment or consultation is not an
administrative-only variation, unless an assessment under the groundwater permit
review, which will be regulator initiated variations. Multiple or frequent requests for
administrative changes on a significant number of permits or for one permit within a short
time period, will not be considered reasonable as administrative variations for the
purpose of being free of charge.

If the Environment Agency does not agree that it is an administrative variation - such as
there is no environmental benefit or uses our resources unnecessarily and is of no
material consequence (e.g. a condition which has been issued but already covered by
legislation).
Table 57: WDA and Groundwater Activities (point source) charges
Charge Type
Standard Application and Variation Charge*
Reduced Application and Variation Charge*(1)
Annual Charge Financial Factor
*See section 4.3 for administrative variations.
Charge
£885
£125
£684
(1) The reduced charge applies where the effluent is any of the following –

sewage effluent where the proposed volume is 5 cubic metres or less per day;

sewage effluent which contains trade effluent or other matter where the proposed volume
is 5 cubic metres or less per day;

trade effluent from cooling or heat exchange where the proposed volume is 10 cubic
metres or less per day;

surface water not containing trade effluent;

site drainage.
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(4) The following information on default charges is specific to Water Discharge
Activities and Groundwater Activities (point source):
(For Standard Permits introduced after 1 April 2015)
New standard permits will be placed into the most appropriate existing charge band. We will
identify the charge for each new proposed standard permit when we consult on the permit
and confirm our response.
The charge bands accorded to a default standard facility will be selected from the following
table:
Charge bands available for WDA and Groundwater
Activities (point source) default standard facilities
Charge
Band
S030A
Application
charge
£390
Charge
Band
S030C
Subsistence
charge
£152
S040A
£700
S040C
£300
S050A
£950
S050C
£510
S060A
£1,590
S060C
£760
S070A
£1,900
S074C
£1,250
S080C
£1,540
S090C
£1,990
S100C
£2,420
S120C
£3,330
Section 5.6 Permit regimes – WDA and Groundwater Activities (point source)
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5.7. Radioactive Substances Activities
Before reading this section you need to know what permits you require or that you already
hold. If you aren't sure what you need to apply for, please look at the information provided at
the following links:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/radioactive-substances-regulation-for-nonnuclear-sites
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/radioactive-substances-regulation-for-nuclearsites
or by phoning:
01142 800 678 or 01142 800 682 for non-nuclear applications,
01768 215991 NRG (North) or 01491 828629 NRG (South) for nuclear applications.
It is important that you are familiar with the sections 1-3 covering the general aspects of
permits and charging before reading this section. You may also need to refer to section 2.6
covering Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel.
In the future the annual subsistence charge for radioactive substances facilities in this tier
may be adjusted according to your compliance rating. However, we would not introduce this
change without formal consultation.
Permits for radioactive substances activities are either:

Tier 2 Standard facilities (fixed charges)

Bespoke permits for medium risk activities.
Radioactive substances facilities listed in table 58 of this guidance document are those that
incur tier 2 charges. A facility that is not on this list will be subject to tier 3 charges.
The standard facility listed in table 58 covers the holding of Category 5 sealed sources but
this does not mean your current fixed condition registration for the same activity is
automatically a standard permit. To become a standard facility you need to apply and
demonstrate that you meet the standard rules criteria.
Mobile Radioactive Apparatus
Permits relating to mobile radioactive apparatus incur tier 2 charges. Our charges for sealed
source permits are calculated on a single site or premises basis. This means that for mobile
radioactive apparatus in the form of sealed sources, you will need a separate permit for each
site or premises where mobile radioactive apparatus is normally kept when not in use.
Section 5.7 Permit regimes – Radioactive Substances Activities
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Table 58: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 permit types
Permit Type
Radioactive substances activities covered
A
Standard facility for source category 5
B
Keeping and use of one or more sealed sources where each source, and all
sources taken together, fall within source category 5 and/or accumulation and/or
disposal of waste sealed sources
C
Keeping and use of one or more similar sources and/or accumulation and/or
disposal of waste sealed sources
D
Keeping and use of one or more high-activity sources and/or accumulation and/or
disposal
E
Keeping and use of open radioactive sources only
F
Keeping and use of open radioactive sources and/or accumulation and/or disposal
of radioactive waste – low quantity
G
Keeping and use of open radioactive sources and/or accumulation and/or disposal
of radioactive waste - not being low quantity or high complexity
H
Keeping and use of open radioactive sources and/or accumulation and/or disposal
of radioactive waste - high complexity.
O
Standard facility for accumulation and disposal of radioactive waste from the NORM
Industrial Activity of the production of oil and gas
“high complexity” means the site is used for the production of gaseous tritium light devices
(GTLD) or gaseous tritium light sources (GTLS), or discharges and disposals are above a
threshold of 30000 as calculated using the method in the RSR tier 2 Opra scheme.
“low quantity” means the total holdings of open source radioactive materials does not
exceed 10 GBq of technetium-99m or 20 MBq of other radionuclides.
Radioactive waste treatment and/or disposal activities where the operator does not keep and
use open sources are not “low quantity”.
The regulation of RN detection systems operated by the Secretary of State for Home Affairs
(UK Border Agency) requires a non-standard approach to permitting. Some current permits
separately cover the keeping and use of sources and the disposal of radioactive waste. For
charging purposes these are considered to be equivalent of permit types C and F
respectively. In the future we will issue combined permits for holding and disposing of sealed
and open sources, and applications for new, varied or transferred permits will be treated as
permit type G for charging purposes.
The regulation of the holding and disposal of some radioactive materials at museums also
requires a non-standard approach. Museums keeping and using small quantities of radium226 (less than 400 MBq) will be issued with a single permit covering both open and sealed
sources. These will be treated as permit type E for charging purposes. Museums with larger
holdings will be separately permitted for open and sealed sources.
Tier 3
Tier 3 covers more complex and high risk facilities that require more detailed and individually
tailored permits. Radioactive substances facilities that are not in tier 2 are in tier 3. This
includes all radioactive substances facilities on nuclear licensed sites and all radioactive
substances facilities permitted to receive low level radioactive waste for disposal into land at
the facility.
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Tier 3 does not include permits which:

authorise the disposal of low level radioactive waste by transfer to landfill sites at a
premises which is different from the operator’s,

authorise the disposal of low level radioactive waste by transfer to dedicated land
disposal facilities for radioactive waste at a premises which is different from the
operator’s,

authorise the disposal of low level radioactive waste by direct disposal into landfill sites a
premises which is different from the operator’s. This category was previously known as
‘special precautions burial’ or ‘controlled burial’.
The charging scheme uses the term ‘specified radioactive substances activities’ to define
these more complex and high risk radioactive substance facilities rather than the term ‘tier 3’.
This is because charges for ‘specified radioactive substances activities’ are assessed on a
different basis from other tier 3 EPR permits, being based on actual time spent and costs
incurred. We use the term tier 3 in the guidance because it properly reflects the permit type.
Tier 3 charges
Charges for tier 3 radioactive substances facilities are calculated and billed to operators on
the basis of actual time spent and costs incurred in relation to applications, variations,
transfers, surrenders and the subsistence of permits relating to each individual site by the
Environment Agency and by FSA, where appropriate. We will write to operators giving an
indicative estimate of Environment Agency and FSA costs for each site.
In order to keep charging arrangements simple, selected front line specialist nuclear
regulation staff time is recorded and used to derive the Environment Agency’s tariff for key
technical work. The hourly rate of £213 includes an allowance for support staff, as well as
those involved in policy support, provision of legal advice and some other technical support
whose time is not recorded for charging purposes. The rate also allows for other relevant
costs and includes, but is not limited to, accommodation, IT support systems, health and
safety, production of guidance, financial services and other support costs.
There is a lower rate of £125 per hour for support technical work undertaken by selected
technical staff who are not specialist nuclear regulators, including policy support where
significant additional effort is required, such as for nuclear new build developments.
We recover from operators our costs associated with meeting our international reporting
obligations relating to the disposal of radioactive waste into the environment from tier 3
radioactive substances facilities. This includes Euratom Articles 35 and 36 monitoring and
reporting and our work in support of Oslo and Paris Commission (OSPARCOM) reporting
obligations. We may also recover the costs of contracted-in specialist technical support
where required to support our regulation of RSR tier 3 sites.
What we charge for:
General information
Main charges
Section
Page(s)
Application for new permit
Subsistence
Variation
Transfer
Surrender
Independent monitoring charges
Default charges
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.7
21 to 22
22 to 23
23 to 32
33 to 36
37 to 38
38
Section 5.7 Permit regimes – Radioactive Substances Activities
Regime specific
information notes
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
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(1) The following information on applications is specific to Radioactive Substance
Activities:
Tier 3 – time and materials based charges
If the facility you are applying for is subject to tier 3 charges you will be invoiced for the costs
of our time and materials in determining the application quarterly in arrears. The hourly rate
either £213 or £125.
(2) The following information on subsistence is specific to Radioactive Substance
Activities:
Tier 3 – time and materials based charges
For tier 3 permits you will be invoiced for subsistence charges based upon the costs of our
time and materials quarterly in arrears. The hourly rate is either £213 or £125.
(3) The following information on variations is specific to Radioactive Substance
Activities:
Variations to permits for mobile radioactive apparatus
Operators wishing to change the address of premises where mobile radioactive apparatus is
kept when not in use may do this by applying for a normal variation.
Types of variation you can apply for
The only variation it is possible to make to a standard facility is administrative. If you want to
make a more significant change to your facility you would have to apply for a variation to a
bespoke permit. The charge for such a change is the appropriate tier 2 variation charge.
Consolidating several permits for one facility
If you have several permits for one or more radioactive substances facilities on a single site,
you may be able to have some or all of them consolidated into a single permit, subject to our
approval (please contact your local RSR Regulatory Officer to discuss). Where the
consolidation is in respect of tier 2 permits and is solely for the purposes of the transfer of a
consolidated permit to another operator there is no charge for the variation. Where the
consolidation is in respect of an RSA93 open source registration and a tier 2 RSA93
authorisation other than for the purposes of its transfer to another operator it is a minor
technical change. In all other cases for tier 2 permits the variation charge will be the charge
listed for the resulting permit.
Tier 3 – time and materials based charges
For tier 3 permits you will be invoiced for variation charges based upon the costs of our time
and materials quarterly in arrears. The hourly rate either £213 or £125.
(4) The following information on transfers is specific to Radioactive Substance
Activities:
Tier 3 – time and materials based charges
For tier 3 permits you will be invoiced for transfer charges based upon the costs of our time
and materials quarterly in arrears. The hourly rate either £213 or £125.
(5) The following information on surrenders is specific to Radioactive Substance
Activities:
Tier 2 charges
The charge for a partial surrender is the same as the charge for a full surrender.
If you apply for a partial surrender the charge you pay is that which relates to the permit type
before the partial surrender takes place.
If you apply to surrender a permit that has previously had its permit category reduced (e.g.
from D to C or H to G) by administrative variation then the surrender charge payable is that
relating to the permit category before that or any other such administrative variation.
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If you apply to surrender an RSA93 open source registration and an RSA93 radioactive
waste authorisation at the same time, you only need to pay one surrender charge - the
charge that would be payable if the permits had been consolidated.
If you apply to surrender an RSA93 sealed source registration and an RSA93 mobile sealed
source registration at the same time, you only need to pay one surrender charge - the
charge that would be payable if the permits had been consolidated.
Surrender charge where there has been no environmental contamination
Where you hold a tier 2 permit for the ‘keeping and use of open radioactive sources and/or
accumulation and/or disposal of radioactive waste - high complexity’ or ‘keeping and use of
open radioactive sources and/or accumulation and/or disposal of radioactive waste - not
being low quantity or high complexity’ and you are able to demonstrate that environmental
contamination cannot have resulted from the radioactive substances activity, then the
surrender charge is a fixed charge of £530.That demonstration may be that radioactive
substances activities never commenced (see below) or that only short half-life radionuclides
were ever used. If we need to advise on or consider environmental monitoring reports the full
charge applies.
Surrender charge where operations have not commenced
Subject to the section immediately above, if you want to surrender all of a tier 2 permit where
operations have not commenced then you will have to pay a charge.
Tier 3 charges
Surrender charge where operations have not commenced
Applications to surrender all or part of a tier 3 permit where operations have not commenced
will be charged on a time and materials basis. The hourly rate is £213 or £125.
(6) The following information on default charges is specific to Radioactive Substance
Activities:
Default charges
(for Standard Permits introduced after 1 April 2015)
New standard permits will be placed into the most appropriate existing charge band. We will
identify the charge for each new proposed standard permit when we consult on the permit
and confirm our response.
The charge bands accorded to a default standard facility will be selected from the following
table:
Charge bands available for Radioactive Substances Activities default standard facilities
Charge
Band
S030A
Application
charge
£390
Charge
Band
S035T
Transfer
charge
£700
Charge
Band
S040S
Surrender
charge
£530
Charge
Band
S030C
Subsistence
charge
£152
S040A
£700
S040T
£950
S045S
£1,500
S040C
£300
S050A
£950
S050S
£2,470
S050C
£510
S060A
£1,590
S060S
£3,500
S060C
£760
S070A
£1,900
S074C
£1,250
S080C
£1,540
S090C
£1,990
S100C
£2,420
S120C
£3,330
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Radioactive substances charges (Tier 2)
Table 59: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 charges
Charge type
Charge method
Application charge
Fixed charge table 61
Subsistence charge
Table 62. To determine the subsistence charge for a site:
Identify the row describing open source use,
Identify the column describing sealed source use,
Subsistence charge is that shown at the intersection of the
row and the column
Variation charge
Fixed charge table 61
(see section 4.3 for
administrative and minor
technical variations)
Transfer charge
Fixed charge table 61
Surrender charge
Fixed charge table 61
Independent monitoring
charges
Cost recovery charging
Radioactive substances charges (tier 3)
Table 60: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 3 charges
Charge
Hourly rate
Application, variation, transfer and surrender charges
invoiced for the costs of our time and materials in
determining the application (quarterly in arrears)
£213 (1)
Subsistence charges invoiced for costs of our time and
materials (quarterly in arrears)
£213 (1)
Independent monitoring charges
Cost recovery charging
(1) Lower rate of £125 may apply for support technical work undertaken by selected
technical staff who are not specialist nuclear regulators, including policy support where
significant additional effort is required.
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Table 61: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 fixed charges for application, variation, transfer and surrender
Permit type
Standard Rules Number (if applicable)
Application
Normal Variation**
Transfer (part/full)
Surrender
A
SR2010 No1
£390
N/A
£120
£125
B
Bespoke
£600
£530
£370
£125
C
Bespoke
£1,590
£950
£530
£370
D
Bespoke
£2,000
£1,910
£950
£370
E
Bespoke
£600
£530
£370
£125
F
Bespoke
£2,000
£950
£530
£370
G
Bespoke
£2,880
£1,910
£950
£2,470*
H
Bespoke
£3,650
£2,400
£1,950
£2,470*
O
SR2014 No4
£700
N/A
£700
£530
* £530 if low risk surrender charge applies
** See section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations.
Table 62: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 subsistence charges
Radioactive substances
activities (RSA) involving
the keeping, use,
accumulation and
disposal of open
radioactive sources
Radioactive substances activities (RSA) involving the keeping, use, accumulation and disposal of sealed radioactive sources
No relevant
RSA
No relevant RSA
Relevant RSA
covered by permit
type A
Relevant RSA
covered by permit
type B
Relevant RSA
covered by permit
type C
Relevant RSA
covered by permit
type D
£300 or £96*
£300 or £96*
£1,250
£1,450
Relevant RSA covered by permit type E
£300
£300
£300
£1,250
£1,450
Relevant RSA covered by permit type F
£510
£510
£510
£1,450
£1,990
Relevant RSA covered by permit type G
£1,450
£1,990
£1,990
£2,420
£3,330
Relevant RSA covered by permit type H
£2,830
£3,330
£3,330
£3,840
£3,840
If a tier 2 permit solely covers the keeping and use of gaseous tritium light devices (GTLD) or gaseous tritium light sources (GTLS ) where each
source, and all sources taken together, fall within source category 5 then there is the subsistence charge of £96.
The subsistence charge for SR2014 No4 (permit type O) is £1250.
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6. Payment of charges
6.1. Method and terms of payment
Payments for applications
You must submit payments for applications for new permits, variations, surrenders, transfers,
deployments, registrations and renewals with the application paperwork and send them to:
Permitting Service Centre
Environment Agency
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WG.
Tel: 03708 506506.
You can pay by cheque, cash (if you are paying in person), credit or debit card by filling in
the associated form. If you wish to pay by credit or debit card over the phone, we will contact
you when we receive your application. Cheques should be made payable to ‘Environment
Agency’ and crossed ‘A/c Payee’.
Other payments
This applies to payments for subsistence charges, time and materials charges and charges
made under our non scheme charging powers e.g. for pre-application advice or
advertisements.
For these types of charges we will send an invoice to the contact and address as advised by
you. You can pay by cheque, credit or debit card, electronic transfer (e.g. BACS / CHAPS),
Bank Giro Credit or, in the case of subsistence charges, by Direct Debit. Full details on how
to make your payment can be found on the back of your invoice.
VAT
All charges quoted in the scheme and guidance are outside the scope of VAT.
Withdrawn applications
If you withdraw an application, we reserve the right to retain the application charge in full and
make no refund. We will not normally make a refund if the application is withdrawn more
than 56 calendar days after it has been duly made. This is because a detailed assessment of
the application will have commenced by this stage of the determination.
Where an application is submitted for a facility which is subsequently deemed to be exempt
from regulation by reason of amendment to the EP Regulations, provided no permit has
been issued, we will make a full refund of the application charge. Refunds of application
charges will not normally be made after permits have been issued.
Non payment of charges
An application which is not accompanied by the appropriate charge is not deemed to be
“duly made” and so cannot be determined. If the charge submitted is insufficient you will be
advised accordingly and asked to pay the balance. We will be unable to determine the
application and will not issue a new or revised permit if any part of an application charge is
outstanding. If a subsistence charge is not paid when due, we may revoke or suspend the
permit and take action to recover the debt.
Abatement of charges
The Environment Agency has the provision to waive or reduce any charge specified in the
scheme it considers to be (significantly) disproportionate in a particular case, with regard to
the actual costs and expenses incurred, or to be incurred by the Environment Agency.
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The Environment Agency considers charges in the following categories to be applicable:

charges it considers to be significantly disproportionate with regard to the costs and
expenses incurred, or to be incurred by the Environment Agency,

subsistence charges for mothballed sites (subject to a maximum of two financial years).
Consideration will be given against the variable element of such charges, but not the fixed
component of the charge.
6.2. When charges are due
Table 63: Charges due dates - registrations and EP miscellaneous charges
Application and renewal charges
Date the application is made
Notification charges (1)
Payable on notification
(1) Includes Waste batteries and accumulators small producer charge required to
accompany the submission of information required by the Waste Batteries and Accumulators
Regulations.
Table 64: Charges due dates - permits (where applicable)
New permit application charge
Date the application is made
Variation application charge
Date the application is made
Transfer application charge
Date the application is made
Surrender application charge
Date the application is made
Variation charge initiated by regulator
Payable on invoice served
Subsistence charge
Annual, 1 April (1)
Deployment application charge
Payable on notification of each deployment
Radioactive Substances activities time and
material charges
Invoiced quarterly in arrears
Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste
and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008
Invoiced quarterly in arrears
All other charges
On demand
(1) Payable on demand in the first year in which a permit is granted or the charge becomes
payable, or when a pro-rata invoice is issued.
6.3. Sources of further information

Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

The DEFRA Environmental Permitting Core Guidance

Environmental Permitting Regulations Operational Risk Appraisal Scheme (Opra for
EPR)

Annex A Opra scheme for Installations

Annex B Opra scheme for Waste facilities
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
Annex C Opra scheme for Mining waste operations

Annex D for Fixed charge permits

Opra Frequently Asked Questions

Opra information can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/operational-risk-appraisal-opra
6.4. Contact us
For billing queries, please contact the address on the back of your invoice.
If you have any queries regarding the interpretation of charges, please contact the Charges
Team by:
Email: eacharges_query@environment-agency.gov.uk
Post: Charges Team
Finance Directorate
Environment Agency
Horizon House
Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5QH.
We welcome views from our users, stakeholders and the public, including comments about
the content and presentation of this scheme. If you are happy with our service, please tell us
about it. It helps us to identify good practice and rewards our staff. If you are unhappy with
our service, please let us know how we can improve it.
For copies of Environment Agency publications please contact general enquiries on:
03708 506 506
or email us on:
enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk
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7. The Environmental Permitting
Charging Scheme 2014
The Environment Agency in exercise of its powers under section 41 of the Environment
Act 1995 and with the approval of the Secretary of State and the consent of the
Treasury makes the following Charging Scheme.
COMMENCEMENT AND CITATION
This charging scheme shall (1) be referred to as the Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme 2014;
(2) come into force on 1st April 2014; and
(3) remain in force until revoked.
INTERPRETATION
2. In this Scheme “the 1989 Act” means the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989;
“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
“the 2007 Regulations” means the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales)
Regulations 2007;
“the 2008 Regulations” means the Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and
Spent Fuel Regulations 2008;
“the 2011 Regulations” means the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011;
"the Agency" means the Environment Agency;
“the Batteries Regulations” means the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations
2009 and expressions used in paragraph 7 and Schedule 1, paragraph 5 of this
Charging Scheme have the same meaning as in the Batteries Regulations;
”the Regulations” means the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales)
Regulations 2010 and, unless otherwise specified, expressions used in this Charging
Scheme have the same meaning as those used in the Regulations;
“the TFS Regulations” means the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007;
“the WEEE Regulations” means the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment
Regulations 2006 and expressions used in paragraph 6 and Schedule 1, paragraph 4
of this Charging Scheme, have the same meaning as those used in the WEEE
Regulations;
“accredited farming installation” has the meaning given in Schedule 1;
“compliance rating” means the compliance rating which has been accorded to a
regulated facility under the Opra Scheme (a) on the 31st December in the calendar year preceding the year in which the
subsistence charge in question is payable, or
(b) in the year the permit is first granted, the date of grant of the permit, if later;
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“EPR assurance scheme facility” means (a) a regulated facility which, on or before 1 April 2013 or before 1 April in any
subsequent year, has participated, to the satisfaction of the Agency, in a trial of the
EPR Assurance Scheme being developed by the Agency; or
(b) a regulated facility which has been authorised by the Agency to participate
in the EPR Assurance Scheme published by the Agency;
“farming installation” has the meaning given in Schedule 1;
"financial year" means the 12 months ending on 31 March;
“fixed condition licence” has the meaning given in Schedule 1;
“fixed condition registration” means a permit which was originally a registration under
section 7 of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 granted as or varied to become, a
fixed condition registration in respect of radioactive material in the form of sealed
sources where each radioactive source, and all radioactive sources taken together, fall
within source category 5;
“installation group” has the meaning given in Schedule 2;
“low level radioactive waste” means radioactive waste having a radionuclide content
not exceeding 4 gigabecquerels per tonne (GBq/te) of alpha or 12 GBq/te of
beta/gamma radioactivity;
“nuclear site” has the meaning given in the Regulations but also includes a site which
would require a nuclear site licence under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 were it not
exempt from this requirement by virtue of other legislation;
“Opra charging score” means the score applicable to a tier 3 facility in accordance with
the provisions of Schedule 2;
“Opra Scheme” means the scheme published by the Agency titled “Environmental
Permitting Regulations Operational Risk Appraisal Scheme (Opra for EPR), version
3.09”;
“permit” means an environmental permit, and references to a permit being issued shall
be taken to mean granted by the Agency under regulation 13 of the Regulations or
transferred to Agency regulation by a direction made under regulation 33 of the
Regulations;
“relevant compliance rating adjustment” means (a) in relation to a tier 2 facility the relevant percentage figure set out in Box 1 below
which is attributable to the compliance rating for that facility, or
(b) in relation to a tier 3 facility the relevant percentage figure set out in Box 2 below
which is attributable to the compliance rating for that facility;
Box 1
Band
A
B
C
D
E
F
Adjustment to Opra score
100%
100%
110%
125%
150%
300%
Box 2
Band
A
B
C
D
E
F
Adjustment to base charge
95%
100%
110%
125%
150%
300%
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”relevant charge multiplier” means the applicable charge multiplier specified in
Schedule 2;
“relevant time and materials costs” means those costs and expenses (a) incurred by the Agency in the determination of the relevant application or request
for consent, the making of the relevant decision or the subsistence of the permit (as the
case may be), based on an hourly rate of £213 in relation to key technical work on a
specified radioactive substances activity and £125 in any other case, and
(b) in the case of a radioactive substances activity carried on at a nuclear site, incurred
by the Food Standards Agency in carrying out its functions in relation to those matters,
as notified from time to time by the Agency to the operator;
“Schedule” means a Schedule to this Scheme;
“small battery treatment operator” has the meaning given in Schedule 1;
“small battery exporter” has the meaning given in Schedule 1;
“small treatment operator” has the meaning given in Schedule 1;
“small export operator” has the meaning given in Schedule 1;
“source category 5” has the meaning set out in the relevant Agency guidance in
operation at the time the application for a permit is or was made;
“specified radioactive substances activity” means a radioactive substances activity (a) carried on at a nuclear site, or
(b) which involves the disposal or accumulation of low level radioactive waste at a
landfill or a site dedicated for the disposal of radioactive waste but not including the
transfer of such waste to such a site;
“specified water activity” means, unless carried on as part of an installation –
(a) a water discharge activity, or
(b) a groundwater activity which is not a tier 2 facility;
“standard facility” has the meaning given in Schedule 1;
“sum” means sum of money in pounds sterling;
“tier 2 facility” means a type of regulated facility which is described in Schedule 1;
“tier 3 facility” means an installation group, a waste facility group or a tier 3 mining
waste operation;
“tier 3 mining waste operation” has the meaning given in Schedule 2;
“waste facility” has the meaning given in Schedule 2;
“waste facility group” has the meaning given in Schedule 2.
NON PERMIT CHARGES
Exempt waste operations
3. (1) An exempt waste operation charge shall accompany (a) the renewal of registration of a scrap metal operation made by notice served on the
Agency accompanying the details referred to in paragraph 45(5)(d) of Part 1 of
Schedule 3 of the 2007 Regulations;
(b) the registration of a WEEE operation made by notice served on the Agency under
paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 2 of the Regulations.
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(2) The exempt waste operation charge shall be the applicable charge shown in
Schedule 1.
Waste carriers, brokers and dealers
4. (1) A waste carrier, broker or dealer charge shall accompany (a) an application for registration or renewal of registration as a broker or dealer of
waste made under regulation 31 of the 2011 Regulations;
(b) an application for registration or renewal of registration as a carrier of waste made
under section 2 of the 1989 Act;
(2) The waste carrier, broker or dealer charge shall be the applicable charge shown in
Schedule 1.
International Waste Shipments
5. (1) An international waste shipments charge shall accompany a notification made by
a notifier under the TFS Regulations.
(2) The international waste shipments charge shall be the applicable charge shown in
Schedule 1.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
6. (1) A WEEE charge shall (a) accompany an application to approve a proposed scheme made under regulation
41 of the WEEE Regulations;
(b) be payable where the Agency serves an invoice in relation to an annual producer
charge under regulation 62(3) of the WEEE Regulations;
(c) accompany an application to approve an authorised treatment facility or exporter
under regulation 47 of the WEEE Regulations;
(d) be payable where a small treatment operator or small export operator exceeds its
undertaking not to issue evidence notes on more than 400 tonnes of WEEE;
(e) accompany an application for the extension of an approval of an exporter to an
additional site, under regulation 48 of the WEEE Regulations;
(2) The WEEE charge shall be the applicable charge shown in Schedule 1.
Waste Batteries and Accumulators
7. (1) A Waste Batteries Charge shall (a) accompany the information provided by a small producer under regulation 13 of the
Batteries Regulations;
(b) accompany an application to approve a proposed battery compliance scheme made
under regulation 47 of the Batteries Regulations;
(c) be payable where the Agency serves an invoice in relation to an annual subsistence
charge under regulation 79(2) of the Batteries Regulations;
(d) accompany an application to approve a battery treatment operator or battery
exporter under regulation 58 of the Batteries Regulations;
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(e) be payable where a small battery treatment operator or small battery exporter
exceeds its undertaking not to issue more than 15 tonnes of waste portable battery
evidence notes or to accept more than 150 tonnes of waste automotive and industrial
batteries;
(f) accompany an application for the extension of an approval of a battery exporter to
an additional site under regulation 62 of the Batteries Regulations.
(2) The Waste Batteries Charge shall be the applicable charge shown in Schedule 1.
Transfrontier shipment of radioactive waste and spent fuel
8. (1) A charge consisting of the relevant time and materials costs shall be payable in
respect of an application for authorisation under the 2008 Regulations.
(2) A charge consisting of the relevant time and materials costs shall be payable in
respect of a request to the Agency for consent to an application from the competent
authority of another member state of the European Community under the 2008
Regulations.
PERMIT CHARGES
PERMIT APPLICATION CHARGES
General
9. (1) An application charge shall be payable in respect of an application for a permit
made under regulation 13 of the Regulations.
(2) In the case of an application which (a) is submitted as part of a staged procedure agreed with the Agency; or
(b) relates to a specified radioactive substances activity,
the application charge shall be the relevant time and materials costs.
(3) In all other cases, the application charge shall be the total of the applicable charges
set out in paragraphs 10 to 13.
Tier 2 fixed charges
10. For each tier 2 facility which is the subject of the application, the applicable charge
shown in Schedule 1.
Tier 3 full Opra charges
11. For each tier 3 facility which is the subject of the application, the sum equal to the
relevant permit application charge multiplier for that facility, multiplied by the relevant
Opra charging score for that facility.
Specified water activity charges
12. For each specified water activity which is the subject of the application, the
applicable charge set out in Schedule 4.
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Application amendments and advertisement charges
13. (1) Where the Agency accepts, at the request of the operator, an amendment to the
application which the Agency considers requires further public consultation, the sum of
£1,930.
(2) Where the Agency decides, in accordance with its statement relating to its public
participation duties made under regulation 59 of the Regulations, to advertise an
application in a newspaper, the sum of £500 for each advertisement.
SUBSISTENCE CHARGES
General
14. (1) An annual subsistence charge shall be payable for any full or part financial year
during which a permit is in force;
(2) In the case of a permit which authorises the operation of a specified radioactive
substances activity, the charge shall be the relevant time and materials costs;
(3) In any other case, the charge shall be the total of the applicable charges set out in
paragraphs 15 to 17;
(4) In the case of a permit authorising the operation of a regulated facility from a
specified date, the charge shall only be payable in relation to that regulated facility, for
any period following that specified date;
(5) In the case of a permit which authorises an EPR assurance scheme facility, the
annual subsistence charge applicable to that facility, shall be reduced by a factor of
10%;
(6) In relation to any period during which no works or construction of any kind
authorised by the permit have commenced, no charge shall be payable until the later of
(a) two years from the date the permit was granted, or
(b) 1st April 2015,
and thereafter, the subsistence charge shall be the lower of £3,190, or the subsistence
charge which would otherwise be payable.
Tier 2 fixed charges
15. (1) For each tier 2 facility authorised by the permit for which a charge is shown in
Schedule 1, other than those mentioned in sub-paragraph (2), the applicable charge
shown in that Schedule multiplied by the relevant compliance rating adjustment;
(2) For each tier 2 facility authorised by the permit which is an accredited farming
installation, groundwater activity, or a radioactive substances activity, the applicable
charge shown in Schedule 1.
Tier 3 Charges
Installations
16. (1) Where a tier 3 facility which is an installation group is authorised by the permit,
the sum derived by following the steps set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) below -
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(a) multiply the relevant subsistence charge multiplier for that facility by the relevant
Opra charging score for that facility;
(b) multiply the sum derived under paragraph (a) by the relevant compliance rating
adjustment.
Waste facilities and tier 3 mining waste operations
(2) Where a tier 3 facility which is a waste facility group (unless it is a waste mobile
plant) or a tier 3 mining waste operation is authorised by the permit, the applicable
charge set out in Schedule 3 multiplied by the relevant compliance rating adjustment.
Mobile plant
(3) For each deployment of mobile plant the applicable charge set out in Schedule 2
multiplied by the relevant compliance rating adjustment.
Specified water activity charges
17. For each specified water activity authorised by the permit, the applicable charge set
out in Schedule 4.
Mid-year adjustments
18. (1) In the case of a permit issued after 1 April in any year, the subsistence charge
shall be adjusted pro rata to the period beginning with the day of the permit being
issued and ending on the last day of March following.
(2) In the case of a permit which is revoked, surrendered, transferred or varied after the
date on which the subsistence charge is payable in any year, and in a way which would
affect the calculation of the subsistence charge under this Scheme, the charge shall be
adjusted pro rata from the date on which the revocation, surrender, transfer or variation
(as the case may be), takes effect.
(3) In a case where a regulated facility authorised by a permit ceases to be required to
be so authorised by reason of an amendment to the Regulations or the registration of
an exempt waste operation, the subsistence charge shall be adjusted pro rata from the
date of the relevant amendment or registration and no subsistence charge shall arise in
any subsequent year so long as the regulated facility continues not to require
authorisation by a permit.
(4) In a case where a farming installation becomes an accredited farming installation
after the date on which the subsistence charge is payable in any year, the charge shall
be adjusted pro rata from the date on which this occurs.
Monitoring and emergency response charges
19. (1) Except in relation to a specified water activity, the cost of monitoring, site
surveys and investigations carried out by contractors acting on behalf of the Agency
will be recovered, where appropriate, by means of a direct charge per permit to be
notified to the operator.
(2) Where the Agency responds to an emergency air quality incident resulting from the
operation of a facility authorised by a permit, the relevant time and materials costs of
that response, including the costs of any contractors used, will be recovered, where
appropriate, by means of a direct charge per permit to be notified to the operator.
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(3) In cases where a charge is payable under this paragraph but the permit is revoked,
the person previously operating the regulated facility shall continue to be liable for the
charge in so far as it relates to any expenditure incurred or liabilities accrued by the
Agency in the year of revocation or in prior years.
Groundwater and waste recovery review charges
20. (1) Where the Agency serves a notice on the operator of a landfill under this
paragraph, a charge of £1,010 shall be payable in respect of an initial review
undertaken under regulation 71 of the Regulations.
(2) Where the Agency serves a further notice on the operator of a landfill under this
paragraph, a charge of £3,660 shall be payable in respect of a further review
undertaken under regulation 71 of the Regulations.
(3) Where the holder of a permit which authorises the permanent deposit of waste on
land for recovery subject to standard rules, requests the Agency to review the waste
recovery plan submitted as part of the application for that permit, a charge of £350 shall
be payable in relation to that review.
Materials facility charge
21. (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2), where the operator of a materials facility has
given a notification under paragraph 1 of Schedule 9A of the Regulations, a charge of
£2240 shall be payable for the calendar year in which the notification is made;
(2) In a case where a notification is in force for only part of a year, the materials facility
charge shall be adjusted pro rata to reflect the reporting periods or part of a reporting
period during which the notification is in force.
VARIATION CHARGES
General
22. (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a variation charge shall be payable (a) where an application is made under regulation 20 of the Regulations; and
(b) where the Agency makes a regulator-initiated variation under regulation 20 except
in relation to any part of a regulator-initiated variation which relates to a specified water
activity.
(2) No variation charge is payable where (a) an application or regulator-initiated variation relates to changes of a purely
administrative nature;
(b) a regulator-initiated variation relates only to a regulated facility becoming subject to
standard rules; or
(c) an application relates only to a request to vary a fixed condition licence or a fixed
condition registration so that a regulated facility becomes subject to standard rules.
(3) The variation charge shall be (a) in the case of an application or regulator-initiated variation which relates to a
specified radioactive substances activity, the relevant time and materials costs;
(b) in the case of an application to dispose of waste at a landfill which the Agency has
previously accepted as closed, the sum equal to the charge multiplier for a permit
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application for the disposal of waste at a landfill, multiplied by the relevant Opra
charging score for such a facility;
(c) in the case of an application to remove a regulated facility from authorisation under
a permit, the sum equal to the charge that would be payable if the application were for
a surrender of the part of the permit that relates to that regulated facility;
(d) in all other cases, the total of the applicable charges for each tier 2 facility, tier 3
facility and specified water activity which is the subject of the application or regulatorinitiated variation, as set out in paragraphs 23 to 25;
together with any applicable advertisement charge under paragraph 26.
Changes to existing facilities
23. For each tier 2 and tier 3 facility which is already the subject of a permit, where the
proposed change in relation to that facility (1) Is of a minor technical nature, the sum which is the lower of £1,280 or such sum as
would otherwise be applicable under sub-paragraph (3) or (4);
(2) Is a request for the facility to become subject to standard rules or become subject to
different standard rules – the sum which is the applicable permit application charge
relating to the new standard rules payable under paragraph 9 of this Scheme;
(3) Is to a facility which is or will be when changed as proposed, a tier 2 facility other
than one subject to standard rules, the applicable variation charge relating to the tier 2
facility when changed as proposed, shown in a Table in Schedule 1;
(4) Is to a facility which is or will be when changed as proposed, a tier 3 facility, the
sum equal to the relevant variation charge multiplier for that facility, multiplied by the
relevant Opra charging score for that facility;
(5) Is that the facility should no longer be authorised by the permit, the sum equal to the
charge that would be payable under paragraph 30 in relation to the surrender of that
part of the permit that relates to that facility.
Addition of new facilities
24. For each tier 2 and tier 3 facility which is not already the subject of a permit, where
that facility is (1) A tier 2 facility, the sum which is the applicable permit application charge payable
under paragraph 9 of this Scheme;
(2) A tier 3 facility of the same category as one that is already the subject of a permit,
the sum equal to the relevant variation charge multiplier for that facility, multiplied by
the relevant Opra charging score for that facility;
(3) A tier 3 facility of a different category to any already the subject of a permit, the sum
equal to the charge multiplier for a permit application for that facility, multiplied by the
relevant Opra charging score for that facility;
(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, the categories of tier 3 facility are a waste
facility group, a tier 3 mining waste operation and an installation group.
Specified water activities
25. For each specified water discharge activity, the applicable charge set out in
Schedule 4.
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Advertisement charge
26. Where the Agency decides, in accordance with its statement relating to its public
participation duties made under regulation 59 of the Regulations, to advertise an
application in a newspaper, the sum of £500 for each advertisement.
TRANSFER CHARGES
General
27. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) a transfer charge shall be payable in respect of an
application to transfer a permit, in whole or in part, made under regulation 21 of the
Regulations.
(2) No transfer charge is payable where (a) immediately before the Regulations came into force the transferor was the operator
by reason only of regulation 69(2) of the 2007 Regulations; and
(b) the Agency has agreed that the transfer is desirable for regulatory reasons.
(3) The transfer charge shall be (a) in the case of a permit which authorises the operation of a specified radioactive
substances activity, the relevant time and materials costs, or
(b) in any other case, the lower of the applicable charge under either paragraph 28 or
29.
Limited change in management
28. Where the transfer application relates to the whole of a permit and demonstrates
that the management of the transferor and the transferee are substantially the same,
the sum of £1,950.
Other types of transfer
29. The charge shall be the highest of the following applicable charges (1) Where the permit authorises one or more tier 2 facility, the highest of the applicable
charges shown in the applicable Table in Schedule 1;
(2) Where the permit authorises a waste facility group or a tier 3 mining waste
operation, the sum of £2,000 in the case of an application relating to the whole of a
permit, or £3,000 in the case of an application relating to part of a permit;
(3) Where the permit authorises an installation group, the sum of £4,980 in the case of
an application relating to the whole of a permit or £7,470 in the case of an application
relating to part of a permit.
SURRENDER CHARGES
General
30. (1) A surrender charge shall be payable in respect of an application to surrender a
permit, in whole or in part, made under regulation 25 of the Regulations.
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(2) The surrender charge shall be (a) in the case of a permit which authorises the operation of a specified radioactive
substances activity, the relevant time and materials costs; or
(b) in relation to those tier 2 and 3 facilities which are the subject of the application, the
total of the applicable charges under paragraphs 31 to 34.
Non operational facilities
31. For each tier 2 and 3 facility which has not been put into operation at the time of the
application, the lower of the sum of £770 or any charge that would otherwise apply
under paragraph 33.
Low risk charges
32. (1) For each facility which comprises the permanent deposit of waste and in relation
to which the operator has received confirmation from the Agency that a low risk or
basic surrender application can be made, in accordance with the guidance in “The
surrender of permits for the permanent deposit of waste”, version 2, published by the
Agency in December 2012 (a) for a low risk surrender, the sum of £2,540; and
(b) for a basic surrender, the sum of £540;
(2) For any other tier 2 and tier 3 facility for which the operator has received
confirmation from the Agency that intrusive investigation is not required in accordance
with the criteria in box 1 of “Site condition report – guidance and templates”, (H5),
version 3, published by the Agency in April 2013, the sum of £2,470.
Tier 2 charges
33. Subject to paragraphs 31 and 32 (1) Where the permit authorises more than one standard facility, the highest applicable
charge shown in the applicable Table in Schedule 1; and
(2) For every other tier 2 facility, the applicable charge shown in the relevant Table in
Schedule 1.
Tier 3 charges
34. Subject to paragraphs 31 and 32 (1) In the case of an application to surrender the whole of a Permit, for each tier 3
facility, the sum equal to the relevant surrender charge multiplier for that facility
multiplied by the relevant Opra charging score for that facility; or
(2) In the case of an application to surrender part of a permit, for each tier 3 facility, the
sum equal to the relevant surrender charge multiplier for that facility multiplied by the
relevant Opra charging score for that facility.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHARGES FOR PRE - APPLICATION ADVICE
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35.(1) Where a person requests pre-application advice or engages in pre-application
discussions with the Agency in relation to a proposed application, the charge will be
£125 for each hour of pre-application advice given or discussions held over and above
an initial (a) 1 hour in the case of advice or discussions relating to each single set of standard
rules;
(b) 1 hour in the case of advice or discussions relating to an application for mobile plant
deployment; and
(c) 15 hours in any other case.
(2) (a) Where a person requests approval to treat a regulated facility as a standard
facility for the purposes of this scheme, the charge will be £350;
(b) Where that person subsequently makes an application for a permit for a tier 3
facility in relation to the facility that was the subject of the request under sub-paragraph
(a), the charge specified in that sub-paragraph shall be refunded.
ABATEMENT OF CHARGES
36. The Agency may, by notice to the operator, waive or reduce any charge specified in
this Scheme if it considers it to be significantly disproportionate in a particular case,
having regard to the actual costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred by the
Agency in relation to a particular application, request, decision or subsistence period.
LIABILITY TO PAY THE CHARGES
37. The persons set out below shall be liable to pay the charges under this Charging
Scheme (1) In respect of charges arising under paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6(1)(a), 6(1)(c), 6(1)(e),
7(1)(b), 7(1)(d), 7(1)(f), 8, 9, 22(1)(a), 27, and 30, the person or persons making the
application in question, including, in the case of a relevant amendment to an
application, the person recognised by the Agency as being the new operator;
(2) In respect of charges arising under paragraph 14, the holder of the permit in respect
of which the charge is payable;
(3) In respect of charges arising under paragraph 8(2), the intended recipient of the
proposed shipment;
(4) In respect of charges arising under paragraph 7(1) (a) the person or persons
providing the information;
(5) In respect of all other charges, the person upon whom the invoice or notice of the
charge is served.
TIME OF PAYMENT
38. Charges payable under this Scheme shall be due and payable in full at the
following times on or after the 1st April 2015 (1) In respect of charges arising under paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6(1)(a), 6(1)(c), 6(1)(e),
7(1)(b), 7(1)(d), 7(1)(f), 9, 22(1)(a), 27, 30 and 32 (except those which relate to
application amendments or advertisements or which consist of relevant time and
materials costs), on the making of the application in question;
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(2) In respect of charges arising under paragraph 14, annually on 1 April except (a) In the first year in which a permit is granted or the charge becomes payable, where
the charge is payable on demand;
(b) In the case of a permit authorising one or more mobile plant, where the charge is
payable on notification of each deployment;
(3) In respect of charges arising under paragraph 7(1) (a) when the information is
supplied;
(4) In respect of all other charges, on demand.
REVOCATION
39. The Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme which came into effect on 6th April
2013 is revoked in so far as it relates to any period beginning on 1st April 2014.
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Schedule 1
TIER 2 FIXED CHARGES
PART 1
Charges for registrations
Registrations for carriers, brokers and dealers
1. The charges in the table below apply in relation to registration as a carrier, broker or
dealer under the 2011 Regulations or 1989 Act.
Activity
Charge
Registration as a carrier, broker or dealer
154
Renewal of a registration before 1 October 2011
105
Renewal of a registration from 1 October 2011
105
Add registration as a broker to an existing registration
40
Add registration as a carrier to an existing registration
40
Registrations for exempt waste operations
2. The charges set out below apply in relation to exempt waste operations.
Scrap metal exemption (paragraph 45) charges.
Type of charge
Charge
Renewal
275
WEEE Operation charge
The charge for a WEEE operation is £840.
Notifications of international waste shipments
3. The applicable notification charge in relation to international waste shipments is
determined by the type of activity and the proposed number of shipments relating to the
notification, as described in the table below.
Number of Shipments
Activity
1
2 to 5
6 to 20
21 to 100
101 to 500 500 +
Export for recovery
£1,450
£1,450
£2,700
£4,070
£7,920
£14,380
Export for non interim disposal
£1,540
£1,540
£3,330
£5,500
£10,600
£19,500
Export for interim disposal
£1,700
£1,700
£3,330
£6,000
£12,900
£24,000
Import for non interim recovery
£1,250
£1,250
£2,700
£4,900
£10,600
£19,500
Import for interim recovery
£1,450
£1,450
£2,830
£5,500
£12,900
£24,000
Import for non-interim disposal
£1,540
£1,540
£3,330
£5,500
£10,600
£19,500
Import for interim disposal
£1,700
£1,700
£3,330
£6,000
£12,900
£24,000
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Approvals relating to waste electrical and electronic equipment
Interpretation
4. (1) In this paragraph a scheme member falls in the following charge bands, where (a) its turnover in the preceding financial year, exceeded £1 million, Charge Band A;
(b) its turnover in the preceding financial year is less than £1 million but it is, or is required to
be, registered for VAT, Charge Band B;
(c) it operates in the UK but is not, and is not required to be, registered for VAT, Charge
Band C;
(d) it operates overseas but is not, and is not required to be, registered for VAT, Charge
Band D.
(2) In this paragraph “large treatment operator” or “large export operator” means an operator who is not a small
treatment operator or small export operator;
“small treatment operator” or “small export operator” means an operator who has undertaken
not to issue evidence notes for more than 400 tonnes of WEEE in the year in which the
relevant charge is payable.
Charges
(3) The charge for an application to approve a compliance scheme is £12,150;
(4) The annual producer charge for operating a compliance scheme is the total of the
charges applicable to each member of the scheme as set out in the table below.
Charge Band
Charge
Charge Band A
£445
Charge Band B
£210
Charge Band C
£30
Charge Band D
£30
(5) The charges in the table below apply in relation to applications to approve an authorised
treatment or export facility, or to extend the approval of an exporter to add an additional site.
Charge
Large treatment operator
£2,570
Small treatment operator
£500
Large export operator
£2,570
Small export operator
£500
Additional charge where small treatment operator or small export operator
exceeds its undertaking
£2,070
Extension of approval of exporter - each additional site
£110
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Approvals relating to batteries
Interpretation
5. (1) In this paragraph “large battery treatment operator” or “battery exporter” means an operator who is not a small
battery treatment operator or small battery exporter;
“small battery treatment operator” or “small battery exporter” means an operator who has
undertaken to issue no more than 15 tonnes of waste portable battery evidence notes and to
accept no more than 150 tonnes of waste automotive and industrial batteries in the year in
which the relevant charge is payable.
Charges
(2) The charge to accompany information provided by a small producer is £30;
(3) The charge for an application to approve a proposed battery compliance scheme is
£17,000;
(4) The annual subsistence charge for operating a battery compliance scheme is the total of(a) £90,000; and
(b) £600 for each member of the battery compliance scheme;
(5) The charges in the table below apply in relation to applications to approve a battery
treatment operator or battery exporter, or to extend the approval of an exporter to an
additional site.
Charge
Large Battery Treatment Operator
£2,570
Small Battery Treatment Operator
£500
Large Battery Exporter
£2,570
Small Battery Exporter
£500
Additional charge where small battery treatment operator or small battery
exporter exceeds its undertaking
£2,070
Extension of approval of exporter - each additional site
£110
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PART 2
Charges for permits
Chapter 1
General
Interpretation
In this Part “default standard facility” means a standard facility described in standard rules made after
1st April 2014;
“standard facility” means a regulated facility described in standard rules published under
regulation 26 of the Regulations, and which is the subject of (a) a request from the operator made under, or
(b) a term referred to in,
regulation 27(2) of the Regulations.
Charges
2. The charges applying to a default standard facility shall be those specified in the Agency`s
response to the consultation on the rules relating to that facility, selected from the following
tables Table A - Charge bands available for a Waste or Installation default standard facility
Charge
Band
S030A (W)
Application
charge
£400
Charge
Band
S035T (W)
Transfer
charge
£720
Charge
Band
S040S (W)
Surrender
charge
£540
Charge
Deployment
Charge
Subsistence
Band
charge
Band
charge
S045C (W)
£410
S030C (W)
£156
S040A (W)
£720
S040T (W)
£980
S045S (W)
£1,540
S060C (W)
£780
S040C (W)
£310
S050A (W)
£980
S050S (W)
£2,540
S070C (W)
£1,000
S050C (W)
£520
S060A (W)
£1,630
S060S (W)
£3,590
S074C (W)
£1,280
S060C (W)
£780
S070A (W)
£1,950
S100C (W)
£2,490
S074C (W)
£1,280
S080C (W)
£1,580
S090C (W)
£2,040
S100C (W)
£2,490
S120C (W)
£3,420
Table B - Charge bands available for a default standard facility not covered by Table A
Charge
Band
S030A
Application
charge
£390
Charge
Band
S035T
Transfer
charge
£700
Charge
Band
S040S
Surrender
charge
£530
Charge
Band
S030C
Subsistence
charge
£152
S040A
£700
S040T
£950
S045S
£1,500
S040C
£300
S050A
£950
S050S
£2,470
S050C
£510
S060A
£1,590
S060S
£3,500
S060C
£760
S070A
£1,900
S074C
£1,250
S080C
£1,540
S090C
£1,990
S100C
£2,420
S120C
£3,330
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Chapter 2
Tier 2 Charges for installations
Interpretation
1. In this Chapter “accredited farming installation” means a farming installation which has been authorised by the Agency to participate in the IPPC Pig and
Poultry Assurance Scheme Module published by the Agency;
“activity” means an activity which falls within a description in any Section of Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Regulations and is carried on as
part of an installation, and in a case where an activity falls within two or more descriptions in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Regulations, that
activity shall be regarded for the purposes of this Scheme as falling within that description which fits it most aptly;
“DAA installation” means an installation which does not include the carrying on of any activity and which is not a low impact installation;
“farming installation” means an installation carrying out activities falling wholly within a description in Section 6.9 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 of
the Regulations;
“local authority installation” means a Part A (2) activity, a Part B activity or a small waste incineration plant;
“low impact installation” means an installation which, in the opinion of the Agency, cannot result in emissions or there is no likelihood that
it will result in emissions except in a quantity which is so trivial that it is incapable of causing pollution or its capacity to cause pollution is
insignificant;
“non-accredited farming installation” means a farming installation which is not an accredited farming installation;
“paragraph 17 installation” means an installation which is a Part A (1) installation by virtue of regulation 104 of the Regulations and which
is not a low impact installation.
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Charges
The charges in the tables below apply to tier 2 facilities falling within this Chapter.
Installations that are not
standard facilities
Application Normal
Variation
Substantial
Variation
Part
Transfer
Full
Transfer
Part
Surrender
Full
Surrender
Subsistence
Low impact Part A installation
£2,640
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£520
Local authority installation
£1,630
£540
£980
£540
£540
£540
£540
£1,000
Accredited farming installation
N/A
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£1,580
Non- accredited farming
installation
£3,750
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£380
£2,490
Directly Associated Activity
£7,380
£1,960
£3,910
£7,470
£4,980
£5,650
£6,650
£3,420
Paragraph 17 activity
£7,380
£1,960
£3,910
£7,470
£4,980
£5,650
£6,650
£3,420
Installations that are standard facilities
Rules number
Application
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Low impact Part A installation
SR2009 No2
£1,630
£380
£380
£520
Low impact Part A installation for production of biodiesel
SR2009 No3
£1,630
£380
£380
£520
Composting in closed systems
(capacity over 75 tonnes/day)
SR2012 No4
£1,950
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Composting in open systems
(capacity over 75 tonnes/day)
SR2012 No8
£1,950
£980
£3,590
£2,490
On-farm anaerobic digestion facility including the use of
the resultant biogas
SR2012 No9
£1,950
£980
£1,540
£2,040
Anaerobic digestion facility including the combustion of
the resultant biogas
SR2012 No11
£1,950
£980
£1,540
£3,420
Treatment of incinerator bottom ash (IBA)
(capacity over 75 tonnes/day)
SR2012 No13
£1,950
£980
£3,590
£2,490
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Chapter 3
Tier 2 Charges for waste facilities
Interpretation
1. In this Chapter “fixed condition licence” means an environmental permit which was originally a waste management licence granted by the Agency under
section 36 of the 1990 Act as a fixed condition licence;
“landfill gas facility” means a waste operation consisting of one or more landfill gas engines operating on a site that is not itself the subject
of an environmental permit;
“lower risk”, “medium risk” and “higher risk”, in relation to the deployment of mobile plant, have the meanings given in the table in this
paragraph and the terms used in that table have the meanings given in the relevant standard rules;
“pet cemetery” means a landfill for the disposal of material consisting entirely of the remains of dead domestic pets;
“waste motor vehicle facility” means a waste facility authorised by an environmental permit granted before 1 April 2006, to receive less
than 2500 tonnes of waste motor vehicles in a year.
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Facility Type
Lower risk deployment
Medium risk deployment
SR2010 No4
List A wastes outside of
Source Protection Zone 2
and not within 500m of a
European site / Ramsar
or SSSI site.
List A wastes within Source Protection
List B wastes within Source
Zone 2 or within 500m of a European site / Protection Zone 2 or within
Ramsar or SSSI site.
500m of a European site /
Ramsar or SSSI site.
Mobile plant for land spreading (for
agricultural or ecological benefit)
Higher risk deployment
List B wastes outside of Source Protection
Zone 2 and not within 500m of a
European site / Ramsar or SSSI site.
Any single list B waste within Source
Protection Zone 2 or within 500m of a
European site / Ramsar.
SR2010 No5
N/A.
Mobile plant for reclamation,
restoration or improvement of land
Any listed wastes outside Source
Protection Zone 2 and not within 500m of
a European site / Ramsar or SSSI site.
Any listed wastes within
Source Protection Zone 2 or
within 500m of a European site
/ Ramsar or SSSI site.
Any permitted wastes at a site within a
Source Protection Zone 1 or 2 or within
500m of a European site / Ramsar or
SSSI site.
N/A.
SR2010 No6
Mobile plant for land spreading of
sewage sludge
SR 2010 No11
Any permitted wastes at a
site outside of Source
Mobile plant for the treatment of waste
Protection Zone 1 or 2
to produce soil, soil substitutes and
and not within 500m of a
aggregate
European site / Ramsar
or SSSI site.
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Charges
2. The charges in the tables below apply to tier 2 facilities falling within this Chapter.
Standard Facilities
Rules
number
Application
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station
(building)
SR2008 No1
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station
(no building)
SR2008 No2
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station &
Treatment (building)
SR2008 No3
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station &
Treatment (no building)
SR2008 No4
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station &
Asbestos (building)
SR2008 No5
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£3,420
Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station &
Asbestos (no building)
SR2008 No6
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£3,420
Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station &
Treatment & Asbestos Storage (building)
SR2008 No7
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£3,420
Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station &
Treatment & Asbestos Storage (no building)
SR2008 No8
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£3,420
Asbestos Waste Transfer Station
SR2008 No9
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer Station
SR2008 No10
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer Station with Treatment
SR2008 No11
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Non-hazardous household waste amenity site
SR2008 No12
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Non-hazardous & hazardous household waste amenity site
SR2008 No13
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
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Standard Facilities
Rules
number
Application
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Materials recycling facility (building)
SR2008 No14
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Materials recycling facility (no building)
SR2008 No15
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Composting in open windrows
SR2008 No16
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Composting in closed vessels
SR2008 No17
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Non-hazardous Mechanical biological (aerobic) treatment facility
SR2008 No18
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Non-hazardous (sewage) sludge chemical and physical treatment
facility
SR2008 No19
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£3,420
Vehicle de-pollution & dismantling (authorised treatment) facility
SR2008 No20
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Scrap metal
SR2008 No21
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery
SR2008 No22
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) treatment facility
SR2008 No23
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,910
Clinical Waste & Healthcare waste Transfer Station
SR2008 No24
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,910
Clinical Waste & Healthcare Waste Treatment & Transfer Station
SR2008 No25
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£3,940
Animal Carcass Incinerator (pet crematorium)
SR2008 No26
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£780
Mobile plant for the treatment of waste spoils & contaminated
materials, substances or products
SR2008 No27
£720
£720
N/A
£2,490 per
deployment
Pet cemetery
SR2009 No1
£400
£380
£380
£156
Combustion of biogas in engines at a sewage treatment works
SR2009 No4
£1,630
£980
£2,540
£780
Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer Station (<250k tonnes pa)
SR2009 No5
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer Station with Treatment
(<250k tonnes pa)
SR2009 No6
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
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Standard Facilities
Rules
number
Application
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery
(<1,000k tonnes pa)
SR2009 No7
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Mobile plant for land-spreading
SR2010 No4
£720
£720
N/A
Lower risk
deployment £410
Medium risk
deployment £780
Higher risk
deployment £1,000
Mobile plant for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land
SR2010 No5
£720
£720
N/A
Medium risk
deployment £780
Higher risk
deployment £1,000
Mobile plant for land-spreading of sewage sludge
SR2010 No6
£720
£720
N/A
Medium risk
deployment £780
Higher risk
deployment £1,000
Use of waste in construction - up to 50,000 tonnes
SR2010 No7
£1,950
£980
£540
£1,580
Use of waste in construction - up to 100,000 tonnes
SR2010 No8
£1,950
£980
£540
£2,040
Use of waste for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land
- up to 50,000 tonnes
SR2010 No9
£1,950
£980
£540
£1,580
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Standard Facilities
Rules
number
Application
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Use of wastes for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land
- up to 100,000 tonnes
SR2010 No10
£1,950
£980
£540
£2,040
Mobile plant for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil
substitutes and aggregate.
SR2010 No11
£720
£720
N/A
Lower risk
deployment £410
Medium risk
deployment £780
Treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate
- up to 75,000 tonnes
SR2010 No12
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£1,580
Use of waste to manufacture timber and construction products
- up to 75,000 tonnes
SR2010 No13
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£1,580
Composting of bio-degradable waste - up to 500 tonnes
SR2010 No14
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£780
Anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas
- up to 75,000 tonnes
SR2010 No15
£980
£1,540
£2,490
On-farm anaerobic digestion including use of the resultant biogas
- up to 75,000 tonnes
SR2010 No16
£980
£1,540
£1,580
Storage of digestate from anaerobic digestion plant
- up to 75,000 tonnes
SR2010 No17
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£780
Storage and treatment of dredgings for recovery
- up to 125,000 tonnes
SR2010 No18
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£1,580
Composting of biodegradable waste
SR2011No 1
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£780
Small metal recycling sites
SR2011No 2
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£1,280
Small vehicle storage, de-pollution and dismantling (authorised
treatment) facility
SR2011No 3
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£780
Treatment of waste wood for recovery
SR2011 No 4
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£1,580
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Standard Facilities
Rules
number
Application
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Composting in closed systems (capacity up to 75 tonnes/day)
SR2012 No3
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Composting in open systems (capacity up to 75 tonnes/day)
SR2012 No7
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,490
On-farm anaerobic digestion facility including the use of the
resultant biogas
SR2012 No10
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£1,580
Anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas
SR2012 No12
£1,630
£980
£1,540
£2,490
Metal recycling, vehicle storage, de-pollution & dismantling
(authorised treatment) facility
SR2012 No14
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£1,580
Storage of electrical insulating oils
SR2012 No15
£1,630
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Small clinical waste treatment unit (capacity up to 100 tonnes/year)
SR2013 No1
£1,630
£980
£540
£780
Management of extractive waste, not including a waste facility,
SR2014 No2
generated from onshore oil and gas prospecting activities of drill,
core and decommissioning without well stimulation (using oil and /
or water based drilling mud).
£1,630
£980
£2,540
£2,490
Fixed condition licences
Number
Application
Normal
Variation
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Household Commercial Industrial
Waste Transfer Station
FCL1
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Household Commercial Industrial
Waste Transfer Station with
Treatment
FCL2
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Household Commercial Industrial
FCL3
Waste Transfer Station and Asbestos - all volumes up to 75k tonnes
Storage
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£3,420
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Fixed condition licences
Number
Application
Normal
Variation
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Household Commercial Industrial
Waste Transfer Station with
Treatment and Asbestos Storage
FCL4
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£3,420
Asbestos Waste Transfer Station
FCL5
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer
Station
FCL6
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer
Station with Treatment
FCL7
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Non-hazardous household waste
amenity site
FCL8
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Non-hazardous & hazardous
household waste amenity site
FCL9
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Composting in open windrows
FCL10
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Composting in closed vessels
FCL11
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Vehicle de-pollution facility
FCL12
- all volumes between 2.5k and
75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Vehicle de-pollution facility
FCL12
- <2.5k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£780
Materials recycling facility
FCL13
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Metal Recycling
FCL14
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
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Fixed condition licences
Number
Application
Normal
Variation
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Non-hazardous Mechanical
biological treatment facility
FCL15
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Animal Carcass Incinerator
(pet crematorium)
FCL16
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£780
Non-hazardous (sewage) sludge
treatment facility
FCL17
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£3,420
Waste Electrical & Electronic
Equipment (WEEE) treatment facility
FCL18
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,910
Clinical Waste & Healthcare waste
Transfer Station
FCL19
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,910
Clinical Waste & Healthcare Waste
Treatment & Transfer Station
FCL20
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£3,940
Storage of furnace ready scrap metal
for recovery
FCL21
- all volumes up to 75k tonnes
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Disposal in Lagoons of Nonhazardous Dredging Sludges
FCL22
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,490
Waste facilities that are not fixed condition
licences or standard facilities
Application
Normal
Variation
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Pet cemetery
£400
£143
£380
£380
£156
Waste motor vehicle facility
N/A
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£780
Landfill gas facility
£3,750
£1,960
£980
£2,540
£2,910
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Waste facilities that are not fixed condition
licences or standard facilities
Application
Normal
Variation
Transfer
Surrender
Subsistence
Use of wastes in construction - up to 100,000
tonnes. Same as SR2010 No7 or 8 but location
requires assessment
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£3,590
<50,000 tonnes
- £1,580
50,001 to 100,000 tonnes
- £2,040
Use of wastes for reclamation, restoration or
improvement of land - up to 100,000 tonnes.
Same as SR2010 No9 or 10 but location
requires assessment
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£3,590
<50,000 tonnes
- £1,580
50,001 to 100,000 tonnes
- £2,040
Treatment of waste to produce soil, soil
substitutes, road-stone and aggregate up to
75,000 tonnes. Same as SR2010 No12 but
location requires assessment
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£1,580
Manufacture of timber and construction
products from waste up to 75,000 tonnes.
Same as SR2010 No13 but location requires
assessment
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£2,040
Composting. Same as SR2011 No1 or SR2010
No14 but location requires assessment
N/A
£1,960
£980
£1,540
£1,000
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Chapter 4
Tier 2 charges for mining waste operations
Interpretation
1. In this Chapter “inert mining waste operation” means a mining waste operation which involves the management of only inert extractive waste;
“non-inert mining waste operation” means a mining waste operation which involves the management of non-hazardous non-inert or
hazardous extractive waste (as well as any inert waste), but a mining waste operation which includes a Category A mining waste facility or
a mining waste facility involving the management of hazardous waste is not an inert mining waste operation or a non-inert mining waste
operation.
Charges
2. The charges within the table below apply to tier 2 facilities falling within this Chapter Mining Waste Operation
Standard Rules
Number
(if applicable)
Application
Variation
Transfer
Surrender Subsistence
Management of inert extractive
wastes at mines and quarries
SR2009 No8
£980
N/A
£980
£540
£156
Management of inert extractive
wastes at mines and quarries combination of water discharge
activity and permit conditions same
as SR2009 No8
N/A
£980
£980
£980
£540
£156
Inert mining waste operation
N/A
£980
£980
£980
£540
£520
Non-inert mining waste operation
with a non-inert mining waste facility
N/A
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£3,590
£1,000
Non-inert mining waste operation
without a mining waste facility
N/A
£2,640
£1,960
£980
£540
£1,000
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Chapter 5
Tier 2 charges for radioactive substances activities
Interpretation
1. In this Chapter “GTLD” means a gaseous tritium light device or gaseous tritium light source;
“high complexity” means the site is used for the production of gaseous tritium light devices (GTLD) or gaseous tritium light sources
(GTLS), or discharges and disposals are above a threshold of 30000 as calculated using the method in the Opra scheme;
“low quantity” means the total holdings of open source radioactive materials does not exceed 10 GBq of technetium-99m or 20 MBq of
other radionuclides;
“low risk surrender” means an application for surrender of a permit which includes evidence that demonstrates that only short-lived
radionuclides have been held or disposed of or that the site was never put into operation;
“open source” means a radioactive source which is not a sealed source;
“similar source” means such other sealed source which, in the opinion of the regulator, is of a similar level of potential hazard to a highactivity source.
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Charges
2. The application, variation, transfer and surrender charges within the table below apply to tier 2 facilities falling within this Chapter Radioactive substances activities
Standard Rules
Number
(if applicable)
Application
Variation
Transfer
Surrender
Standard facility for source category 5
SR2010 No1
£390
N/A
£120
£125
Accumulation and disposal of radioactive waste from
the NORM Industrial Activity of the production of oil
and gas
SR2014 No4
£700
N/A
£700
£530
Keeping and use of one or more sealed sources where
each source, and all sources taken together, fall within
source category 5 and/or accumulation and/or disposal
of waste sealed sources
N/A
£600
£530
£370
£125
Keeping and use of one or more similar sources and/or
accumulation and/or disposal of waste sealed sources
N/A
£1,590
£950
£530
£370
Keeping and use of one or more high-activity sources
and/or accumulation and/or disposal
N/A
£2,000
£1,910
£950
£370
Keeping and use of open radioactive sources only
N/A
£600
£530
£370
£125
Keeping and use of open radioactive sources and/or
accumulation and/or disposal of radioactive waste low quantity
N/A
£2,000
£950
£530
£370
Keeping and use of open radioactive sources and/or
accumulation and/or disposal of radioactive waste not being low quantity or high complexity
N/A
£2,880
£1,910
£950
£2,470, or for a low
risk surrender, £530
Keeping and use of open radioactive sources and/or
accumulation and/or disposal of radioactive waste high complexity.
N/A
£3,650
£2,400
£1,950
£2,470, or for a low
risk surrender, £530
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3. The subsistence charges within the table below apply to tier 2 facilities falling within this Chapter To determine the subsistence charge for a site, firstly identify the row correctly describing the radioactive substances activity or activities
relating to open source use and then the column correctly describing the radioactive substances activity or activities relating to sealed
source use. The subsistence charge is that shown at the intersection of the row and the column so identified.
Radioactive substances activities involving the keeping, use,
accumulation and disposal of open radioactive sources
Radioactive substances activities involving the keeping, use, accumulation and disposal of sealed radioactive sources
No
keeping
or use of
sealed
sources
No keeping or use of open
radioactive sources
Standard facility for source
category 5
Keeping and use of one or
more sealed sources where
each source, and all sources
taken together, fall within
source category 5 and/or
accumulation and/or disposal
Keeping and
use of one or
more similar
sources and/or
accumulation
and/or disposal
Keeping and use
of one or more
high-activity
sources and/or
accumulation
and/or disposal
£300 or where each source £300 or where each source
is a GTLD, £96
is a GTLD, £96
£1,250
£1,450
Keeping and use of open
radioactive sources only
£300*
£300
£300
£1,250
£1,450
Keeping and use of open
radioactive sources and/or
accumulation and/or disposal of
radioactive waste - low quantity
£510
£510
£510
£1,450
£1,990
Keeping and use of open
£1,450
radioactive sources and/or
accumulation and/or disposal of
radioactive waste - not being low
quantity or high complexity
£1,990
£1,990
£2,420
£3,330
Keeping and use of open
radioactive sources and/or
accumulation and/or disposal of
radioactive waste - high
complexity.
£3,330
£3,330
£3,840
£3,840
£2,830
The subsistence charge for SR2014 No4 (permit type O) is £1250.
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Chapter 6
Tier 2 charges for groundwater activities.
Interpretation
1. In this Chapter “discharge” means a discharge to groundwater of used sheep dip, waste pesticide washings, solids or other waste substances (but
excluding treated sewage effluent and water used for heating / cooling purposes) which is described in the tables below and is a standalone groundwater activity or a groundwater activity carried on as part of the operation of a mining waste operation.
Charges
2. The charges within the tables below apply to tier 2 facilities falling within this Chapter.
Solid discharges to groundwater Activity/ Permit name
Solids
Application
Charge
Variation
Charge
Subsistence
Charge
Small solid discharge
Less than or equal to 8 tonnes
£700
£370
£300
Medium solid discharge
Greater than 8 but less than or equal to 100 tonnes
£1,590
£530
£510
Large solid discharge
Greater than 100 tonnes
£7,190
£2,400
£3,840
Liquid discharges to groundwater Activity/Permit type
Sheep dip volume
Pesticide washings
volume
Application
Charge
Variation
Charge
Subsistence
Charge
Small liquid discharge
Less than or equal to 10 m3/yr
All volumes
£390
£75
£153.90
Medium liquid discharge
Greater than 10 m3/yr but less
than or equal to 50 m3/yr
N/A
£600
£370
£510
Large liquid discharge
Greater than 50 m3/yr
N/A
£960
£530
£3,840
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Schedule 2
TIER 3 FACILITY
Interpretation
1. In this Schedule “waste facility” means (1) a waste operation or a group of waste operations described in Schedule 3, which is
not carried on as part of an installation, or
(2) waste mobile plant;
“waste facility group” means one or more waste facility which is the subject of an
application or permit;
“installation group” means one or more installation which is the subject of an
application or permit and an installation includes part of an installation and means (a) a Part A (1) installation; or
(b) a Part A(2) or Part B installation, a Part B mobile plant or a small waste incineration
plant which is the subject of a direction under regulation 33 of the Regulations,
transferring the functions in relation to that installation or plant to the Agency;
“tier 3 mining waste operation” means a mining waste operation described in Schedule
3.
Opra charging score
2. The Opra charging score for a tier 3 facility shall be the sum of the figures
attributable, in accordance with the relevant Table of Opra weighting factors in this
Schedule, to the Opra banded profile which has been accorded to that facility on the
relevant date.
3. For the purposes of paragraph 2 (1) the Opra banded profile shall have the meaning accorded to that term in the Opra
Scheme; and
(2) the relevant date shall be (a) in the case of charges arising under paragraphs 9, 22(1) (a), 27, and 30 of this
Scheme, the date on which the relevant application is duly made;
(b) in the case of charges arising under paragraph 22(1) (b) of this Scheme, the date
on which the relevant notice is served; or
(c) in the case of charges arising under paragraph 14 of this Scheme, 31st December
in the calendar year preceding the year in which the charge is payable; or the date on
which the permit was issued if later (for the first such charge only).
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Installations
Relevant Charge Multipliers
4. (1) The relevant charge multipliers for an installation group, for the purposes of
charges arising under the following paragraphs of the Charging Scheme are -
Charge
Multiplier (£)
Paragraph 9 - the Permit Application Charge
206
Paragraph 14 - the Subsistence Charge
101
Paragraph 22 - the Normal Variation Charge
58
Paragraph 22 - the Substantial Variation Charge
113
Paragraph 30 - the Full Surrender Charge
127
Paragraph 30 - the Part Surrender Charge
99
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph and the charges arising under paragraph 22 of
this Scheme, the substantial variation charge multiplier shall apply in the case of every
variation application or notice (a) to which the public participation requirements of the Regulations apply, in
accordance with paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 5 of the Regulations; or
(b) that includes, or responds to information received from an operator which includes,
a proposal for a derogation under article 15(4) of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial
emissions (integrated pollution and control).
Opra Weighting Factors
5. The relevant Opra weighting factors for an installation group are -
Attribute
Band Score
A
B
C
D
E
Complexity
Note each activity is scored
2
15
45
82
110
Emissions
Air
3
10
20
35
50
Water
3
10
20
35
50
Land
3
10
20
35
50
Waste input
3
10
20
35
50
Sewer
1
2
3
5
10
Off-site waste
1
2
3
5
10
Location
3
10
20
40
60
Operator
Performance
10
25
40
60
75
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Waste facilities
Relevant Charge Multipliers
6. The relevant charge multipliers for a waste facility group, for the purposes of charges
arising under the following paragraphs of the Charging Scheme are Charge
Multiplier
(£)
Paragraph 9 - the Permit Application Charge
172
Paragraph 22 - the Normal Variation Charge
140
Paragraph 30 - the Full Surrender Charge
125
Paragraph 30 - the Part Surrender Charge
125
Opra Weighting Factors
7. The relevant Opra weighting factors for a waste facility group are -
Attribute
Band Score
A
B
C
D
E
4
10
35
50
65
3
7
15
30
40
Location
1
2
3
5
7
Operator
Performance
2
4
7
10
14
Complexity
Note each activity is scored
Emissions
Air
Water
Land
Waste input
Sewer
Off-site waste
Tier 3 mining waste operations
Relevant Charge Multipliers
8. The relevant charge multipliers for a tier 3 mining waste operation, for the purposes
of charges arising under the following paragraphs of the Charging Scheme are Charge
Multiplier (£)
Paragraph 9 - the Permit Application Charge
172
Paragraph 22 - the Normal Variation Charge
140
Paragraph 22 - the Substantial Variation Charge
140
Paragraph 30 - the Full Surrender Charge
125
Paragraph 30 - the Part Surrender Charge
125
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Opra weighting factors
9. The relevant Opra weighting factors for a tier 3 mining waste operation are Attribute
Band Score
A
B
Complexity
Emissions
C
D
E
35
Air
Water
Land
Waste input
15
Sewer
Off-site waste
Location
1
2
3
5
7
Operator Performance
2
4
7
10
14
Tier 3 Mobile plant deployment charges
Interpretation
10. In this Table “land remediation” means the on-site treatment of contaminated soil and/or
contaminated controlled waters either in-situ or ex-situ by waste mobile plant;
“lower risk”, “medium risk” and “higher risk” in relation to the deployment of waste
mobile plant, have the same meanings as in Schedule 1, Part 2, Chapter 2, except that
where the waste to be treated in that deployment is not listed in standard rules SR2010
No4, SR2010 No5 or SR2010 No6, the deployment shall be deemed to be “higher risk”;
“lower risk” in relation to the deployment of Part A(1) mobile plant, means plant which is
authorised by a permit which does not authorise any point source emissions and where
the Agency has agreed that the deployment does not require site specific assessment
of best available techniques;
“waste spread to land for recovery” means the recovery of waste to agricultural or nonagricultural land by conferring benefit through the physical, chemical and biological
improvement of the soil to support growth and must be for the purpose of providing,
maintaining or improving the soil’s ability to provide a growing medium, where
undertaken by waste mobile plant;
“waste treatment” means any other waste operation carried out by waste mobile plant
which is not land remediation or waste spread to land for recovery.
11. The relevant mobile plant deployment charges are Description
Type of deployment
Charge (£)
(a) Land remediation.
Per deployment
2,490
(b) Any waste spread to land for
recovery
Per lower risk deployment
410
Per medium risk deployment
780
Per higher risk deployment
1,000
Per deployment
2,490
(c) Waste treatment
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Schedule 3
SUBSISTENCE CHARGES FOR WASTE FACILITIES (EXCLUDING WASTE MOBILE PLANT) AND MINING WASTE OPERATIONS THAT
ARE NOT TIER 2 FACILITIES
Interpretation
1. In this Schedule "building or demolition waste" means waste arising from works of construction (including improvement, repair or alteration) or demolition, including
waste arising from work preparatory thereto;
“hazardous waste” has the meaning given in the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 and the Hazardous Waste (Wales)
Regulations 2005;
“household”, “industrial” and “commercial” waste have the meanings given in the 1990 Act;
“incinerator” means the burning of waste in a plant which would fall within the description in paragraph D6 of Part 1 of Schedule 3 of the
Regulations;
"inert waste" means waste which, when disposed of in or on land, does not undergo any significant physical, chemical or biological transformation;
“Table” means a table in this schedule.
Charges
2. (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (8), for each waste facility and mining waste operation authorised by the permit the total of the sums shown
in Tables 1 to 8 in this Schedule
(2) Where a permit relates to waste facilities falling within more than one Part of a Table or, as the case may be, to descriptions of waste falling
within more than one paragraph of column (1) of a Table, the highest of the sums deriving from each of those Parts or paragraphs calculated on
the basis of the total amount of waste (of whatever description) intended to be subject under the permit to the waste facility or facilities specified
within the Table in question.
(3) Where a permit authorises both the treatment and the keeping of waste, in respect of both waste facilities, the higher of the sums deriving from
Table 1 and Table 2, or where such sums are equal, that sum.
(4) Where a permit authorises both the keeping and disposal of waste by an incinerator, in respect of both waste facilities, the sum determined in
accordance with Part B of Table 3.
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(5) Sub-paragraph (6) applies where, immediately before 1st April 2009, more than one permit was held by the same person and (a) the land specified in each of those permits adjoins the area specified in one or more of the other permits;
(b) each of those permits authorises the carrying on of the same waste facility in relation to the same descriptions of waste; and
(c) none of those permits falls within Table 4 (permit for disposal of controlled waste where disposal operations have ceased);
(6) Where sub-paragraph (5) applies only one sum is payable in respect of the relevant permits, namely, whichever is the lower of (a) the equivalent to the sum which would be payable if all the waste to which those permits relate had been the subject of a single permit; or
(b) the total of the sums calculated for each permit separately.
(7) Where the sum in respect of the permit is determined in accordance with Table 3 or Table 4 (whether by reference to Table 3 or Table 4 alone
or in conjunction with other Tables), and the land specified in the permit adjoins an installation which is a landfill, the sum shall be reduced by 10%.
(8) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (5) and (7), land specified in one of the permits shall be treated as adjoining land specified in another of
the permits notwithstanding that the areas of land are separated by a highway.
TABLE 1 PERMIT FOR THE TREATMENT OF WASTE IN OR ON LAND
(1) In this Table "permit" means a site permit which authorises or which, if granted or modified in accordance with the application, will authorise the treatment of
waste;
"amount of waste" means the maximum annual amount in tonnes of waste which under the permit (a) is authorised to be received at the site for treatment; or
(b) is authorised to be treated at the site where it was produced;
“civic amenity facility” is a facility that is operated to meet the obligations of a waste disposal authority under section 51(1) (b) of the Environmental
Protection Act 1990.
(2) This Table has the following Parts Part
Operation authorised by permit
Part A The treatment of waste for the purpose of recycling.
Part B The treatment of waste for any other purpose.
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PART A: The treatment of waste for the purpose of recycling
Description of waste
Amount of waste
(annual)
Charge
(£)
(a) Any waste which is hazardous waste other than:
(i) <5,000 tonnes
3,220
(i)
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
4,090
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
5,030
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
6,700
(b) Any household or commercial waste except:
(i) <5,000 tonnes
1,730
(i)
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
2,350
(ii) waste motor vehicles;
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
2,610
(iii) motor vehicle batteries or their contents;
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
3,430
(i) <5,000 tonnes
1,170
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
1,440
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
1,880
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
2,500
(i) <2,500 tonnes
780
the contents of motor vehicle batteries; or
(ii) hazardous waste which forms part of, or is contained in, a waste motor vehicle and
was necessary for the normal operation of the vehicle;
(iii) bonded asbestos; or
(iv) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment;
(v) Hazardous waste accepted at a civic amenity facility.
scrap metal;
(iv) hazardous waste which forms part of, or is contained in, a waste motor vehicle and
was necessary for the normal operation of the vehicle.
(c) Any waste not falling within sub paragraphs (a), (b) and (d).
(d) Permits for waste motor vehicles that take less than 2,500 tonnes.
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PART B: The treatment of waste for any other purpose
Description of waste
Amount of waste
(annual)
Charge
(£)
(a) Any waste which is hazardous waste other than:
(i) <5,000 tonnes
8,210
(i)
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
10,600
(ii) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment;
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
12,960
(iii) Hazardous waste accepted at a civic amenity facility.
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
17,230
(b) Household or commercial waste.
(i) <5,000 tonnes
2,130
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
2,760
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
3,450
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
4,590
(i) <5,000 tonnes
1,400
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
1,910
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
2,510
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
3,330
bonded asbestos;
(c) Waste not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above.
TABLE 2: Permit for the keeping of waste in or on land
(1) In this Table"permit" means a permit which authorises or which, if granted or varied in accordance with the application, will authorise the keeping of waste
"amount of waste" means the maximum annual amount in tonnes of waste which under the permit (a) is authorised to be received at the site for keeping; or
(b) is authorised be kept at the site where it was produced;
“civic amenity facility” is a facility that is operated to meet the obligations of a waste disposal authority under section 51(1) (b) of the Environmental
Protection Act 1990.
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(2) This Table has the following Parts Part
Operation authorised by permit
Part A The keeping of waste for any purpose at the site where it was produced.
Part B This table is redundant.
Part C The keeping of waste for the purpose of recycling at a site other than where it was produced.
Part D This table is redundant.
Part E The keeping of waste for any purpose other than recycling at a site other than where it was produced.
PART A: The keeping of waste for any purpose at the site where it was produced
Description of waste
Amount of waste
(annual)
Charge
(£)
Any waste.
(i) <500 tonnes
161
(ii) ≥500 <2,500 tonnes
330
(iii) ≥2,500 tonnes
480
PART C: The keeping of waste for the purpose of recycling at a site other than where it was produced
Description of waste
Amount of waste
(annual)
Charge
(£)
(a) Any waste which is hazardous waste other than:
(i) <5,000 tonnes
1,780
(i)
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
2,130
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
2,770
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
3,690
the contents of motor vehicle batteries;
(ii) hazardous waste which forms part of, or is contained in, a waste motor vehicle and
was necessary for the normal operation of the vehicle;
(iii) bonded asbestos; or
(iv) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment;
(v) Hazardous waste accepted at a civic amenity facility.
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Description of waste
Amount of waste
(annual)
Charge
(£)
(b) Any waste not falling within sub-paragraph (a) above.
(i) <5,000 tonnes
1,030
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
1,460
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
1,890
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
2,550
(i) <2,500 tonnes
780
(c) Permits for waste motor vehicles that take less than 2,500 tonnes.
PART E: The keeping of waste for any purpose other than recycling at a site other than where it was produced
Description of waste
Amount of waste
(annual)
Charge
(£)
(a) Any waste which is hazardous waste other than:
(i) <5,000 tonnes
4,840
(i)
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
7,090
(ii) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment;
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
9,250
(iii) Hazardous waste accepted at a civic amenity facility.
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
12,300
(b) Any building or demolition waste or inert waste.
(i) <5,000 tonnes
1,030
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
1,690
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
2,710
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
3,590
(i) <5,000 tonnes
1,980
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
2,860
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
4,130
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
5,480
bonded asbestos;
(c) Any waste not falling within sub paragraphs (a) and (b) above.
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TABLE 3: Permit for the disposal of waste in or on land
(1) In this Table"permit" means a permit which authorises or which, if granted or varied in accordance with the application, will authorise the disposal of waste;
"amount of waste" in Part A means the maximum annual amount in tonnes of waste which under the permit (a) is authorised to be received at the site for disposal; or
(b) is authorised to be disposed of at the site where it was produced;
"amount of waste" in Part B means the maximum amount in kilograms of waste which under the permit may be fed into the incinerator per hour;
“description of waste” includes any hazardous waste that is or has been referred to in the permit as being authorised under the permit on or after
15 June 2002 until such time as the permit is varied so that no such hazardous wastes are referred to in the permit.
(2) In Part A the subsistence charge does not apply where (a) the permit has been revoked so far as it authorises the disposal of waste, subject to requirements which continue to bind the permit holder; or
(b) the site has been closed within the meaning given in Table 4.
(3) This Table has the following parts Part
Operation authorised by permit
Part A The disposal of waste other than by burning in an incinerator.
Part B The disposal of waste by burning in an incinerator.
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PART A: The disposal of waste other than by burning in an incinerator
Description of waste
Amount of waste
(annual)
Charge
(£)
(a) Waste which consists only of hazardous waste other than bonded asbestos.
(i) <25,000 tonnes
6,180
(ii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
11,640
(iii) ≥75,000 tonnes
15,480
(i) <25,000 tonnes
8,240
(ii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
16,680
(iii) ≥75,000 <150,000 tonnes
22,180
(iv) ≥150,000 tonnes
32,700
(i) <5,000 tonnes
2,070
(ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes
2,980
(iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
4,940
(iv) ≥75,000 tonnes
6,570
(i) <25,000 tonnes
4,130
(ii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
6,580
(iii) ≥75,000 tonnes
8,760
(e) Waste which consists only of dead domestic pets.
No limit
151
(f) Any waste not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) and (g).
(i) <25,000 tonnes
6,090
(ii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes
9,200
(iii) ≥75,000 tonnes
12,230
No limit
2,530
(b) Any combination of hazardous waste other than bonded asbestos and other waste.
(c) Any inert waste, including topsoil, not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)
above.
(d) Any industrial waste not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) above.
(g) The deposit of non-hazardous dredgings.
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PART B: The disposal of waste by burning in an incinerator
Description of waste
Amount of waste
(kg per hour)
Charge
(£)
(a) Any waste.
≤ 50 kilograms
850
TABLE 4: Permit for the disposal of waste in or on land where the entire site has been closed
(1) In this Table "amount of waste" means the aggregate amount in tonnes of waste disposed of at the site under and throughout the subsistence of the permit
(including any period during which the permit was a waste management licence within the meaning of the 1990 Act or a waste disposal licence
within the meaning of the Control of Pollution Act 1974);
“Landfill Directive” means Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, as read with Council Decision 2003/33/EC establishing criteria and
procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to article 16 and Annex 11 to Directive 1999/31/EC.
(2) A site is closed for the purpose of this Table if (a) where it is a landfill within the meaning of the Landfill Directive, once the entire site has definitely closed before 1st April in any year;
(b) in any other case, where the Agency has commenced post closure inspections in respect of the entire site before 1st April in any year.
(3) The service of a landfill closure notice shall not be treated as causing a site to fall within this Table.
Description of waste
Amount of waste
Charge (£)
(a) Waste which consists only of hazardous waste other than bonded asbestos.
(i) <250,000 tonnes
700
(ii) ≥250,000 <1,000,000 tonnes
920
(iii) ≥1,000,000 tonnes
1,170
(i) <250,000 tonnes
780
(ii) ≥250,000 <1,000,000 tonnes
1,050
(iii) ≥1,000,000<2,500,000 tonnes
1,320
(iv) ≥2,500,000 tonnes
1,750
(b) Any combination of hazardous waste other than bonded asbestos and other
waste.
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Description of waste
Amount of waste
Charge (£)
(c) Any inert waste not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) above.
(i) <50,000 tonnes
297
(ii) ≥50,000 <250,000 tonnes
350
(iii) ≥250,000 < 1,000,000 tonnes
450
(iv) ≥1,000,000 tonnes
610
(i) <250,000 tonnes
470
(ii) ≥250,000 <1,000,000 tonnes
670
(iii) ≥1,000,000 tonnes
890
(e) Waste which consists only of dead domestic pets.
No limit
151
(f) Any waste not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) and (g).
(i) <250,000 tonnes
590
(ii) ≥250,000 <1,000,000 tonnes
810
(iii) ≥1,000,000 tonnes
1,080
No limit
320
Description of waste
Amount of waste
Charge (£)
(a) Any waste.
No limit
2,530
(d) Any industrial waste not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) above.
(g) The deposit of non-hazardous dredgings.
TABLE 5: Not in use
TABLE 6: The Deposit of Waste to Land as a Recovery Activity
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TABLE 7: Additional charge for the regulation of landfill gas and other biogas engines
Part A
Description of waste facility
Amount of waste
Charge (£)
Landfill gas engines, combined heat and power plants and other biogas engines
even if a charge is payable under Table 3 or Table 4.
No limit
3,320
Part B
Description of waste facility
Amount of waste
Charge (£)
Waste facilities burning biogas other than from a landfill. Where a permit authorises a
waste facility for treatment and/or keeping of waste in addition to the burning of
biogas, the charge will be the higher of the sums deriving from Table 1, Table 2 or the
charge in this table.
No limit
3,320
TABLE 8: Mining waste operations
1. The charge in this table is the annual subsistence charge for all mining waste operations which include a Category A mining waste facility or a
mining waste facility involving the management of hazardous waste.
Description of waste
Amount of waste
Charge (£)
Any extractive waste.
No limit
3,940
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SCHEDULE 4
CHARGES FOR SPECIFIED WATER ACTIVITIES
INTERPRETATION
1. In this Schedule, except where the context otherwise requires "the 1991 Act" means the Water Resources Act 1991 as amended by the Environment Act 1995
and except in so far as expressly interpreted in this Schedule shall be construed by reference to
that Act;
"the 1995 Act" means the Environment Act 1995 and except in so far as expressly interpreted in
this Schedule, this Schedule shall be construed by reference to that Act;
"discharge" means a discharge of an effluent under a permit;
“abandonment” means the same as defined in section 91A of the 1991 Act as amended by section
58 of the 1995 Act;
“receiving waters” means the same as defined in paragraph 6.3 of this Schedule;
“year” means a period of 12 months commencing on 1 April;
"direct cooling water" means cooling water which is used for temperature reduction purposes and
does not come into open contact with any process;
"organic nature" means effluent with Biochemical Oxygen Demand and/or Chemical Oxygen
Demand limits.
THE CHARGES
CHARGE RATES
2. The charge rates are (a) for the Standard Application Charge,
£885
(b) for the Reduced Application Charge,
£125
(c) for the Annual Charge Financial Factor, £684
APPLICATION CHARGE
3. (1) In respect of each application for a permit or application for variation of a permit there shall
be payable (a) the Standard Application Charge except as provided for in (b) below;
(b) the Reduced Application Charge where the effluent is any of the following (i) sewage effluent where the proposed volume is 5 cubic metres or less per day;
(ii) sewage effluent which contains trade effluent or other matter where the proposed volume is 5
cubic metres or less per day;
(iii) trade effluent from cooling or heat exchange where the proposed volume is 10 cubic metres or
less per day;
(iv) surface water not containing trade effluent;
(v) site drainage.
(2) Where an application relates to more than one discharge a charge is made for each such
discharge.
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SUBSISTENCE CHARGE
4. (1) There shall be payable a charge which is the product of the following four factors related to
the permit pursuant to which the discharge is made A The Volume Factor
B The Contents Factor
C The Receiving Water Factor
D The Financial Factor
(2)(a) Subject to paragraph (b) below where a permit authorises the discharge of more than one
effluent a charge is made for each such effluent authorised whether or not they may be discharged
together or from one or more outlets.
(b) Where effluents receive treatment together or having joined together are then monitored
together by the Agency prior to discharge or where effluents are of the same nature and the
monitoring of any one or more of them is the means by which the Agency monitors them all,
subject to paragraph (c) below, one charge only is made, determined according to the highest
contents band into which any of the constituent effluents fall, and according to their aggregated
volume.
(c) Where an effluent is discharged to more than one receiving water a charge is made for each
discharge to a different receiving water.
(3) Subsistence Charges will not be made for discharges of sewage effluent where the maximum
daily volume of discharge authorised by the permit is 5 cubic metres or less.
(4)(a) Where a permit restricts a discharge from taking place for a consecutive period of three
months or more during a year, the charge shall be reduced by 4% per calendar month of restriction
i.e. pro rata by month to the general reduction in cost to the Agency. Such a reduction will be
applied prior to any other reduction or abatement under the Scheme.
(b) Subject to paragraphs (4) (a) and (4) (b) above, no reduction in charges is made where a
discharge is made in part or parts of the year under a permit which is in force for the whole of the
year.
(5) If an operator undertakes to monitor discharges under a permit in such a manner as, in the
Agency's view, will enable the Agency's monitoring costs to be reduced, the Agency will make a
reduction to the charge for the year or provide a rebate, having regard to consequent reduction in
its costs. The Agency may at any time make a charge as provided under the Scheme without an
abatement, if the operator fails to monitor in accordance with an undertaking. Where an operator
first makes a discharge under a permit after the commencement of the year an undertaking may
be given at any time prior to first making a discharge.
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THE FACTORS
Volume
5. (1) The Volume Factor relates to the maximum daily volume of discharge authorised by the
permit as follows -
Cubic Meters
Band
Factor
Up to and including 5
A
0.3
20 B
0.5
More than
5 up to and including
"
20
"
"
"
100
C
1
"
100
"
"
"
1,000
D
2
"
1,000
"
"
"
10,000
E
3
"
10,000
"
"
"
50,000
F
5
"
50,000
"
"
"
150,000
G
9
"
150,000
H
14
(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) below, where no maximum daily volume is fixed by a
permit the volume factor is 1.0 except where the discharge is (i) made in an emergency;
(ii) surface water (not containing trade effluent); when the factor is 0.3
(iii) from a fish farm located in surface waters, estuarial waters or coastal waters when the factor is
5.0.
(3) For sewage treatment works final effluents (i) the maximum daily volume is the flow to full treatment;
(ii) where no maximum daily volume is specified in the permit, but an average daily flow is given
the maximum daily volume shall be taken to be 2.4 times the average daily flow;
(iii) if a dry weather flow only is specified the maximum daily volume shall be taken to be 3 times
dry weather flow.
(4) For trade effluents (i) the maximum daily volume is the flow to full treatment;
(ii) where no maximum daily volume is specified in the permit, but a daily dry weather flow is given
this shall be taken to be the maximum daily volume except where the discharge may contain
rainfall when the maximum daily volume shall be taken to be 3 times the daily dry weather flow.
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Contents
6. (1) The Contents Factor relates to the provisions in the permit controlling or regulating the
contents of the discharge as follows Band
Factor
A
14
B
5
C
3
D
2
E
1
F
0.5
G
0.3
(2) BAND A - Trade or sewage effluent discharged under a permit (i) Where the permit conditions contain numeric conditions for any of the following substances
excluding any condition for total oil and/or grease Pesticides including Organotins
Fungicides
Herbicides
Polyhalogenated Biphenyls
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons
Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Halogenated Hydrocarbons including Haloforms
Alcohols with the exception of Methanol, Ethanol, Butanol and Propanol, Glycols (including Total
and Poly)
Aromatic Nitrogen Compounds
Phenolic Compounds (with the exception of Total and Mono hydric phenols)
Heterocyclic Hydrocarbons
Esters
Ethers
Ketones
Aldehydes (with the exception of Formaldehyde)
(ii) Where the permit conditions include viruses;
(iii) Where the permit conditions specify the need for Toxicity Tests other than Rapid Bacterial
Toxicity Tests to determine compliance.
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(3) BAND B - Except where the permit falls in Band A trade or sewage effluent (i) Where the permit conditions contain numeric conditions for any of the following substances Metals and Metalloids
Cyanides
Sulphides
Phenolic Compounds (Total and Monohydric)
Methanol
Ethanol
Butanol
Formaldehyde
Propanol
Glycols (including Total and Poly)
Carboxylic Acids
Organic Nitrogen Compounds (other than those above and in Band A and with the exception of
Urea and Quaternary Ammonium Salts);
(ii) Where the permit conditions specify Rapid Bacterial Toxicity Tests to determine compliance;
(iii) Where permit conditions include bacteria.
(4) BAND C - Except where the permit falls in Bands A or B (i) Sewage effluent with numeric conditions other than volume but not including effluents specified
in Band E (ii);
(ii) All discharges of trade effluent of an organic nature with numeric conditions other than those
included in Band E, F and G.
(5) BAND D - Except where the permit falls in Bands A, B or C (i) Sewage effluent with no numeric conditions other than volume or only descriptive conditions
other than those effluents specified in Band E (ii);
(ii) All other discharges of trade effluent other than those specified in Bands E, F, and G.
(6) BAND E - Except where the permit falls in Bands A, B, C or D (i) Site drainage from trade premises;
(ii) Storm and emergency discharges at treatment works, pumping stations and from drainage
systems;
(iii) All trade effluents of direct cooling water other than those specified in Band G;
(iv) All trade effluents from the prevention of interference with mining or quarrying and from the
continuation of pumping of such discharges from mines following abandonment other than those
specified in Band F.
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(7) BAND F
(i) Surface water (not containing trade effluent);
(ii) Trade effluent from the prevention of interference with mining or quarrying and from the
continuation of pumping of such discharges from mines following abandonment for which there are
no conditions or the only conditions are one or more of volume, suspended solids, iron, pH and
chloride;
(iii) Trade effluents where the permit authorises the discharge of water abstracted from the
controlled water after use in a trade, subject to limits only in the increase of concentrations of
Biochemical Oxygen Demand and/or solids in suspension and/or ammonia in the water;
(iv) Any effluent not identified elsewhere.
(8) BAND G
(i) Trade effluent of direct cooling water for which the only conditions are one or more of volume,
temperature, pH and chlorine;
(ii) Trade effluents where the permit authorises the discharge of water after use for the cultivation
of plants.
Receiving Waters
7. (1) The Receiving Water Factors are Band
Factor
Groundwater or land
G
0.5
Coastal waters
C
0.8
Surface waters
S
1
Estuarial waters
E
1.5
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph the waters referred to above shall have the following
meanings GROUNDWATER – Groundwater is all water which is below the surface of the ground in the
saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil;
COASTAL WATERS - Coastal waters are any waters seaward from the baselines for estuarial
waters (as defined below) and waters seaward from the high water mark (as defined in Ordnance
Survey maps) outside estuarial baselines;
SURFACE WATERS - Surface waters are the waters defined as inland freshwaters by section
104(1) of the Water Resources Act 1991;
ESTUARIAL WATERS - Estuarial waters are any waters which are within the area which extends
landward from the baselines identified in the maps deposited at the Agency's Regional offices for
this purpose, upstream to the fresh-water limit;
INLAND FRESHWATERS – Inland freshwaters have the same meaning as in section 104 Water
Resources Act 1991.
Financial Factor
The Financial Factor in respect of the Annual Charge is the charge rate set annually in accordance
with paragraph 3 above.
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