Written question asked by Bill O'Brien (Labour) on Monday, 28 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 March 2005. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 March 2005 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what installation or plant will be (a) exempted and (b) derogated from the requirements of the Waste Directive Regulations; and if she will make a statement.

Answer: Mr. Bill O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what installation and plant will be (a) exempted and (b) derogated from the requirements of the waste incineration directive regulations; and if she will make a statement. [219537] Mr. Morley: Articles 3(4) and 3(5) of the waste incineration directive provide definition respectively of the "incineration plant" and "co-incineration plant" covered by that directive. However, Article 2(2) of that directive excludes from the directive's scope (i) plants treating only certain wastes listed there, and (ii) experimental plants. Article 6(4) of the directive enables competent authorities to set, for plant subject to the directive's requirements, operating conditions different to those set out in Articles 6(1), 6(2) and 6(3) provided the directive's requirements are met. These provisions are relatively complex, but are explained in draft Guidance on Directive 2000/76/EC on the Incineration of Waste prepared by the Department and the Welsh Assembly Government and available on the Defra website. This publication also incorporates the text of the directive itself.

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