§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list by(a) location, (b) year, (c) tonnage, (d) source and (e) specific end-use the sites which used incinerator ash, waste lime or dust, for the purposes described in Waste Management Licensing Regulations Schedule 3, paragraph 7, referring to the spreading of waste for the 30W benefit of land between 1990 and 2001; what the nature of the ash was; and if he will provide associated test results produced by his Department. [159488]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 30 April 2001]: Paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 provides an exemption from waste management licensing for the spreading of certain types and quantities of waste where the activity results in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement. The list of waste types subject to the exemption includes waste lime but does not include incinerator ash or dust.
The Environment Agency has a duty, under regulation 18 of the 1994 Regulations, to maintain a public register for each establishment or undertaking carrying on an exempt activity which shows:
The name and address of the establishment or undertaking;The exempt activity; andThe place where the activity is carried on.This information is available for inspection locally by members of the public, but detailed information of the kind requested by the hon. Member on the use of waste lime under the exemption is not held centrally by the Environment Agency. No associated test results have been produced by my Department on incinerator ash, waste lime or dust.