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Energy from Waste - Planning and E i t l C id tiEnvironmental Considerations

Jason McGrayPrincipal Consultant TNEI Services

jason.mcgray@tnei.co.uk07796 015638

OverviewOverview

• Provide an overview of the legislative and regulatory framework relating toEnergy from WasteEnergy from Waste

• Focus on the key planning and environmental issues that affect theseschemes

• Discuss EIA, environmental permitting and the relationship between theregimes

• Case study

About TNEIAbout TNEI• Specialist energy and environmental consultancy -

Newcastle upon Tyne, Manchester and Glasgow.p y g• Range of commercially focused consenting, grid & power,

technical and environmental services• Two main consultancy groups:Two main consultancy groups:

• Planning & Environmental (planning, EIA, noise, ecology & ornithology)Power Systems & Technology (grid power systems• Power Systems & Technology (grid, power systems, strategy)

• Approximately 65 staff

National Dri ers Energ GenerationNational Drivers – Energy Generation

• Renewable Energy Roadmap (2011 and updates)• Renewable Energy Roadmap (2011 and updates)• Market support mechanisms• Electricity Market Reform (EMR)• Electricity Market Reform (EMR)• Security of supply

National Dri ers Waste ManagementNational Drivers – Waste Management

• Waste Hierarchy (EU WFD)• Waste Hierarchy (EU WFD)• Waste regulations (2011)• National Planning Policy for• National Planning Policy for

Waste• Waste Review (2011)• Waste Review (2011)• Waste Management Plan for

EnglandEngland• Landfill Tax

Key Legislation and PolicyKey Legislation and Policy

EU Directives UK Legislation and PolicyEU Directives UK Legislation and PolicyEU Landfill Directive (1999) Waste Management Plan for England (December

2013)EU W t F k Di ti (2008) W t (E l d d W l ) R l ti (2011)EU Waste Framework Directive (2008) Waste (England and Wales) Regulations (2011)

EU Waste Incineration Directive (2000) National Planning Policy for Waste (October 2014)

EU Industrial Emissions Directive (2010) National Policy Statements (EN-1 and EN-3)

EU EIA Directive (2014) UK EIA Regulations

National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (2012)Planning Practice Guidance (2014)

Planning Req irementsPlanning Requirements

• Site selection• Site selection.• Determining authority?• Pre application consultation• Pre-application consultation• Stakeholder consultation early

Site promotion• Site promotion • Have your arguments well

prepared in advanceprepared in advance• Careful design

En ironmental Impact Assessment (EIA)Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Waste disposal installations for the incineration or chemicalWaste disposal installations for the incineration or chemical treatment (as defined in Annex IIA to Council Directive 75/442/EEC under heading D9) of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 100 tonnes per daycapacity exceeding 100 tonnes per day.

EIA needs to be:• Targeted• Proportionate

Ti l• Timely• Integral to the design process

Re ised EU EIA Directi eRevised EU EIA Directive

• Transposition in 2017Transposition in 2017• Changes to Screening• ‘Competent persons’p p• Additional topics ;

– Human Health– Land– Biodiversity – Climate changeC ate c a ge– Vulnerability to accidents and disaster could influence effects

• Monitoring

E i t l P itti gEnvironmental Permitting

• Environmental Permitting (England and g ( gWales) Regulations 2010

• Bespoke Permits• Best Available Techniques• Horizontal guidance and annexesg• Complex fee structure• EA resource pressuresp• 13 weeks target determination

C S d k l f l ( )Case Study – Drakelow EfW Plant (1)

Focussed EIA:• Air Quality

Permit Application:• Air Quality

• Land Quality• Noise

• Human Health • Land Quality

• Traffic and Transport

• Noise• Climate

• Landscape and Visual Impacts

Change

Case St d Drakelo EfW Plant (2)Case Study – Drakelow EfW Plant (2)

Air Quality:• Identify receptors• AQMAs• Emissions modelling• Design to meet limits• Quantify likely effects

Case St d Drakelo EfW Plant (3)Case Study – Drakelow EfW Plant (3)Land Quality:

• Build Source-Pathway-Receptor model• Mitigation measures and further investigations• Good practice construction and operationGood practice construction and operation

Case St d Drakelo EfW Plant (4)Case Study – Drakelow EfW Plant (4)

Noise:Noise:• Identify receptors• Onsite monitoring• Onsite monitoring• Understand sound power levels

Design to meet limits• Design to meet limits• Ongoing monitoring

Case St d Drakelo EfW Plant (5)Case Study – Drakelow EfW Plant (5)

T ffi d T tTraffic and Transport:• Around 60 HGV movements

per dayper day• Heavily congested network

Ne infrastr ct re a aited• New infrastructure awaited• Link with Air Quality

Case St d Drakelo EfW Plant (6)Case Study – Drakelow EfW Plant (6)Landscape and Visual: • Scheme design

• Identify receptors• Existing context

• Agree representative viewpoints

ConclusionsConclusions

• Extensive legislation, regulation and policyg , g p y• Site selection and design • Early stakeholder engagement• Early stakeholder engagement• Focussed and proportionate EIA• Coordinate consenting and permitting processes