Guidance

Storing waste sheep dip before collection for treatment or disposal: RPS 341

Published 30 June 2025

Applies to England

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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to have an environmental permit for storing sheep dip before it is collected for treatment or disposal elsewhere.

However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action against you if you do not comply with these legal requirements provided that:

  • your activity meets the description set out in this RPS

  • you comply with the conditions set out in this RPS

In addition your activity must not cause (or be likely to cause) pollution of the environment or harm to human health, and must not:

  • cause a risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals

  • cause a nuisance through noise or odours

  • adversely affect the countryside or places of special interest

1. Activity this RPS applies to

This RPS applies to the temporary storage of used sheep dip which has been diluted and used in line with manufacturer’s instructions. 

2. Conditions you must comply with

You must:

  • only store waste sheep dip which has been diluted according to the manufacturer’s instructions
  • follow the sheep dip: groundwater protection code
  • store waste sheep dip in a bunded area with an impermeable base that can retain 110% of the largest container or 25% of the total volume that could be stored, whichever is greater
  • keep records for 2 years from the date of the last use of the RPS to show that you have complied with this RPS and make these records available to the Environment Agency on request

You must not store:

  • within a groundwater source protection zone 1
  • more than 20 cubic metres at any one time
  • within 10 metres from a watercourse
  • within 50 metres from any spring, well or borehole that is not used to supply water for domestic use or food production
  • within 250 metres from any spring, well or borehole used to supply water for domestic use or food production
  • for more than 3 months

3. Things to note

You must use a waste transfer note, using waste code 02 01 09 when waste sheep dip is moved to a permitted treatment or disposal (land-spreading) site. 

This RPS relates to an activity that the Environment Agency considers is potentially suitable to be an exemption under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016. A change in law would be required for this.

4. When you must check back

The Environment Agency will review this RPS by 1 April 2028.  

The Environment Agency can withdraw or amend this regulatory position before the review date, if they consider it necessary. This includes where the activity that this RPS relates to has not changed.

You will need to check back from time to time, including at and before the review date, to see if this RPS still applies.

This RPS remains in force until it is removed from GOV.UK or is otherwise identified as having been withdrawn.

You can subscribe to email updates about this RPS. These will tell you if the RPS has changed and when it has been withdrawn.

5. If you cannot comply with this RPS

If you operate under this RPS but can no longer comply with it, you must:

6. Contact the Environment Agency

If you have any questions about this RPS, email enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk with RPS 341 in the subject.

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