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Consultation outcome: Environmental permitting: standard rules consultation No 23

Environment Agency

August 1
11:01 2022

We have published the revised SR2008 No 24 standard rules for transfer of healthcare waste and its generic risk assessment.

We have withdrawn:

  • SR 2008 No 25 standard rules permit and its generic risk assessment
  • SR 2013 No 1 standard rules permit and its generic risk assessment

Feedback received

Detail of feedback received

We received 10 responses to the questions. However, not all responses provided an answer to all the questions asked.

Of the 10 responses, 5 were from operators of healthcare waste management facilities or proposed healthcare waste management facilities. We also received:

  • 2 responses from trade associations
  • 1 response from a healthcare business
  • 1 response from a consultancy
  • 1 response from a local authority

See the summary of consultation responses document for a:

  • list of the names of the organisations that responded to the consultation
  • summary of key findings and actions we will take

Original consultation

Summary

Were seeking views on standard rules sets for clinical and healthcare waste transfer stations and treatment of healthcare waste.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

We propose to:

  • revise rules set SR 2008 No 24, including to review the quantities of waste permitted
  • revise its associated generic risk assessment
  • withdraw rules sets SR 2008 No 25 and SR 2013 No 1 and their generic risk assessments

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