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Has your standard rules permit changed?

HSEC Services Team • 7 February 2025

Has your standard rules permit changed?

On the 18th of December 2024 the ‘Environment Agency’ realised a series of ‘new’ consolidated standard rules permits, which replace a number of older standard rules, which now have been withdrawn.  

Below we have provided a table showing the activity description, permits which have been withdrawn, the new consolidated permit applicable and updated technical competence requirements which have changed for some activities to reflect the inclusion of hazardous waste. 

We have included working links within the table to additional information regarding the new consolidated standard rules permits and Technical Competence qualifications and purpose statements. 


Quick fire question and answer! 

Q) I have read through the new standard rules permit applicable to me and I cant adhere to the rules within it, what do I do? 

A) If you cannot comply with the new standard rules permit you will need to apply to vary your permit into a bespoke permit. You must apply for a bespoke permit within 3 months of the date the standard rules was published which was the 18 December 2024.

Q) I have reviewed my technical competence against the new standard rules permit for my facility using the table below, and I require an additional qualification / or units. Do the EA expect me to achieve this within the 3-month window?

A) No, the Environment Agency will put in place a 'Regulatory Position Statement (RPS)', which will give anyone affected 12 months from the date the RPS is published to achieve any additional units or qualifications. 

Q) I have reviewed the new standard rules permit applicable to me and I can adhere to it, is their anything else I need to know or do, other than reviewing my technical competence? 

A) As required by rule 1 within any standard rules permit, you need to operate in line with a written management system more commonly known as an Environmental Management System or EMS. This should be readily available to site staff and regulators on request. 

This will need to be reviewed to consider any changes to the permit and associated operating techniques. We have also provided an additional link below to the non-hazardous and inert waste: appropriate measures which is linked to the majority of these new standard rules permits. 


Note: New permits such as the ‘SR2022 No4’ and ‘SR2022 No5’ are listed twice within the table, both as a high and medium risk operations. 

This is to reflect the fact that not all sites will opt to accept asbestos. Therefore, anyone accepting asbestos will need to meet the requirements of the high-risk listing; anyone not accepting asbestos will need to meet the requirements of the medium-risk listing. 
A B C D E F G H I
1
Risk Description of Waste Facility Covered Withdrawn Permits New Standard Rules Permit(s) Award Code On Site Assessment Qualification VRQ Qualification On Site Assessment Purpose Statement VRQ Purpose Statement
2
High Non-hazardous transfer of household, commercial and industrial wastes with WEEE manual sorting with removal of plugs, batteries and cables (For sites STORING asbestos) SR2008 No 1
SR2008 No 2
SR2008 No 5
SR2008 No 6
SR2015 No 4
SR2015 No 5
SR2015 No 8
SR2022No5 HROC4 CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 High Risk Operator Competence for Managing Transfer of Hazardous Waste (601/8504/1)

Optional Unit OCS22 - Hazardous Waste: HRO
C4a
N/A Click Here N/A
3
High Non-hazardous transfer and treatment of household, commercial and industrial wastes with WEEE manual sorting with removal of plugs, batteries and cables (For sites STORING asbestos) SR2008 No 3

SR2008 No 4

SR2008 No 7

SR2008 No 8

SR2015 No 6

SR2015 No 10
SR2022No4 HROC4 and MROC1 CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 High Risk Operator Competence for Managing Transfer of Hazardous Waste (601/8504/1)

HROC4a (full qualification and optional Unit OCS22 - Hazardous Waste)

AND
N/A Click Here (HROC4) N/A
4
CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Medium Risk Operator Competence for Non-hazardous waste treatment and transfer (601/8528/4) (MROC1) Click Here (MROC1)
5
For more information, please refer to the additional guidance for asbestos storage in the MROC1 purpose statement
6
Medium Treatment of waste wood for recovery SR2011 no 4
SR2015 no 23
SR2022No8 MROC1 or VRQ406 CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Medium Risk Operator Competence for Non-hazardous waste treatment and transfer (601/8528/4) (MROC1) CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Certificate in Waste and Resource Management (603/3581/6) (VRQ406) Click Here Click Here
7
Medium Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) SR2008 No 14
SR2008 No 15
SR2015 No 21
SR2022No7, MROC1 or VRQ406 CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Medium Risk Operator Competence for Non-hazardous waste treatment and transfer (601/8528/4) (MROC1) CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Certificate in Waste and Resource Management (603/3581/6) (VRQ406) Click Here Click Here
8
SR2021No15
9
Medium Non-hazardous transfer and treatment of household, commercial and industrial wastes with WEEE manual sorting with removal of plugs, batteries and cables (For sites that are NOT storing asbestos) SR2008 No 3

SR2008 No 4

SR2008 No 7

SR2008 No 8

SR2015 No 6

SR2015 No 10
SR2022No4 MROC1 and MROC17 or
VRQ406 and VRQ414
CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Medium Risk Operator Competence for Non-hazardous waste treatment and transfer (601/8528/4) (MROC1)

A
ND
CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Certificate in Waste and Resource Management (603/3581/6) (VRQ406) Click Here (MROC1) Click Here (VRQ406 and VRQ414)
10
CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Medium Risk Operator Competence for Storage and Transfer of Hazardous Waste (601/8538/7) (MROC17) AND

CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Certificate in Waste and Resource Management (603/3581/6) (VRQ414)
Click Here (MROC17)
11
12
Medium Non-hazardous transfer of household, commercial and industrial wastes with WEEE manual sorting with removal of plugs, batteries and cables (NOT storing asbestos) SR2008 No 1
SR2008 No 2
SR2008 No 5
SR2008 No 6
SR2015 No 4
SR2015 No 5
SR2015 No 8
SR2022No5 MROC17 or VRQ414 CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Medium Risk Operator Competence for Storage and Transfer of Hazardous Waste (601/8538/7) (MROC17) CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Certificate in Waste and Resource Management (603/3581/6) (VRQ414) Click Here Click Here
13
Medium Civic amenity (CA) sites / Household waste recycling centres (HWRC) SR2008 No 12
SR2008 No 13
SR2015 No 19
SR2015 No 20
SR2022No6 MROC14 or VRQ406 and VRQ414 CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Medium Risk Operator Competence for Household Waste Recycling Centres (601/8522/3)

Optional Unit OCS40 - Hazardous and Non-hazardous: MROC1
4a
CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Certificate in Waste and Resource Management (603/3581/6) (VRQ406)

AND
Click Here Click Here (VRQ406 and VRQ414)
14
CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Certificate in Waste and Resource Management (603/3581/6) (VRQ414 )

(VRQ406 can be used for HWRCs handling Hazardous and Non-hazardous or Non-hazardous o
nly)
15
Low Mobile plant for non-hazardous treatment of waste to produce soil, soils substitutes and aggregates SR2010 No 11 SR2022No2 LROC2 or VRQ406 CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Low Risk Operator Competence for Non-Hazardous Treatment to Produce Soil (601/8513/2) (LROC2) CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Certificate in Waste and Resource Management (603/3581/6) (VRQ406) Click Here Click Here
16
Low Non-hazardous treatment of waste to produce soil, soils substitutes and aggregates SR2008 number 11
SR2009 number 6
SR2010 number 12
SR2022No1 LROC2 or VRQ406 CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Low Risk Operator Competence for Non-Hazardous Treatment to Produce Soil (601/8513/2) (LROC2) CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Certificate in Waste and Resource Management (603/3581/6) (VRQ406) Click Here Click Here
17
Low Non-hazardous transfer of construction, demolition and excavation wastes SR2008 No 10
SR2009 No 5
SR2022No3 LROC3 or VRQ406 CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Low Risk Operator Competence for Inert Storage and Transfer (601/8510/7) (LROC3) CIWM (WAMITAB) Level 4 Certificate in Waste and Resource Management (603/3581/6) (VRQ406) Click Here Click Here

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