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Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme & Guidance

Effective from 1st April 2015

Environmental Permitting Charging Guidance 2015

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On 1 April 2013 Natural Resources Wales brought together the work of the Countryside Council for Wales, Environment Agency Wales and Forestry Commission Wales, as well as some functions of Welsh Government.

Our purpose is to ensure that the natural resources of Wales are sustainably maintained, used and enhanced, now and in the future

We will work for the communities of Wales to protect people and their homes as much as possible from environmental incidents like flooding and pollution. We will provide opportunities for them to learn, use and benefit from Wales' natural resources

We will work for Wales' economy and enable the sustainable use of natural resources to support jobs & enterprise. We will help businesses and developers to understand and consider environmental limits when they make important decisions.

We will work to maintain and improve the quality of the environment for everyone. We will work towards making the environment and natural resources more resilient to climate change and other pressures.

Further copies of this report are available from our Customer Service Centre

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Contents

1 Quick Reference Guide Page 6

1.1 Introduction….. Page 6

2 Registrations & EP Miscellaneous Charges Page 9

2.1 Waste Carriers, Brokers and Dealers….. Page 9

2.2 Exempt Waste Operations….. Page 9

2.3 International Waste Shipments (IWS)….. Page 10

2.4 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)….. Page 10

2.5 Waste Batteries and Accumulators…. Page 11

2.6 Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008…. Page 12

3 Background to Regulation and Charging Page 14

3.1 Unified Charging Framework (UCF)….. Page 14

3.2 Charging Structure….. Page 15

3.3 Operational Risk Appraisal (Opra)….. Page 16

3.4 Scheme surpluses and deficits….. Page 17

3.5 Summary of the main changes for 2015/16….. Page 18

4 What we charge for Page 21

4.1 Application charge for a new permit….. Page 21

4.2 Subsistence charge….. Page 22

4.3 Variation charge….. Page 23

4.4 Transfer charge….. Page 33

4.5 Surrender charge….. Page 34

4.6 Groundwater assessment (applicable to landfill facilities)….. Page 35

4.7 Independent monitoring charges….. Page 35

4.8 Mobile Plant deployment charge….. Page 35

4.9 Charge for advertising….. Page 35

4.10 Monitoring and emergency response charges….. Page 35

5 Permit regimes Page 37

5.1 Installations….. Page 37

5.2 Waste Facilities….. Page 43

5.3 Mining Waste….. Page 52

5.4 Mobile Plant….. Page 57

5.5 Groundwater Activities (land spreading)….. Page 62

5.6 Water Discharge Activities (WDA) and Groundwater Activities (point source)….. Page 65

5.7 Radioactive Substances Activities….. Page 68

6 Payment of charges Page 76


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6.1 Method and terms of payment….. Page 76

6.2 When charges are due….. Page 77

6.3 Sources of further information….. Page 78

6.4 Contact us….. Page 79

7 The Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme 2015/16….. Page 80


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Environmental Permitting Guidance table index:

Table 1: Carriers, brokers and dealers charges…..Page 9 Table 2 : Deleted Table 3: International Waste Shipments - notification charges…..Page 10 Table 4: WEEE - charges for approvals…..Page 10 Table 5: WEEE - annual applications - approval of treatment or export facilities…..Page 11 Table 6: Waste Batteries and Accumulators - compliance scheme annual charge…..Page 12 Table 7: Waste Batteries and Accumulators - annual application for approval of treatment or export facilities…..Page 12 Table 8: Deleted Table 9: Compliance Classification Scheme - points banding…..Page 17 Table 10: What we charge for - Section 4 paragraphs and the charging regimes they apply to…..Page 19 Table 11: Administrative variation examples for installations and Waste operations…..Page 24 Table 12: Administrative variation examples for Radioactive Substances Activities…..Page 25 Table 13: Administrative variation examples for WDA and Groundwater Activities…..Page 25 Table 14: Minor technical variation examples for Installations and Waste operations…..Page 26 Table 15: Minor technical variation examples for Radioactive Substances Activities…..Page 27 Table 16: Variation charges - Installation and Waste – changes to existing facilities…..Page 31 Table 17: Deleted Table 18: Installations - tier 2 charges…..Page 39 Table 19: Installations - tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment…..Page 40 Table 20: Installations - tier 2 standard permits…..Page 41 Table 21: Installations - tier 2 bespoke permits…..Page 42 Table 22: Installations - tier 3 charges…..Page 42 Table 23: Installations - Opra weighting table…..Page 42 Table 24: Installations - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers…..Page 42 Table 25: Installations - tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment…..Page 42 Table 26: Waste operation landfill sites - Transitional Waste subsistence charges…..Page 44 Table 27: Waste - adjacent sites…..Page 45 Table 28: Waste landfill adjoining an installation landfill…..Page 45 Table 29: Waste - tier 2 charges…..Page 46 Table 30: Waste - tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment…..Page 47 Table 31: Waste - tier 2 bespoke permit charge rates…..Page 48 Table 32: Waste - tier 2 Standard Permit and Fixed Condition Licence charge rates…..Page 49 Table 33: Waste - tier 3 charges…..Page 50 Table 34: Waste - Opra weighting table…..Page 50 Table 35: Waste - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers…..Page 50 Table 36: Waste - tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment…..Page 50 Table 37: Waste - tier 3 Transitional Waste Table charge bands…..Page 51 Table 38: Mining Waste - tier 2 charges…..Page 53 Table 39: Mining Waste tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment…..Page 54 Table 40: Mining Waste - tier 3 charges…..Page 54 Table 41: Mining Waste - Opra weighting table…..Page 54 Table 42: Mining Waste - Opra charge multipliers…..Page 54 Table 43: Mining Waste tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment…..Page 55 Table 44: Mining Waste charges summary…..Page 56 Table 45: Mobile Plant - tier 2 deployment charge compliance band adjustment…..Page 58 Table 46: Mobile Plant - tier 3 deployment charge compliance band adjustment…..Page 58 Table 47: Mobile Plant - tier 2 charges…..Page 58 Table 48: Mobile Plant - tier 3 charges…..Page 59 Table 49: Mobile Plant - Waste operation - Opra weighting table…..Page 59 Table 50: Mobile Plant - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers…..Page 59 Table 51: Mobile Plant - charges summary…..Page 60 Table 52: Mobile Plant - risk definitions (where differences apply)…..Page 61 Table 53: Groundwater Activities - charges…..Page 63 Table 54: Groundwater Activities - charges for liquid discharges…..Page 64 Table 55: Groundwater Activities - charges for solid discharges…..Page 64 Table 56: WDA and Groundwater Activities (point source) charges…..Page 66 Table 57: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 permit types…..Page 70 Table 58: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 charges…..Page 74 Table 59: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 3 charges…..Page 74 Table 60: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 fixed charges for application, variation, transfer and surrender…..Page 75 Table 61: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 subsistence charges…..Page 75 Table 62: Charges due dates - registrations and EP miscellaneous charges…..Page 77 Table 63: Charges due dates - permits (where applicable)…..Page 78

Section 1 - Introduction 6

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 2015. 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. The 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 & Accumulators

Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008.

If you are carrying out other activities permitted by Natural Resources Wales 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.

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 2015/16, the legal scheme that covers all the charging regimes in this guidance.

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-buy-report/apply-buy-grid/water/register-septic-tanks/?lang=en


This is the legal instrument that sets our charges and is provided as an attachment to this guidance document.

1.1.5 Application forms Permit application forms can be obtained from our website: www.naturalresourceswales.gov.uk or as a hard copy by phoning 0300 065 3000.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/

Section 2 – Registrations and EP Miscellaneous Charges 9

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 (renewals of the scrap metal exemption paragraph 45 and renewals of notifiable exemptions);

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. Specific advice for these can be found on our web site.

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 charge for upper tier registrations If you are a carrier, broker or dealer of controlled waste you need to register with us. A charge, covering the assessment of your application, applies to upper tier registrations.

Renewal charge for upper tier registrations There are no subsistence charges associated with registrations. However, there is a charge for applying to renew an upper tier registration.

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 Charge Register as an upper tier carrier/dealer £154

Register as an upper tier broker/dealer £154

Register as an upper tier carrier/broker/dealer £154

Add a registration type to an upper tier registration £40

Renewal of an upper tier registration £105

Certificate copy cards £5

Lower tier registrations Free

Further information for carriers and brokers can be found on our website at:

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-buy-report/apply-buy-grid/waste/register-as-a-carrier/?lang=en

2.2 Exempt Waste Operations

Please note that you can no longer apply for a new paragraph 45 scrap metal exemption.

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-buy-report/apply-buy-grid/water/discharge/guidance/?lang=en




What we charge for:

Renewal charge

Registration of T11 WEEE exemption £840, payable every three years.

Further information Further information on exemptions can be found on our website at:

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/waste-permitting/exemptions/?lang=en

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 to or exported from the UK;

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 on the following page.

Table 3: International Waste Shipments - notification charges

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

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 appropriate environmental regulator. If your company’s registered office or principal place of business is within Wales, then you’ll need to make an application through Natural Resources Wales. 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.

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

Charge Band A (>£1m turnover) £445

Charge Band B (£1m turnover or less and required to be VAT register) £210

Charge Band C (not required to be VAT registered) £30

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/waste-permitting/exemptions/?lang=en


Charge Band D (not required to be VAT registered), overseas company £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:

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.

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 Natural Resources Wales (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 Natural Resources Wales and pay an annual fee to Natural Resources Wales of £30.

Large producers of batteries

Number of companies

Charge/company Total charge for element

A 4 £445 £1,780

B 5 £210 £1,050

C 10 £30 £300

D 0

£30 £0

Total charge £3,130


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 Natural Resources Wales. They may be charged an annual membership fee by the BCS they join. Each BCS must pay Natural Resources Wales £600 for each member they have.

Battery Compliance Scheme operators Any company that wishes to operate a BCS must make an application to Natural Resources Wales. If your company’s registered office or principal place of business is within Wales, then you’ll need to make an application through Natural Resources Wales. 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

For example; a BCS with 40 members will pay a charge of £90,000 + £600*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


(1) “large battery treatment operator” or “battery exporter” means an operator who is not a small battery treatment operator or small battery exporter;

(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.

Charge

Annual subsistence charge for operating a battery compliance scheme £90,000

Plus charge for each member of the battery compliance scheme £600


2.6 Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008

Under these Regulations Natural Resources Wales is the competent authority in 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 1995 – as amended by the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 – 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.

Section 3 – Background to regulation and charging 14

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 Charging Scheme fit within this generic UCF Framework

Currently tier 1 is not used for any charges within the 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 (following page) contains the tier 2 charge codes and charge bands for Applications, 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.

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 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.

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 facilities that have nuclear activities or are permitted to receive low level radioactive waste for disposal into land at the permitted 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.

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 9: Compliance Classification Scheme - points banding

Opra band A B C D E F

CCS points 0 >0-10 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 over 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, 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 links:

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/how-we-regulate-you/compliance/?lang=en

for Radioactive Substances Activities:

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/sectors/32481.aspx

These provide links to:

Opra scheme documents;

Spreadsheets to assist in calculating your Opra banded profile;

Where to get more help.

3.4 Scheme surpluses and deficits

We have an obligation under the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012 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


http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/sectors/32481.aspx


Environment Act 1995 requires Welsh Ministers to make sure that, in relation to all our Charging Schemes, 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 in order to achieve this.

3.5 Summary of the main changes for 2015/16

General Waste and Installation specific charges have been increased by 2.5%. Charges are rounded to the nearest pound. All other charges remain the same. Pre-construction phase permit subsistence charge cap Under previous arrangements, sites that remained at the pre-construction phase after the zero charge period would receive the full subsistence charge. We have now introduced a capped annual fixed charge of £3,190, or the full subsistence charge if lower. This capped charge will apply if construction has still not started after two years from the date the permit was determined or April 2016, whichever is the later. Waste recovery review charge A new charge of £350 to cover the cost of reviewing a waste recovery plan submitted as part of a permit application on Standard Permits SR2010no7, SR2010no8, SR2010no9 and SR2010no10. This provides permit holders with greater flexibility and will only be triggered by any changes operators wish to make. Please note that this charge only applies when the operator wants to change the waste recovery plan after the permit has been issued.

Section 4 – What we charge for 19

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 10 on the following page.

Table 10: What we charge for - Section 4 paragraphs and the charging regimes they apply to

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4.1 Application charge for a new permit *

4.1.1 Application for multiple facilities

4.1.2 Pre-application advice * *

4.1.3 Application amendments

4.1.4 Standard rules permits -pre-application risk assessment

4.1.5 Staged procedure

4.2 Subsistence charge * *

4.2.1 Compliance adjustment

4.2.2 Subsistence invoice issue date *

4.2.3 Permit issued in the course of a year *

4.2.4 Revocation, surrender, transfer and changes to permits.

4.2.5 Charge where construction or operation has not yet started * *

4.3 Variation charge *

4.3.1 Administrative only change

4.3.2 Minor technical change

4.3.3 Normal variation * *

4.3.4 Substantial variation

4.3.5 Permits with multiple regulated facilities

4.3.6 Variation to add/remove a facility


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4.3.7 More than one permit holder for an installation

4.3.8 Change to financial provision

4.3.9 Closing a landfill

4.3.10 Re-opening of a closed inert landfill

4.3.11 Consolidation of permits *

4.3.12 Variations to permit type

4.4 Transfer charge *

4.4.1 Transferring more than one facility as part of a single permit

4.4.2 Transferring a permit where the management is the same

4.4.3 Transfer of permits and compliance rating

4.5 Surrender charge * *

4.5.1 Removing a regulated facility (with associated land)

4.5.2 Reducing the area of land

4.5.3 Surrender charge where operations have not yet commenced

4.5.4 Surrendering a permit for a low risk site

4.6 Groundwater assessment

4.7 Independent monitoring charges

4.8 Mobile Plant deployment charge *

4.9 Default charges for Standard Permits

4.10 Charge for advertising

4.11 Monitoring and emergency response charges

* Please see regime specific charge section page numbers: 37-42 43-51 52-56 57-61 62-64 65-67 68-75 68-75


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 10 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 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.

If you’re applying for 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 you’re applying for a standard permit, or a deployment notification under mobile plant, we can give you up to one hour's 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 Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012 to charge for services provided).

4.1.3 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.

4.1.4 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 human habitation or environmentally sensitive areas). For those prescribed criteria, details of which will be published on our website, we can offer a simple site specific risk assessment to assess the significance of being within the defined distance of the standard permit being applied for. This would be undertaken before an application is made and would determine if the risk was acceptable and whether a standard permit was suitable. Where the risk is determined as acceptable then a standard permit could be applied for in the normal way and subject to standard permit charges. 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 the charge of £350 can be refunded once an application had been made. 4.1.5 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 10 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, default charges apply - see section 4.9.

4.2.4 Effect of revocation, surrender, transfer and permit changes


If we revoke or you surrender, transfer or change 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.

4.2.5 Subsistence charge where construction has not commenced

For a regulated facility, where no works or construction of any kind have commenced, the subsistence charge becomes payable on the later of :

two years from the date the permit was granted, or

1st April 2016

The subsistence charge shall be the lower of £3,190, or the subsistence charge which would otherwise be payable.

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 10 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.

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 Natural Resources Wales decides requires any technical assessment or consultation is not an administrative-only variation.

Tables 11 to 13 provide examples of administrative variations for the charging regimes covered by this guidance but should not be considered an exhaustive list.

Table 11: 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 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.


Table 12: Administrative variation examples for Radioactive Substances Activities

Table 13: Administrative variation examples for WDA and Groundwater Activities


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.


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.


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 Natural Resources Wales 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 14 and 15 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 14: 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.


5 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 15: 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.


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 existing 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.

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 a Natural Resources Wales 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 a Natural Resources Wales 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 16 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.

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 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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Tier 2 Waste standard facility

Tier 2 Installation standard facility

Tier 2 Installation (bespoke)

Tier 2 Waste operation (bespoke)

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Fixed rate Standard facility application charge (1)(2)(4)


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New Opra profile x Installation variation multiplier

New Opra profile x Normal variation Waste multiplier

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Fixed variation charge for installation (bespoke) (3)

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Tier 2 Fixed Condition Licence

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New Opra profile x Installation variation multiplier


Tier 2 Installation (bespoke)

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N/A N/A New Opra profile x Installation variation multiplier

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Tier 2 Waste operation (bespoke)

Fixed rate Standard facility application charge (1)(2)

N/A N/A N/A New Opra profile x Installation variation multiplier


Tier 3 Installation Fixed rate Standard facility application charge (1)(2)


Fixed variation charge for installation (bespoke) (3)

Fixed variation charge for relevant Waste operation (bespoke)

N/A Existing Opra profile x Installation Normal variation multiplier


Table 16: Variation charges - Installation and Waste – changes to existing facilities.

* 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

Tier 3 Waste operation


N/A N/A Fixed variation charge for relevant Waste operation (bespoke)

Existing Opra profile x Installation Normal variation multiplier

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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 10 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

(Waste, Mining Waste and Mobile Plant permit holders should note that this charge is equivalent to the Tier 3 full transfer rate);

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.

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 10 outlines charging regimes sub sections apply to.

This section does not apply to Mobile Plant, Water discharges 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 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, you must ask us to confirm whether or not you may do this, in line with our advice document " The surrender of permits for the permanent deposit of waste", version 2, published in December 2012. 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 in April 2013. If we agree you may have basic or low risk surrender the charge will be £2,532 for low risk surrender, £543 for a basic surrender, or the full 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 £1,005) and, if necessary, a more detailed review at an additional charge of £3,649.

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 Natural Resources Wales 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 Natural Resources Wales will be recovered, where appropriate, by means of a direct charge per permit to be notified to the operator.

Where Natural Resources Wales 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 Natural Resources Wales in the year of revocation or in prior years.

Section 5.1 Permit Regimes - Installations 37

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.


(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 Band

Application

Charge Charge Band

Transfer

Charge Charge Band

Surrender

Charge Charge Band

Subsistence

Charge

S030A £400 S035T £718 S040S £543 S030C £156

S040A £718 S040T £974 S045S £1,538 S040C £308

S050A £974 S050S £2,532 S050C £523

S060A £1,630 S060S £3,588 S060C £779

S070A £1,948 S074C £1,281

S080C £1,579

S090C £2,040

S100C £2,481

S120C £3,413

Charge bands available for an Installation default standard facility

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

Variation 4.3 23 to 32 (1)

Transfer 4.4 33 to 34

Surrender 4.5 34 to 35

Groundwater assessment 4.6 35

Independent monitoring charges 4.7 35


Installation charges (tier 2)

Table 18: Installations - tier 2 charges

Charge type Charge method

Application charge Fixed rate: Table 20 (standard permits) Fixed rate: Table 21 (bespoke permits)

Subsistence charge Fixed rate: Table 20 (standard permits), adjusted for compliance (Table 19) Fixed rate: Table 21 (bespoke permits), adjusted for compliance (Table 19)* *Compliance adjustment does not apply to accredited farming Installations

Variation charge (see section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations)

Fixed rate: Table 21 (bespoke permits) Not applicable to standard permits

Transfer charge Fixed rate: Table 20 (standard permits) Fixed rate: Table 21 (bespoke permits)

Surrender charge Fixed rate: Table 20 (standard permits) Fixed rate: Table 21 (bespoke permits)

Table 19: 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%


Table 20: Installations - tier 2 standard permits

*See section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations.

Installations that are standard facilities Rules number Application Transfer Surrender Subsistence

Low impact Part A Installation SR2009no2 £1,630 £379 £379 £523

Low impact Part A Installation for production of biodiesel SR2009no3 £1,630 £379 £379 £523

Composting in closed systems (capacity over 75 tonnes/day) SR2012 No4 £1,948 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Composting in open systems (capacity over 75 tonnes/day) SR2012 No8 £1,948 £974 £3,588 £2,481

On-farm anaerobic digestion facility including the use of the resultant biogas

SR2012 No9 £1,948 £974 £1,538 £2,040

Anaerobic digestion facility including the combustion of the resultant biogas

SR2012 No 11 £1,948 £974 £1,538 £3,413

Treatment of incinerator bottom ash (IBA) (capacity over 75 tonnes/day)

SR2012 No13 £1,948 £974 £3,588 £2,481


Table 21: Installations - tier 2 bespoke permits

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 £2,634 £379 £379 £379 £379 £379 £379 £523

Local authority installation £1,630 £543 £974 £543 £543 £543 £543 £994

Accredited farming Installation (1) N/A £379 £379 £379 £379 £379 £379 £1,579

Non-accredited farming Installation £3,741 £379 £379 £379 £379 £379 £379 £2,481

Directly Associated Activity £7,370 £1,958 £3,905 £7,452 £4,971 £5,638 £6,642 £3,413

Paragraph 17 activity £7,370 £1,958 £3,905 £7,452 £4,971 £5,638 £6,642 £3,413

(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.



Installation charges (tier 3)

Table 22: Installations - tier 3 charges


Application charge Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 23), multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 24)

Subsistence charge Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 23), multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 24), adjusted for compliance (table 25)

Variation charge

(see section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations)

Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 23), multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 24)

Transfer charge Part transfer £7,452 Full transfer £4,971

Surrender charge Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 23), multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 24)

Groundwater assessment Initial review £1,005 Further review (if required) £3,649

Independent monitoring charges Cost recovery charging

Table 23: Installations - Opra weighting table

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

Table 24: Installations - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers

Charge Installations Multiplier (£)

Permit Application charge 206

Subsistence charge 100

Normal Variation charge 57

Substantial Variation charge 113

Full Surrender charge 127

Partial Surrender charge 98

Table 25: Installations - tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment

Tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment Compliance band A B C D E F

% of base charge 95% 100% 110% 125% 150% 300%

Section 5.2 Permit Regimes - Waste 43

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.

Additionally, 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 26 below.


Table 26: Waste operation landfill sites - Transitional Waste subsistence charges

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.

(1) The following information on subsistence is specific to waste facilities: Tier 3 waste facilities - subsistence rules for permits covering more than one facility

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.

Type of landfill site Transitional Waste Table 3A charge

Transitional Waste Table 4 charge

Transitional Waste Table 6 charge (waste to land for recovery)

Transitional Waste Table 7 charge (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



Subsistence 4.2 22 to 23 (1)

Variation 4.3 23 to 32



Groundwater assessment 4.6 35


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:

Table 27: Waste - adjacent sites

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.

Conditions Charge

An agreed adjacent site arrangement was already in place prior to 1st April 2009.

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 28: Waste landfill adjoining an installation landfill

Condition Charge Permit is determined in accordance with Transitional Waste Table 3 or 4 (either alone or in conjunction with other tables), and the land specified in the permit adjoins (*) an Installation which is a landfill operated by the same permit holder.

Sum due reduced by 10%.

(*) 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.

(2) The following information on the waste recovery review charge is specific to Waste facilities:

(Applies to Standard Permits SR2010no7, SR2010No8, SR2010No9 and SR2010 No10.)

Before we can issue an environmental permit for a waste operation permit that includes permanent deposit of waste as a recovery activity, we have to make an assessment of the waste recovery plan. This involves an assessment of whether the activity constitutes a recovery activity under the Waste Framework Directive Waste Hierarchy. The initial


assessment is included in the permit application charge but it is not part of the permit and therefore changing it is not a variation.

If an operator's plan changes after the permit is determined, such subsequent re-assessment of the waste recovery plan is not currently covered by the subsistence charge. We have therefore introduced a charge of £350 for any subsequent re-assessment of a waste recovery plan required during the operation of a permit. This charge will be triggered specifically by a request for a change to the waste recovery plan. Please note that this charge only applies when the operator wants to change the waste recovery plan after the permit has been issued.

(3) The following information on default charges is specific to Waste facilities:


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:

Tier 2 Waste charges

Table 29: Waste - tier 2 charges


Application charge Fixed rate: table 32 (Standard Permits) Fixed rate: table 31 (Bespoke waste facilities) (You can no longer apply for a Fixed Condition Licence)

Subsistence charge Fixed rate: table 32 (Standard Permits/Fixed Condition Licences) Fixed rate: table 31 (Bespoke waste facilities) Adjusted for compliance (table 30)


Fixed rate: table 32 (Standard Permits) Fixed rate: table 31 (Bespoke waste facilities) ( A normal variation is not applicable to standard facilities)

Charge

Band

Application

Charge

Charge

Band

Transfer

Charge

Charge

Band

Surrender

Charge

Charge

Band

Subsistence

Charge

S030A (W) £400 S035T (W) £718 S040S (W) £543 S030C (W) £156

S040A (W) £718 S040T (W) £974 S045S (W) £1,538 S040C (W) £308

S050A (W) £974 S050S (W) £2,532 S050C (W) £523

S060A (W) £1,630 S060S (W) £3,588 S060C (W) £779

S070A (W) £1,948 S074C (W) £1,281

S080C (W) £1,579

S090C (W) £2,040

S100C (W) £2,481

S120C (W) £3,413

Charge bands available for a Waste default standard facility


Transfer charge Fixed rate: table 32 (Standard Permits/Fixed Condition Licences) Fixed rate: table 31 (Bespoke waste facilities) (Full or partial transfer)

Surrender charge Fixed rate: table 32 (Standard Permits/Fixed Condition Licences) Fixed rate: table 31 (Bespoke waste facilities)

Table 30: 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%


Table 31: Waste - tier 2 bespoke permit charge rates

* See section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations

Bespoke waste facilities Application Normal Variation*

Transfer Surrender Subsistence

Pet cemetery £400 £142 £379 £379 £156

Waste motor vehicle facility (<2500t authorised by environmental permit prior to 1 April 2006)

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £779

Landfill gas facility (not being charged in conjunction with a Transitional Waste Table 3 or 4 bespoke waste permit)

£3,741 £1,958 £974 £2,532 £2,901

Composting. Same as SR2011no1 or SR2010no14 but location requires assessment

N/A £1,958 £974 £1,538 £994

Use of wastes in construction – up to 50,000 tonnes Same as SR2010 no7 but location requires assessment

£2,634 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £1,579

Use of wastes in construction – 50,001 to 100,000 tonnes Same as SR2010 no8 but location requires assessment

£2,634 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £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

£2,634 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £1,579

Use of wastes for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land – 50,001 to 100,000 tonnes. Same as SR2010 no9 but location requires assessment

£2,634 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £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

£2,634 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £1,579

Manufacture of timber and construction products from waste up to 75,000 tonnes. Same as SR2010 no13 but location requires assessment

£2,634 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040


Table 32: 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.

Rules Number Application Transfer Surrender Subsistence Rules Number Application Transfer Surrender Subsistence

SR2008no1 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481 SR2010No16 N/A £974 £1,538 £1,579

SR2008no2 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481 SR2010No17 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £779

SR2008no3 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481 SR2010No18 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £1,579

SR2008no4 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481 SR2011No1 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £779

SR2008no5 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,413 SR2011No2 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £1,281

SR2008no6 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,413 SR2011No3 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £779

SR2008no7 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,413 SR2011No4 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £1,579

SR2008no8 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,413 SR2012No3 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2008no9 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040 SR2012No7 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2008no10 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040 SR2012No10 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £1,579

SR2008no11 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040 SR2012No12 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £2,481

SR2008no12 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481 SR2012No14 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £1,579

SR2008no13 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481 SR2012No15 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040

SR2008no14 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040

SR2008no15 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040

SR2008no16 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2008no17 N/A £974 £3,588 £2,481 FCL1 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2008no18 N/A £974 £3,588 £2,481 FCL2 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2008no19 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,413 FCL3 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £3,413

SR2008no20 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481 FCL4 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £3,413

SR2008no21 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481 FCL5 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040

SR2008no22 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040 FCL6 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040

SR2008no23 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,901 FCL7 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040

SR2008no24 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,901 FCL8 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2008no25 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,936 FCL9 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2008no26 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £779 FCL10 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2009no1 £400 £379 £379 £156 FCL11 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2009no4 £1,630 £974 £2,532 £779 FCL12 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2009no5 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481 FCL12 <2.5kt £1,958 £974 £3,588 £779

SR2009no6 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481 FCL13 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040

SR2009no7 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481 FCL14 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2010no7 £1,948 £974 £543 £1,579 FCL15 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

SR2010no8 £1,948 £974 £543 £2,040 FCL16 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £779

SR2010no9 £1,948 £974 £543 £1,579 FCL17 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £3,413

SR2010no10 £1,948 £974 £543 £2,040 FCL18 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,901

SR2010no12 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £1,579 FCL19 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,901

SR2010no13 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £1,579 FCL20 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £3,936

SR2010no14 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £779 FCL21 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040

SR2010no15 N/A £974 £1,538 £2,481 FCL22 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Standard Permits Standard Permits

Fixed condition licenses

Number

Normal

Variation Transfer Surrender Subsistence


Tier 3 Waste charges

Table 33: Waste - tier 3 charges



Subsistence charge Fixed rate as specified in table 37 (Transitional Waste Tables 1 to 4, 6 and 7), adjusted for compliance (table 36)



Transfer charge Part transfer £2,993 Full transfer £1,999

Surrender charge Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 34), multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 35)

Groundwater assessment Initial review £1,005. Further review (if required) £3,649

Table 34: Waste - Opra weighting table

Attribute Band Score

A B C D E

Complexity Note each activity is scored 4 10 35 50 65

Emissions Air

Water

Land


Sewer

Off-site waste

Location 1 2 3 5 7


Table 35: Waste - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers

Charge Waste facility

Multiplier (£)


Subsistence charge N/A



Part Surrender charge 125

Table 36: Waste - tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment



% of base charge 95% 100% 110% 125% 150% 300%


Table 37: Waste - tier 3 Transitional Waste Table charge 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 £3,219 T2A/a/1 £161 T3A/a/1 £6,171 T4A/a/1 £697

T1A/a/2 £4,080 T2A/a/2 £328 T3A/a/2 £11,613 T4A/a/2 £923

T1A/a/3 £5,023 T2A/a/3 £482 T3A/a/3 £15,447 T4A/a/3 £1,169

T1A/a/4 £6,683 T2C/a/1 £1,773 T3A/b/1 £8,221 T4A/b/1 £779

T1A/b/1 £1,722 T2C/a/2 £2,122 T3A/b/2 £16,646 T4A/b/2 £1,046

T1A/b/2 £2,347 T2C/a/3 £2,768 T3A/b/3 £22,140 T4A/b/3 £1,322

T1A/b/3 £2,604 T2C/a/4 £3,680 T3A/b/4 £32,636 T4A/b/4 £1,743

T1A/b/4 £3,424 T2C/b/1 £1,025 T3A/c/1 £2,071 T4A/c/1 £296

T1A/c/1 £1,169 T2C/b/2 £1,456 T3A/c/2 £2,973 T4A/c/2 £349

T1A/c/2 £1,435 T2C/b/3 £1,886 T3A/c/3 £4,930 T4A/c/3 £451

T1A/c/3 £1,876 T2C/b/4 £2,542 T3A/c/4 £6,560 T4A/c/4 £605

T1A/c/4 £2,491 T2C/c/1 £779 T3A/d/1 £4,121 T4A/d/1 £472

T1A/d/1 £779 T2E/a/1 £4,828 T3A/d/2 £6,570 T4A/d/2 £666

T1B/a/1 £8,190 T2E/a/2 £7,073 T3A/d/3 £8,743 T4A/d/3 £892

T1B/a/2 £10,578 T2E/a/3 £9,235 T3A/e/1 £151 T4A/e/1 £151

T1B/a/3 £12,936 T2E/a/4 £12,280 T3A/f/1 £6,078 T4A/f/1 £584

T1B/a/4 £17,200 T2E/b/1 £1,025 T3A/f/2 £9,184 T4A/f/2 £810

T1B/b/1 £2,122 T2E/b/2 £1,691 T3A/f/3 £12,208 T4A/f/3 £1,076

T1B/b/2 £2,757 T2E/b/3 £2,706 T3A/g/1 £2,522 T4A/g/1 £318

T1B/b/3 £3,444 T2E/b/4 £3,588 T3B/a/1 £851

T1B/b/4 £4,582 T2E/c/1 £1,978 T6A/a/1 £2,522

T1B/c/1 £1,394 T2E/c/2 £2,850

T1B/c/2 £1,907 T2E/c/3 £4,121 T7A/a/1 £3,311

T1B/c/3 £2,501 T2E/c/4 £5,474 T7B/a/1 £3,311

T1B/c/4 £3,321

Section 5.3 Permit Regimes – Mining

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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


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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.

(1) The following information on default charges is specific to mining waste:




Tier 2 Mining Waste charges

Table 38: Mining Waste - tier 2 charges


Application charge Fixed rate (table 44).

Subsistence charge Fixed rate (table 44), adjusted for compliance (table 39)


Fixed rate (table 44), not applicable to standard facilities

Transfer charge Fixed rate (table 44)

Surrender charge Fixed rate (table 44)

Charge

Band

Application

Charge

Charge

Band

Transfer

Charge

Charge

Band

Surrender

Charge

Charge

Band

Subsistence

Charge

S030A (W) £400 S035T (W) £718 S040S (W) £543 S030C (W) £156

S040A (W) £718 S040T (W) £974 S045S (W) £1,538 S040C (W) £308

S050A (W) £974 S050S (W) £2,532 S050C (W) £523

S060A (W) £1,630 S060S (W) £3,588 S060C (W) £779

S070A (W) £1,948 S074C (W) £1,281

S080C (W) £1,579

S090C (W) £2,040

S100C (W) £2,481

S120C (W) £3,413

Charge bands available for a Mining Waste default standard facility








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Table 39: Mining Waste tier 2 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment



% of base charge 100% 100% 110% 125% 150% 300%

Tier 3 Mining Waste charges

Table 40: Mining Waste - tier 3 charges



Subsistence charge £3,936, adjusted for compliance (table 43)



Transfer charge Partial transfer £2,993 Full transfer £1,999

Surrender charge Opra score, derived from Opra weighting factors (table 41) multiplied by relevant Opra multiplier (table 42)

Table 41: Mining Waste - Opra weighting table


A B C D E

Complexity 35

Emissions Air

Water

Land

Waste input 15

Sewer

Off-site waste

Location 1 2 3 5 7


Table 42: Mining Waste - Opra charge multipliers

Charge Mining Waste

Multiplier (£)

Permit Application Charge 171

Normal Variation Charge 139

Substantial Variation Charge 139

Full Surrender Charge 125

Partial Surrender Charge 125


Waste

55

Table 43: Mining Waste tier 3 subsistence charge compliance band adjustment



% of base charge 95% 100% 110% 125% 150% 300%

Section 5.3 Permit regimes – Mining Waste 56

Table 44: Mining Waste charges summary

(1) This rate also applies to a substantial variation

* See section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations.

Permit activity Permit type Rules No. (where applicable)


Part Transfer

Full Transfer

Full or partial surrender

Subsistence

Management of inert extractive wastes at mines and quarries

Tier 2 Standard facility

SR2009 No8

£974 N/A £974 £974 £543 £156


Tier 2 (bespoke - created through variation of a water discharge activity, to add conditions from SR2009No8)

N/A £974 £974 £974 £974 £543 £156

Inert Mining Waste operation Tier 2 (bespoke conditions)

N/A £974 £974 £974 £974 £543 £523

Non-inert Mining Waste operation with a non-inert Mining Waste facility

Tier 2 (bespoke conditions)

N/A £2,634 £1,958 £974 £974 £3,588 £994

Non-inert Mining Waste operation without a Mining Waste facility

Tier 2 (bespoke conditions)

N/A £2,634 £1,958 £974 £974 £543 £994

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 (Transitional Waste Table 8)

N/A

Opra Score x Opra multiplier (£171)

Opra Score x Opra multiplier (£139)(1)

£2,993 £1,999

Opra Score x Opra multiplier (£125)

£3,936

Section 5.4 Permit Regimes – Mobile Plant 57

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 52.



Deployment charge (1)



(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.

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 45: Mobile Plant - tier 2 deployment charge compliance band adjustment



% of base charge 100% 100% 110% 125% 150% 300%

Table 46: Mobile Plant - tier 3 deployment charge compliance band adjustment



% of base charge 95% 100% 110% 125% 150% 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 SR2010No4 and SR2010No5 one deployment is limited to 50 hectares and a maximum of 10 waste streams. For SR2010No6 one deployment is limited to 50 hectares.

(2) The following information on default charges is specific to Waste facilities:




Tier 2 Mobile Plant charges

Table 47: Mobile Plant - tier 2 charges


Application charge Fixed rate (table 51)

Deployment charge Fixed rate (table 51), adjusted for compliance (table 45)

Charge

Band

Application

Charge

Charge

Band

Transfer

Charge

Charge

Band

Surrender

Charge

Charge

Band

Subsistence

Charge

S030A (W) £400 S035T (W) £718 S040S (W) £543 S045C £410

S040A (W) £718 S040T (W) £974 S045S (W) £1,538 S060C £779

S050A (W) £974 S050S (W) £2,532 S070C £994

S060A (W) £1,630 S060S (W) £3,588 S074C £1,281

S070A (W) £1,948 S100C £2,481

Charge bands available for a Mobile Waste default standard facility


Variation charge Normal variation charge does not apply - see section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations

Transfer charge Fixed rate (table 51), full transfer only

Tier 3 Mobile Plant charges

Table 48: Mobile Plant - tier 3 charges



Deployment charge Fixed rate (table 51), adjusted for compliance (table 46)



Transfer charge Fixed rate (table 51), full transfer only


Table 49: Mobile Plant - Waste operation - Opra weighting table


A B C D E


Emissions Air

Water

Land

Waste input 7

Sewer

Off-site waste

Location 1


Table 50: Mobile Plant - tier 3 Opra charge multipliers

Charge Waste operation

Multiplier (£)




Table 51: Mobile Plant - charges summary

**See table 52 for risk definition

*See section 4.3 for administrative and technical variations

Permit activity Permit type Rules No. (where applicable)


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 waste soils & contaminated materials, substances or products


SR2008 No27

£718

N/A

£718

£2481

Mobile plant for land spreading (for agricultural or ecological benefit)


SR2010 No4 £410 £779 £994

Mobile plant for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land


SR2010 No5 N/A £779 £994

Mobile plant for land spreading of sewage sludge


SR2010 No6 N/A £779 £994

Mobile plant for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate


SR2010 No11

£410 £779 N/A

Waste facility mobile plant used for waste land remediation

Tier 3 Bespoke N/A Opra score x Opra multiplier (£171)

Opra score x Opra multiplier (£139)

£1,999

£2481

Waste facility mobile plant used for spreading waste to land for recovery

Tier 3 Bespoke N/A £410 £779 £994

Waste facility mobile plant used for waste treatment

Tier 3 Bespoke N/A £2481


Table 52: Mobile Plant - risk definitions (where differences apply)

Facility type Lower risk deployment Medium risk deployment Higher risk deployment

SR2010No4 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 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

List B wastes within Source Protection Zone 2 or within 500m of a European site / Ramsar or SSSI site

SR2010No5 Mobile plant for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land SR2010No6 Mobile plant for land spreading of sewage sludge

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 2010No11 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, SR2010No5 or SR2010No6, the deployment shall be deemed to be “higher risk”

Section 5.5 Groundwater Activities (land spreading) 62

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 1991 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.


Application for new permit 4.1 21 to 22 (1)



(1) The following information on applications 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 special, low value variation charge of £75 is available to cover migrations from an existing permit for small volume liquid discharges to Standard Permit 2010no19.

(3)The following information on default charges is specific to groundwater (land spreading) activities:





Groundwater charges

Table 53: Groundwater Activities - charges

Charge Band

Application

Charge Charge Band

Transfer

Charge Charge Band

Surrender

Charge Charge Band

Subsistence

Charge

S030A £390 S035T £700 S040S £530 S030C £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

Charge bands available for Groundwater Activities default standard facilities

Charge type Charge method Application charge Fixed rate table 54 (liquid discharges)

Fixed rate table 55 (solid discharges)

Subsistence charge

Variation charge (see section 4.3 for administrative variations)


Table 54: Groundwater Activities - charges for liquid discharges

Permit type Sheep dip volume Pesticide washings vol.

Application charge

Normal variation

Transfer charge

Surrender charge

Subsistence charge

Small liquid discharges (bespoke)

Less than or equal to 10 m3/yr All volumes £390 £75 £0 £0 £153.90

Medium liquid discharge (bespoke)

Greater than 10 m3/yr but less than or equal to 50 m3/yr

N/A £600 £370 £0 £0 £510

Large liquid discharge (bespoke)

Greater than 50 m3/yr N/A £960 £530 £0 £0 £3840

Table 55: 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

£1590 £530 £0 £0 £510

Large solid discharge (bespoke)

Greater than 100 tonnes £7190 £2400 £0 £0 £3840

Section 5.6 Permit regimes – WDA and Groundwater Activities (point source) 65

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 (SR2010No2);

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 (SR2010No3); 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,

Charge Multiplier.

In future these permits are expected to migrate to the UCF and be subject to tier 2 and tier 3 charging arrangements.

Further guidance on the application can be found on our website at:

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/water-licences-discharges/?lang=en



Subsistence (Annual Charge Financial Factor) 4.2 22 to 23 (2)


(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.

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.

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/water-licences-discharges/?lang=en


(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 a Natural Resources Wales 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 Natural Resources Wales 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 56: WDA and Groundwater Activities (point source) charges

Charge Type Charge

Standard Application and Variation Charge* £885

Reduced Application and Variation Charge*(1) £125

Annual Charge Financial Factor £684

*See section 4.3 for administrative variations.

(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.


(4)The following information on default charges is specific to Water Discharge Activities and Groundwater Activities (point source):




whichever Charge

Band Application

Charge Charge

Band Transfer Charge

Charge Band

Surrender Charge

Charge Band

Subsistence Charge

S030A £390 S035T £700 S040S £530 S030C £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

Charge bands available for WDA and Groundwater Activities (point source) default standard facility

Section 5.7 Permit regimes – Radioactive Substances Activities 68

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, follow figure 1 on the following page.

Permit application forms can be obtained from our website: www.naturalresourceswales.gov.uk or as a hard copy by phoning 0300 065 3000.

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

Bespoke permits for medium risk activities.

Charges in tier 2 are fixed. The allocation of these fixed charges has been based upon the RSR tier 2 Opra scheme referenced on our website:

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/non-nuclear-radioactive-substanc-sites/information-about-non-nuclear-radioactive-substance-sites/?lang=en

Radioactive substances facilities listed in table 57 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 57 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.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/




Figure 1 – Flowchart to show the permitting process for radioactive substances activities

No further action required under Environmental Permitting. Your activities don’t fall under the control of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.

Is your radioactive substances activity exempt?

Read the advice on exemptions as referenced on our website http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/non-nuclear-radioactive-substanc-sites/radioactive-substances-activity-exempt/?lang=en to decide if your facility is exempt.

No further action required under Environmental Permitting. Your activities don’t require a permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.

Does your operation comply with the criteria for a standard permit?

Read application form RSR B1, its associated guidance and the standard rules available on our website: http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/non-nuclear-radioactive-substanc-sites/standard-rules-permits-radioactive-substances-sites/?lang=en and confirm that you can meet those requirements.

Your application will be classed as ‘bespoke’.

We recommend you arrange a pre-application discussion with your local Natural Resources Wales office.

Please continue to read this document for advice on the charges once you know the type of permit you need.

Fill in the application form available on our website:

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/non-nuclear-radioactive-substanc-sites/standard-rules-permits-radioactive-substances-sites/?lang=en

Read this document for advice on the charges.

No

Yes

No

Yes

Fill in the application form as referenced on our website: http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/non-nuclear-radioactive-substanc-sites/apply-for-bespoke-permit-for-radioactive-substances-sites/?lang=en

Ensure all the technical documents required are submitted with your application, in line with the advice.

Read this document for advice on the charges.

Yes

No

Do you require a permit?

Read chapters 1 and 2 of the Defra & Welsh Government Environmental Permitting Core Guidance to decide if your activities are within the scope of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.

Yes

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/non-nuclear-radioactive-substanc-sites/radioactive-substances-activity-exempt/?lang=en














http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/non-nuclear-radioactive-substanc-sites/apply-for-bespoke-permit-for-radioactive-substances-sites/?lang=en







Table 57: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 permit types

Radioactive substances activities covered Permit Type

Standard facility for source category 5 A

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

B

Keeping and use of one or more similar sources and/or accumulation and/or disposal of waste sealed sources

C

Keeping and use of one or more high-activity sources and/or accumulation and/or disposal

D

Keeping and use of open radioactive sources only E

Keeping and use of open radioactive sources and/or accumulation and/or disposal of radioactive waste – low quantity

F

Keeping and use of open radioactive sources and/or accumulation and/or disposal of radioactive waste - not being low quantity or high complexity

G

Keeping and use of open radioactive sources and/or accumulation and/or disposal of radioactive waste - high complexity.

H

“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 referenced on our website:


“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 radium-226 (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.

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 Natural Resources Wales and by FSA, where appropriate. We will write to operators giving an indicative estimate of Natural Resources Wales 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 Natural Resources Wales 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.

(1) The following information on applications is specific to Radioactive Substance Activities:

Tier 3 – time and materials based charges



Subsistence 4.2 22 to 23 (2)


Transfer 4.4 33 to 34 (4)

Surrender 4.5 34 to 35 (5)

Independent monitoring charges 4.7 35


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.

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





Radioactive substances charges (Tier 2)

Table 58: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 charges


Application charge Fixed charge table 60

Subsistence charge Table 61. 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


Fixed charge table 60

Transfer charge Fixed charge table 60

Surrender charge Fixed charge table 60


Radioactive substances charges (tier 3)

Table 59: 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)


(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.

Charge

Band

Application

Charge

Charge

Band

Transfer

Charge

Charge

Band

Surrender

Charge

Charge

Band

Subsistence

Charge

S030A £390 S035T £700 S040S £530 S030C £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

Charge bands available for Radioactive Substances Activities default standard facilities


Table 60: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 fixed charges for application, variation, transfer and surrender

* £530 if low risk surrender charge applies ** See section 4.3 for administrative and minor technical variations.

Table 61: Radioactive Substances Activities - tier 2 subsistence charges

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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

No relevant RSA £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.

Permit type Standard Rules Number (if applicable) Application Normal Variation** Transfer (part/full) Surrender

A SR2010no1 £390 N/A £120 £125

B Bespoke £600 £530 £370 £125

C Bespoke £1590 £950 £530 £370

D Bespoke £2000 £1910 £950 £370

E Bespoke £600 £530 £370 £125

F Bespoke £2000 £950 £530 £370

G Bespoke £2880 £1910 £950 £2470*

H Bespoke £3650 £2400 £1950 £2470*

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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:

Permit Receipt Centre Natural Resources Wales 29 Newport Road Cambria House Cardiff CF24 0TP

Tel: 0300 065 3000

You can pay by cheque, 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.

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 exempt from 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 Natural Resources Wales 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 Natural Resources Wales.

Natural Resources Wales 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 Natural Resources Wales,

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,

Opra Band F adjustments it considers to be significantly disproportionate with regard to the costs and expenses incurred, or to be incurred by Natural Resources Wales.

Facilities falling within Band F will be assessed on an individual basis to determine whether the determined charge is representative of the cost to Natural Resources Wales to regulate the site. Where the Band F determined subsistence charge is greater than that required to achieve cost recovery, a cap will be placed on the levied subsistence charge, and will be displayed on the issued subsistence bill.

6.2 When charges are due

Table 62: 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 63: 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 2010

The DEFRA/Welsh Government 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

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:


Charges section of our website:

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/how-we-regulate-you/charges/?lang=en

Permitting section of our website:

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/?lang=en


http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/how-we-regulate-you/charges/?lang=en

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/apply-and-buy/?lang=en


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: [email protected]

Post: Charges Team Finance Directorate Natural Resources Wales Ty Cambria 29 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 0TP.

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 Natural Resources Wales publications please contact general enquiries on: 0300 065 3000 or email us on:

[email protected]

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Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme 2015/16

Effective from 1st April 2015


On 1 April 2013 Natural Resources Wales brought together the work of the Countryside Council for Wales, Environment Agency Wales and Forestry Commission Wales, as well as some functions of Welsh Government.

Our purpose is to ensure that the natural resources of Wales are sustainably maintained, used and enhanced, now and in the future

We will work for the communities of Wales to protect people and their homes as much as possible from environmental incidents like flooding and pollution. We will provide opportunities for them to learn, use and benefit from Wales' natural resources

We will work for Wales' economy and enable the sustainable use of natural resources to support jobs & enterprise. We will help businesses and developers to understand and consider environmental limits when they make important decisions.

We will work to maintain and improve the quality of the environment for everyone. We will work towards making the environment and natural resources more resilient to climate change and other pressures.

Published by: Natural Resources Wales Ty Cambria 29 Newport Road Cardiff CF24 0TP Phone number 0300 065 3000 Email: [email protected] www.naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

© Natural Resources Wales.

All rights reserved. This document may be

reproduced with prior permission of Natural Resources Wales

Further copies of this report are available from our Customer Service Centre

Tel: 0300 065 3000


The Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme 2015

Natural Resources Wales in exercise of its powers under section 41 of the Environment Act 1995 and article 12A of the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012, as amended by the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013, and with the approval of the Welsh Ministers makes the following Charging Scheme.

COMMENCEMENT AND CITATION 1. This Charging Scheme shall - (a) be referred to as the Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme 2015; (b) come into force on 1st April 2015; and (c) 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; "NRW" means Natural Resources Wales; “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 Electrical and Electronic Regulations 2013 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;


“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 NRW titled “Environmental Permitting Regulations Operational Risk Appraisal Scheme (Opra for EPR), version 3.8”; “permit” means an environmental permit, and references to a permit being issued shall be taken to mean granted by NRW under regulation 13 of the Regulations or transferred to NRW 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

”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 NRW 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 NRW to the operator;

Band A B C D E F Adjustment to base charge 95% 100% 110% 125% 150% 300%


“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 NRW 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 NRW 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 NRW under paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 2 of the Regulations. (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 29 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 55 of the WEEE Regulations; (b) be payable where NRW serves an invoice in relation to an annual producer charge under regulation 79(3) of the WEEE Regulations; (c) accompany an application to approve an authorised treatment facility or exporter under regulation 61 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 62 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 – accompany the information provided by a small producer under regulation 13 of the Batteries Regulations; accompany an application to approve a proposed battery compliance scheme made under regulation 47 of the Batteries Regulations; be payable where NRW serves an invoice in relation to an annual subsistence charge under regulation 79(2) of the Batteries Regulations; accompany an application to approve a battery treatment operator or battery exporter under regulation 58 of the Batteries Regulations; 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; 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 NRW 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. In the case of an application which – (a) is submitted as part of a staged procedure agreed with NRW; or (b) relates to a specified radioactive substances activity, the application charge shall be the relevant time and materials costs. 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.

Application amendments and advertisement charges 13. (1) Where NRW accepts, at the request of the operator, an amendment to the application which NRW considers requires further public consultation, the sum of £1,930. (2) Where NRW 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 authorising the operation of a regulated facility in respect of which no works or construction of any kind has commenced, the charge shall only be payable on whichever is the later of –

(a) two years from the date the permit was granted, or (b) 1st April 2016, 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 – (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 NRW will be recovered, where appropriate, by means of a direct charge per permit to be notified to the operator.

(2) Where NRW 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. (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 NRW in the year of revocation or in prior years.

Groundwater and waste recovery review charges 20. (1) Where NRW serves a notice on the operator of a landfill under this paragraph, a charge of £1,005 shall be payable in respect of an initial review undertaken under regulation 71 of the Regulations. (2) Where NRW serves a further notice on the operator of a landfill under this paragraph, a charge of £3,649 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 NRW 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. Please note that this charge only applies when the operator wants to change the waste recovery plan after the permit has been issued.

Materials Facility Charge 21. (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where the operator of a materials facility has given a notification under paragraph 1 of Schedule 9A of the Regulations, a charge of £2,065 shall be payable for the calendar year in which the notifcation 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 21. (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 NRW 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 NRW has previously accepted as closed, the sum equal to the charge multiplier for a permit 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 regulator-initiated variation, as set out in paragraphs 22 to 24; together with any applicable advertisement charge under paragraph 25.

Changes to existing facilities 22. 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 29 in relation to the surrender of that part of the permit that relates to that facility.

Addition of new facilities 23. 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 24. For each specified water discharge activity, the applicable charge set out in Schedule 4.

Advertisement charge 25. Where NRW 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 26. (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) NRW 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 27 or 28.

Limited change in management 27. 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 28. 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 £1,999 in the case of an application relating to the whole of a permit, or £2,993 in the case of an application relating to part of a permit; (3) Where the permit authorises an installation group, the sum of £4,971 in the case of an application relating to the whole of a permit or £7,452 in the case of an application relating to part of a permit.

SURRENDER CHARGES

General 29. (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. (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 30 to 33.

Non operational facilities 30. 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 32.

Low risk charges 31. (1) For each facility which comprises the permanent deposit of waste and in relation to which the operator has received confirmation from NRW that a low risk or basic surrender application can be made, in accordance with the guidance in “Landfill and other permanent deposits of waste”, version 2, published in December 2012 : (a) for a low risk surrender, the sum of £2,532; and (b) for a basic surrender, the sum of £543; (2) For any other tier 2 and tier 3 facility for which the operator has received confirmation from NRW that intrusive investigation is not required in accordance with the criteria in box 1 of “Site condition report – guidance and templates”, (H5), version 5, published by NRW in October 2014, the sum of £2,470. http://naturalresources.wales/media/1215/environmental-permitting-regulations-guidance-for-applicants-h5-site-condition-report-guidance-and-template.pdf

Tier 2 charges 32. Subject to paragraphs 30 and 31 - (1) Where the permit authorises more than one standard facility, the highest applicable charge shown in the applicable Table in Schedule 1; and

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(2) For every other tier 2 facility, the applicable charge shown in the relevant Table in Schedule 1.

Tier 3 charges 33. Subject to paragraphs 30 and 31 - (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 34.(1) Where a person requests pre-application advice or engages in pre-application discussions with NRW 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 35. NRW 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 NRW in relation to a particular application, request, decision or subsistence period.

LIABILITY TO PAY THE CHARGES 36 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, 21(1)(a), 26, 29 and 34, the person or persons making the application in question, including, in the case of a relevant amendment to an application, the person recognised by NRW 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 37. 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, 21(1)(a), 26, 29 and 8 (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; (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 38. The Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme 2014 which came into effect on 1st April 2014 is revoked in so far as it relates to any period beginning on 1st April 2015.


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.

Approvals relating to waste electrical and electronic equipment Interpretation 4. (1) In this paragraph a scheme member falls in the following charge bands, where –

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


(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


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



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 2015; “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 NRW`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

Application Charge

Charge Band

Transfer Charge

Charge Band

Surrender Charge

Charge Band

Deployment Charge

Charge Band

Subsistence Charge

S030A(W) £400 S035T(W) £718 S040S (W) £543 S045C(W) £410 S030C(W) £156

S040A(W) £718 S040T(W) £974 S045S (W) £1,538 S060C(W) £779 S040C(W) £308

S050A(W) £974 S050S (W) £2,532 S070C(W) £994 S050C(W) £523

S060A(W) £1,630 S060S (W) £3,588 S074C(W) £1,281 S060C(W) £779

S070A(W) £1,948 S100C(W) £2,481 S074C(W) £1,281

S080C(W) £1,579

S090C(W) £2,040

S100C(W) £2,481

S120C(W) £3,413


Table B - Charge bands available for a default standard facility not covered by Table A

Charge Band

Application Charge

Charge Band

Transfer Charge

Charge Band

Surrender Charge

Charge Band

Subsistence Charge

S030A £390 S035T £700 S040S £530 S030C £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


Chapter 2 Tier 2 Charges for installations Interpretation 1. In this Chapter – “accredited farming installation” means a farming installation which has been authorised by NRW to participate in the IPPC Pig and Poultry Assurance Scheme Module published by NRW; “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 NRW, 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.


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 £2,570 £370 £370 £370 £370 £370 £370 £510

Local authority installation £1,590 £530 £950 £530 £530 £530 £530 £970

Accredited farming installation N/A £370 £370 £370 £370 £370 £370 £1,540

Non- accredited farming installation

£3,650 £370 £370 £370 £370 £370 £370 £2,420

Directly Associated Activity £7,190 £1,910 £3,810 £7,270 £4,850 £5,500 £6,480 £3,330

Paragraph 17 activity £7,190 £1,910 £3,810 £7,270 £4,850 £5,500 £6,480 £3,330

Installations that are standard facilities Rules number Application Transfer Surrender Subsistence

Low impact Part A Installation SR2009no2 £1,630 £379 £379 £523

Low impact Part A Installation for production of biodiesel SR2009no3 £1,630 £379 £379 £523

Composting in closed systems (capacity over 75 tonnes/day) SR2012 No4 £1,948 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Composting in open systems (capacity over 75 tonnes/day) SR2012 No8 £1,948 £974 £3,588 £2,481

On-farm anaerobic digestion facility including the use of the resultant biogas

SR2012 No9 £1,948 £974 £1,538 £2,040

Anaerobic digestion facility including the combustion of the resultant biogas

SR2012 No 11 £1,948 £974 £1,538 £3,413

Treatment of incinerator bottom ash (IBA) (capacity over 75 tonnes/day)

SR2012 No13 £1,948 £974 £3,588 £2,481


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 NRW 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.


Facility Type Lower risk deployment Medium risk deployment Higher risk deployment

SR2010No4 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 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

List B wastes within Source Protection Zone 2 or within 500m of a European site / Ramsar or SSSI site

SR2010No5 Mobile plant for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land SR2010No6 Mobile plant for land spreading of sewage sludge

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 2010No11 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


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) SR2008no1 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station (no building) SR2008no2 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station & Treatment (building)

SR2008no3 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station & Treatment (no building)

SR2008no4 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station & Asbestos (building)

SR2008no5 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,413

Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station & Asbestos (no building)

SR2008no6 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,413

Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station & Treatment & Asbestos Storage (building)

SR2008no7 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,413

Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station & Treatment & Asbestos Storage (no building)

SR2008no8 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,413

Asbestos Waste Transfer Station SR2008no9 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer Station SR2008no10 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer Station with Treatment SR2008no11 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Non-hazardous household waste amenity site SR2008no12 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Non-hazardous & hazardous household waste amenity site SR2008no13 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Materials recycling facility (building) SR2008no14 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Materials recycling facility (no building) SR2008no15 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Composting in open windrows SR2008no16 N/A £974 £3,588 £2,481

Composting in closed vessels SR2008no17 N/A £974 £3,588 £2,481


Non-hazardous Mechanical biological (aerobic) treatment facility SR2008no18 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Non-hazardous (sewage) sludge chemical and physical treatment facility SR2008no19 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,413

Vehicle de-pollution & dismantling (authorised treatment) facility SR2008no20 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Scrap Metal SR2008no21 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery SR2008no22 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) treatment facility SR2008no23 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,901

Clinical Waste & Healthcare waste Transfer Station SR2008no24 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,901

Clinical Waste & Healthcare Waste Treatment & Transfer Station SR2008no25 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £3,936

Animal Carcass Incinerator (pet crematorium) SR2008no26 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £779

Mobile plant for the treatment of waste spoils & contaminated materials, substances or products

SR2008no27 £718 £718 N/A £2,481 per deployment

Pet cemetery SR2009no1 £400 £379 £379 £156

Combustion of biogas in engines at a sewage treatment works SR2009no4 £1,630 £974 £2,532 £779

Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer Station (<250k tonnes pa) SR2009no5 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer Station with Treatment (<250k tonnes pa)

SR2009no6 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery (<1,000k tonnes pa) SR2009no7 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Mobile plant for land-spreading SR2010No4 £718 £718 N/A Lower risk deployment - £410

Medium risk deployment - £779

Higher risk deployment - £994

Mobile plant for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land SR2010No5 £718 £718 N/A Medium risk deployment - £779



Mobile plant for land-spreading of sewage sludge SR2010No6 £718 £718 N/A Medium risk deployment - £779


Use of waste in construction – up to 50,000 tonnes SR2010No7 £1,948 £974 £543 £1,579

Use of waste in construction – up to 100,000 tonnes SR2010No8 £1,948 £974 £543 £2,040

Use of waste for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land – up to 50,000 tonnes

SR2010No9 £1,948 £974 £543 £1,579

Use of wastes for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land – up to 100,000 tonnes

SR2010No10 £1,948 £974 £543 £2,040

Mobile plant for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.

SR2010No11 £718 £718 N/A Lower risk deployment - £410

Medium risk deployment - £779

Treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate – up to 75,000 tonnes

SR2010No12 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £1,579

Use of waste to manufacture timber and construction products – up to 75,000 tonnes

SR2010No13 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £1,579

Composting of bio-degradable waste – up to 500 tonnes SR2010No14 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £779

Anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas – up to 75,000 tonnes

SR2010No15 N/A £974 £1,538 £2,481

On-farm anaerobic digestion including use of the resultant biogas – up to 75,000 tonnes

SR2010No16 N/A £974 £1,538 £1,579

Storage of digestate from anaerobic digestion plant – up to 75,000 tonnes SR2010No17 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £779

Storage and treatment of dredgings for recovery – up to 125,000 tonnes SR2010no18 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £1,579

Composting of biodegradable waste SR2011No 1 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £779

Small metal recycling sites SR2011No 2 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £1,281

Small vehicle storage, de-pollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facility

SR2011No 3 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £779

Treatment of waste wood for recovery SR2011 No 4 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £1,579

Composting in closed systems (capacity up to 75 tonnes/day) SR2012 No3 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481


Composting in open systems (capacity up to 75 tonnes/day) SR2012 No7 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,481

On-farm anaerobic digestion facility including the use of the resultant biogas SR2012 No10 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £1,579

Anaerobic digestion facility including the use of the resultant biogas SR2012 No12 £1,630 £974 £1,538 £2,481

Metal recycling, vehicle storage, de-pollution & dismantling (authorised treatment) facility

SR2012 No14 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £1,579

Storage of electrical insulating oils SR2012 No15 £1,630 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Fixed condition licences Number Application Normal Variation


Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station FCL1 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station with Treatment

FCL2 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station and Asbestos Storage


N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £3,413

Household Commercial Industrial Waste Transfer Station with Treatment and Asbestos Storage


N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £3,413

Asbestos Waste Transfer Station FCL5 N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer Station FCL6 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Inert & Excavation Waste Transfer Station with Treatment FCL7 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Non-hazardous household waste amenity site FCL8 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Non-hazardous & hazardous household waste amenity site FCL9 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Composting in open windrows FCL10 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Composting in closed vessels FCL11 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Vehicle de-pollution facility FCL12 - all volumes between 2.5k and 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481


Vehicle de-pollution facility FCL12 - <2.5k tonnes N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £779

Materials recycling facility FCL13 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Metal Recycling FCL14 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Non-hazardous Mechanical biological treatment facility FCL15 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481

Animal Carcass Incinerator (pet crematorium) FCL16 N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £779

Non-hazardous (sewage) sludge treatment facility FCL17 N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £3,413

Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) treatment facility


N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,901

Clinical Waste & Healthcare waste Transfer Station FCL19 N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,901

Clinical Waste & Healthcare Waste Treatment & Transfer Station

FCL20 N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £3,936

Storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery FCL21 - all volumes up to 75k tonnes

N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Disposal in Lagoons of Non-hazardous Dredging Sludges FCL22 N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,481


Waste facilities that are not fixed condition licences or standard facilities

Application Normal Variation


Pet cemetery £400 £142 £379 £379 £156

Waste motor vehicle facility N/A £1,958 £974 £3,588 £779

Landfill gas facility £3,741 £1,958 £974 £2,532 £2,901

Use of wastes in construction – up to 100,000 tonnes. Same as SR2010no7 or 8 but location requires assessment

£2,634 £1,958 £974 £3,588 <50,000 tonnes - £1,579

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

£2,634 £1,958 £974 £3,588 <50,000 tonnes - £1,579

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

£2,634 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £1,579

Manufacture of timber and construction products from waste up to 75,000 tonnes. Same as SR2010 no13 but location requires assessment

£2,634 £1,958 £974 £3,588 £2,040

Composting. Same as SR2011 No 1 or SR2010 No14 but location requires assessment

. £1,958 £974 £1,538 £974


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


SR2009no8 £950 N/A £950 £530 £152

Management of inert extractive wastes at mines and quarries – combination of water discharge activity and permit conditions same as SR2009No8

N/A £950 £950 £950 £530 £152

Inert mining waste operation N/A £950 £950 £950 £530 £510

Non-inert mining waste operation with a non-inert mining waste facility

N/A £2,570 £1,910 £950 £3,500 £970

Non-inert mining waste operation without a mining waste facility

N/A £2,570 £1,910 £950 £530 £970


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 high-activity source.


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

SR2010no1 £390 N/A £120 £125

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 £1590 £950 £530 £370


N/A £2000

£1910 £950 £370

Keeping and use of open radioactive sources only N/A £600 £530 £370 £125


N/A £2000 £950 £530 £370


N/A £2880 £1910 £950 £2470, or for a low risk surrender, £530


N/A £3650 £2400 £1950 £2470, or for a low risk surrender, £530

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.

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No keeping or use of open radioactive sources

£300 or where each source is a GTLD, £96

£300 or where each source is a GTLD, £96

£1,250 £1,450

Keeping and use of open radioactive sources only

£300* £300 £300 £1,250 £1,450


£510 £510 £510 £1,450 £1,990


£1,450 £1,990 £1,990 £2,420 £3,330


£2,830 £3,330 £3,330 £3,840 £3,840


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 stand-alone 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


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 NRW; “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, 21(1) (a), 26, and 29 of this Scheme, the date on which the relevant application is duly made; (b) in the case of charges arising under paragraph 21(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).

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 Installations Multiplier (£)


Subsistence charge 100


Substantial Variation charge 113


Partial Surrender charge 98

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph and the charges arising under paragraph 21 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


Emissions Air 3 10 20 35 50

Water 3 10 20 35 50

Land 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


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 Waste facility

Multiplier (£)




Part Surrender charge 125

Opra Weighting Factors 7. The relevant Opra weighting factors for a waste facility group are –



A B C D E


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Water

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Sewer

Off-site waste

Location 1 2 3 5 7


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 Mining Waste

Multiplier (£)



Substantial Variation Charge 139

Full Surrender Charge 125

Partial Surrender Charge 125

Opra weighting factors 9. The relevant Opra weighting factors for a tier 3 mining waste operation are –


A B C D E

Complexity 35

Emissions Air

Water

Land

Waste input 15

Sewer

Off-site waste

Location 1 2 3 5 7


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 SR2010No4, SR2010No5 or SR2010No6, 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 NRW 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 non-agricultural 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 £2,481

(b) Any waste spread to land for recovery Per lower risk deployment Per medium risk deployment Per higher risk deployment

£410 £779 £994

(c) Waste treatment Per deployment £2,481


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. (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.

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) 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

(i) <5,000 tonnes (ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes (iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes (iv) ≥75,000 tonnes

3,219 4,080 5,023 6,683

(b) Any household or commercial waste except: (i) scrap metal; (ii) waste motor vehicles; (iii) motor vehicle batteries or their contents;


1,722 2,347 2,604 3,424


(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).


1,170 1,435 1,876 2,491

(d) Permits for waste motor vehicles that take less than 2,500 tonnes. Permits for waste motor vehicles that take less than 2,500 tonnes

(i) <2,500 tonnes 779

PART B: The treatment of waste for any other purpose


Charge (£)

(a) Any waste which is hazardous waste other than ; (i) bonded asbestos (ii) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. (iii) Hazardous waste accepted at a civic amenity facility


8,190 10,578 12,936 17,200

(b) Household or commercial waste. (i) <5,000 tonnes (ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes (iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes (iv) ≥75,000 tonnes

2,122 2,757 3,444 4,582

(c) Waste not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above (i) <5,000 tonnes (ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes (iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes (iv) ≥75,000 tonnes

1,394 1,907 2,501 3,321

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. (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


Charge (£)

Any waste.

(i) <500 tonnes (ii) ≥500 <2,500 tonnes (iii) ≥2,500 tonnes

161 328 482


PART C: The keeping of waste for the purpose of recycling at a site other than where it was produced


Charge (£)

(a) Any waste which is hazardous waste other than: (i) 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


1,773 2,122 2,768 3,680

(b) Any waste not falling within sub-paragraph (a) above. (i) <5,000 tonnes (ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes (iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes (iv) ≥75,000 tonnes

1,025 1,456 1,886 2,542

(c) Permits for waste motor vehicles that take less than 2,500 tonnes. (i) <2,500 tonnes 779

PART E: The keeping of waste for any purpose other than recycling at a site other than where it was produced


Charge (£)

(a) Any waste which is hazardous waste other than (i) bonded asbestos (ii) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. (iii) Hazardous waste accepted at a civic amenity facility


4,828 7,073 9,235 12,280

(b) Any building or demolition waste or inert waste. (i) <5,000 tonnes (ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes (iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes (iv) ≥75,000 tonnes

1,025 1,691 2,706 3,588


(c) Any waste not falling within sub paragraphs (a) and (b) above (i) <5,000 tonnes (ii) ≥5,000 <25,000 tonnes (iii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes (iv) ≥75,000 tonnes

1,978 2,850 4,121 5,474

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.


PART A: The disposal of waste other than by burning in an incinerator


Charge (£)

(a) Waste which consists only of hazardous waste other than bonded asbestos.

(i) <25,000 tonnes (ii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes (iii) ≥75,000 tonnes

6,171 11,613 15,447

(b) Any combination of hazardous waste other than bonded asbestos and other waste. (i) <25,000 tonnes (ii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes (iii) ≥75,000 <150,000 tonnes (iv) ≥150,000 tonnes

8,221 16,646 22,140 32,636

(c) Any inert waste, including topsoil, not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above.


2,071 2,973 4,930 6,560

(d) Any industrial waste not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) above. (i) <25,000 tonnes (ii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes (iii) ≥75,000 tonnes

4,121 6,570 8,743

(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 (ii) ≥25,000 <75,000 tonnes (iii) ≥75,000 tonnes

6,078 9,184 12,208

(g) The deposit of non-hazardous dredgings. No limit 2,522

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 871


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 NRW 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 (ii) ≥250,000 <1,000,000 tonnes (iii) ≥1,000,000 tonnes

697 923 1,169

(b) Any combination of hazardous waste other than bonded asbestos and other waste.

(i) <250,000 tonnes (ii) ≥250,000 <1,000,000 tonnes (iii) ≥1,000,000<2,500,000 tonnes (iv) ≥2,500,000 tonnes

779 1,046 1,322 1,743

(c) Any inert waste not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) above.

(i) <50,000 tonnes (ii) ≥50,000 <250,000 tonnes (iii) ≥250,000 < 1,000,000 tonnes (iv) ≥1,000,000 tonnes

296 349 451 605

(d) Any industrial waste not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) above.

(i) <250,000 tonnes (ii) ≥250,000 <1,000,000 tonnes (iii) ≥1,000,000 tonnes

472 666 892

(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 (ii) ≥250,000 <1,000,000 tonnes (iii) ≥1,000,000 tonnes

584 810 1,076

(g) The deposit of non-hazardous dredgings No limit 318

TABLE 5: Not in use TABLE 6: The Deposit of Waste to Land as a Recovery Activity

Description of waste Amount of waste Charge (£)

(a) Any waste.

No limit 2,593


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 3,311

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 3,311

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 3,936

Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme 2015

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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;


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(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.

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 NRW 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 NRW 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 NRW. 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 NRW's view, will enable NRW's monitoring costs to be reduced, NRW will make a reduction to the charge for the year or provide a rebate, having regard to consequent reduction in its costs. NRW 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.

THE FACTORS

Volume 5. (1) The Volume Factor relates to the maximum daily volume of discharge authorised by the permit as follows –


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Cubic Meters Band Factor

Up to and including 5 A 0.3

More than 5 up to and including 20 B 0.5

" 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.

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 -


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(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.

(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


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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 B and 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.

(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.


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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 1991 Act; ESTUARIAL WATERS - Estuarial waters are any waters which are within the area which extends landward from the baselines identified in the maps deposited at NRW's Regional offices for this purpose, upstream to the fresh-water limit; INLAND FRESHWATERS – Inland freshwaters have the same meaning as in section 104 of the 1991 Act.

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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Materials Facilities monitoring charge guidance (addendum to Charge Scheme Guidance) 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 Natural Resources Wales 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 [email protected] 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 annual charge is £2,065. The charge covers additional regulatory costs specific to the regulations and is in addition to the annual subsistence charge for the permit. Charges will be raised in April of each year, covering those permit holders that have notified for any reporting period during the previous calendar year. This will be based on reports taken at the end of each quarterly reporting period, the first period being 1 October 2014 to 31 December 2014. In the first year of charging, invoices were issued relating to the period ending 31 March 2015. This charge was at a reduced rate (£1,035) to reflect the regulations coming into effect half way through the financial year 2014-15. From April 2015, we will charge at the full annual rate applicable, currently £2,065. There will be no refunds or pro-rata charges, other than in the first year as outlined above. The charge will be raised annually in arrears on a calendar year basis. The charge for 2015, which is owed by those to whom the regulation applied in 2014 will be levied in April 2015. If the regulation applies to you in 2015 the charge will be levied in April 2016.


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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 notify 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 £2,065 = £1,549.

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