These rules allow an operator to carry out mining waste operations in respect of inert extractive waste and unpolluted soil on the site of a mine or quarry.
Applying for a standard permit
You can apply for a standard permit if you comply with the standard rules and meet the following risk criteria:
- the activities are carried out on the site of a mine or quarry
- there are no point source emissions to air, water or land from the mining waste operations.
Applying for a bespoke permit
If you cannot comply with any of the standard rules, or meet any one of the criteria listed above, then you must apply for a bespoke permit. Your application must include additional information about the criteria that you cannot meet and how you intend to control the associated risks.
Cost of standard permits
The cost of standard permits can be found within our charging scheme pages.
Standard rules
You can find the standard rules, generic risk assessment, guidance and application form by using the links below.
Look at the standard rules that you want to apply for and check that:
- the permitted activities include all the ones that you want to carry out
- you can comply with all the other rules. We have written guidance to help you understand how to comply with the rules.
Download and check the rules:
We carried out a risk assessment to develop the risk criteria for these activities to produce the standard rules. We have provided it for your information, but you do not need to agree with it or send us a signed copy.
Record of changes to standard rules and generic risk assessment
A record of the changes to the standard rules and generic risk assessment, since they were first published, is available from the link below. The record of change was last updated in April 2010. If you operate under this set of standard rules, you must comply with the current version that is linked to this web page:
Guidance on how to comply with your standard permit
Guidance is provided in a document called 'How to Comply with your Environmental Permit'. This is available to download from our Environmental Permitting guidance page:
Application form and explanatory notes
The Environmental Permitting Regulations application form is available from the link below:
