The two sites are RMC Environmental Services Ltd’s Frampton Landfill at Whitminster, Gloucestershire and Cotesbach Landfill operated by Lafarge Aggregates Ltd at Shawell, Leicestershire. Both permits were granted on 12 July 2001.
The new regime builds on the previous Waste Management Licensing system covering land, air and water pollution. However, the PPC regulations cover the use of energy, raw materials and water and also require appropriate management systems and staff training to be in place.
IPPC National Project Manager, Linda Farrow, commented: “The implementation of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) regulatory regime marks a new stage in the protection of our environment. The regulations are a significant advance for the control of waste landfills. We can now address all the environmental and management issues involved on a site. We can look at every activity at the site so that a three-dimensional picture can be built of the installations’ emissions and use of resources.”
Since the middle of July 2001, all new landfill sites must comply with the requirements of the Landfill Directive. The Pollution Prevention and Control Act received Royal Assent in July 1999. The time-scale for processes to be regulated is up to 2007, with different industrial sectors being brought under IPPC in the UK at various dates from 2001
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