Guidance

Managing pesticide washings by evaporation: RPS 165

Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can treat pesticide washings using a purpose built lined evaporation system without an environmental permit.

From:
Environment Agency
Published
24 January 2023

This publication was withdrawn on

The Environment Agency has withdrawn this regulatory position statement. Instead, check if you can use:

  • the T32 waste exemption if you want to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings in a biobed or biofilter
  • RPS 140 if you want to build lined biobeds in a groundwater source protection zone 1 (SPZ1)

Applies to England

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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to have an environmental permit when you treat pesticide washings using a purpose built lined evaporation system.

However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action when you do this without an environmental permit if you comply with the requirements in this RPS.

This enforcement position does not apply to any other legal requirements.

Published 24 January 2023

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