Environmental Protection (Rural Landfill) Regulations 2002

These regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Rural Landfill) Regulations 2002.

These regulations come into operation on 1 July 2002.

In these regulations —

approved means approved in writing by the Chief Executive Officer;

clinical waste has the same meaning as in the Environmental Protection (Controlled Waste) Regulations 2001;

Fire Control Officer, in relation to a landfill site, means a person who has such qualifications in fire fighting or fire control as are approved, appointed to that position by the occupier of the landfill site;

landfill site means a landfill site to which these regulations apply, in accordance with regulation 4;

Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996 means the document entitled “Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996” published by the Chief Executive Officer, as amended from time to time;

material containing asbestos has the same meaning as in regulation 41 of the Environmental Protection (Controlled Waste) Regulations 2001;

putrescible waste means putrescible waste as defined in the Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996;

surface water body means a watercourse or wetland (as those terms are defined in the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914) and any other surface water, whether artificial or natural;

tipping area means the area of a landfill site where waste currently being brought to the site is being deposited.

These regulations apply to and in respect of premises specified in Schedule 1 Part 2 of the Environmental Protection Regulations 1987 as category 89 premises and registered under regulation 5B of those regulations.