Statutory guidance

SR2012 No 14: metal recycling, vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling facility (existing permits)

These rules will allow the operator to operate a metal recycling site and a vehicle depollution and dismantling facility at a specified location.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 19 November 2012
• Last updated: 10 April 2019
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  1. 10 April 2019

     We have made the following changes to the standard rules set; The addition of conditions to allow catalytic converters from third parties to be accepted and stored, we have removed waste codes, added conditions around the storage of batteries and reduced the tonnage of ELV and other wastes.

  2. 3 April 2019

     We have updated the interpretation section 4.4 of the standard rule with a revised definition for the term ‘European Site’

  3. 3 December 2015

     We have added text to clarify the status of the new and amended rules sets following consultation No 12 and re-instated the existing rules sets that continue to apply until 1 March 2016.

  4. 1 December 2015

     Standard rules updated 1 December 2015.

  5. 19 November 2012

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

SR2012 No 14: metal recycling, vehicle storage, depollution & dismantling (authorised treatment) facility [Applies to existing permit holders from 10 July 2019]

Ref: LIT 7559

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SR2012 No 14: metal recycling, vehicle storage, depollution & dismantling (authorised treatment) facility [Applies to existing permits until 9 July 2019]

Ref: LIT 7559

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Generic risk assessment for SR2012 No 14: metal recycling, vehicle storage, depollution & dismantling (authorised treatment) facility

Ref: LIT 7530

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Details

These rules will allow the operator to operate a metal recycling site and a vehicle depollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facility at a specified location. They will permit the sorting, separation, grading, shearing, baling, compacting, granulating of cables and cutting using hand-held equipment only, of ferrous metals or alloys and non-ferrous metals for recovery as well as the recovery (including storage) of all waste motor vehicles.