Waste Law Comparisons

摘要

Below are requirements set out in the CCS Directive, which look and feel very familiar to the waste sector, especially landfill operators. Even a quick cross-reference with an environmental permit (and related application and supporting documentation) for a landfill site will confirm much of this. 1. Site selection - storage sites must be characterised and assessed to determine that they will not pose any significant risk of leakage or environment or human harm (Article 4 and Annex 1). 2. Requirement for a permit - the operator cannot operate a storage site without a permit. Many of the requirements of the permit will not be dissimilar to those of landfill sites. Any operational changes must be notified to the regulator and a variation will be required for any "substantial change", otherwise the regulator will be obliged to keep the permit under review, particularly if there have been any serious breaches or irregularities. In any event the regulators must carry out reviews - five years after issue of the permit and then every 10 years (Articles 9 and 11).