Statutory guidance

SR2012 No 11: anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas

Part A installation: capacity over 100 tonnes of waste per day and/or over 10 tonnes of animal carcasses and animal wastes per day.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 21 March 2013
• Last updated: 3 April 2019
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  1. 3 April 2019

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

  2. 17 October 2018

     Updated SR2012 No 11: anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas

  3. 14 December 2015

     SR2012 No 9, 10, 11 & 12 anaerobic digestion and biogas rule sets have been re-published to include clarification under section 4 Interpretation that “specified Air Quality Management Area” means an air quality management area within the meaning of the Environment Act 1995 which has been designated due to concerns about oxides of nitrogen. This had been omitted in error.

  4. 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.

  5. 1 December 2015

     Standard rules updated 1 December 2015.

  6. 21 March 2013

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 27 May 2022

SR2021 No 6: anaerobic digestion facility, including use of the resultant biogas – installations replaces SR2012 No 11: anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas.

Applies to England

Documents

[Withdrawn] Standard Rules SR2012 No 11 – Anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas

Ref: LIT 7555

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[Withdrawn] Generic risk assessment Standard Rules SR2012 No 11 – Anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas

Ref: LIT 7526

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Details

These rules are available to operators with an anaerobic digestion capacity of over 100 tonnes of waste or a combination of waste and non-waste (both liquid and solids) on any one day.

These rules are also available to operators taking in over 10 tonnes of animal waste, including carcasses, on any one day.