Consultation outcome
Environmental permitting: standard rules consultation No 23
Applies to England
Detail of outcome
We have published the revised SR2008 No 24 standard rules for transfer of healthcare waste and its generic risk assessment.
We have withdrawn:
- SR 2008 No 25 standard rules permit and its generic risk assessment
- SR 2013 No 1 standard rules permit and its generic risk assessment
Feedback received
Detail of feedback received
We received 10 responses to the questions. However, not all responses provided an answer to all the questions asked.
Of the 10 responses, 5 were from operators of healthcare waste management facilities or proposed healthcare waste management facilities. We also received:
- 2 responses from trade associations
- 1 response from a healthcare business
- 1 response from a consultancy
- 1 response from a local authority
See the summary of consultation responses document for a:
- list of the names of the organisations that responded to the consultation
- summary of key findings and actions we will take
Original consultation
Consultation description
We propose to:
- revise rules set SR 2008 No 24, including to review the quantities of waste permitted
- revise its associated generic risk assessment
- withdraw rules sets SR 2008 No 25 and SR 2013 No 1 and their generic risk assessments
Documents
Updates to this page
Published 29 March 2021Last updated 1 August 2022 + show all updates
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Linked to the published revised standard rules permit 'SR2008 No 24: transfer of healthcare waste'.
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We have published the 'Standard rules permit consultation No 23: summary of consultation responses'.
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First published.