NOVEL E ngi neer i ng

L i mi ted

WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

2.0 DEFINITIONS OF WASTE

3.0 LEGAL FRAMEWORK

4.0 WASTE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE

APPENDICES

1.0 DEFINITION OF SPECIAL WASTES

2.0 PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION WASTES

3.0 RESPONSIBILITIES

1.0 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

 1.1 Scope

The Waste Management Plan provides guidance relating to all

activities undertaken by NOVEL Engineering Limited which are
likely to result in waste arising. All wastes and unwanted
materials arising from the works shall be disposed of in
accordance with the waste management procedure.

The plan covers

• Segregation and storage of waste;

• Disposal of waste to Registered Carriers;
• Waste documentation;
• Checking and monitoring of final waste disposal
arrangements;
• Arrangements for the storage and disposal of Special Wastes.

Pesticides are not covered by this plan - disposal of waste

pesticides will be the responsibility of the relevant specialist
contractor.

1.2 Purpose

The objective of the Waste Management Plan is to define Waste

Management procedures to ensure that waste is stored and
disposed of in accordance with legal requirements.

However, it is also the intention of NOVEL Engineering Limited to

prevent, or if not possible, to minimize the generation of waste,
and where this is not practical, to recycle or re-use wastes
where cost effective schemes exist.

2.0 DEFINITIONS OF WASTE

2.1 Waste

The legal definition of waste is

“Any substance or object which the producer discards or intends or is

required to discard”.

The official definition of waste also covers substances or objects which

fall out of the commercial cycle or out of the chain of utility. In
particular, most items which are sold or taken off-site for
recycling are wastes as they require treatment before they can
be re-sold or re-used.
 In practical terms, all materials required to be removed by NOVEL
Engineering approved contractor for disposal, reuse or recycling
are legally classified as waste. They can be divided into the
categories detailed below. They may be further segregated on
site to allow for differing disposal options and to take advantage
of recycling opportunities.

Non-Controlled Controlled

Agricultural Special Non-Special

Mines and Quarries (General)
Radioactive
Explosive
Duty of Care
Specific Special Waste
Legislation Regulations

2.2 Controlled Waste

Controlled waste is waste arising from commercial or industrial

operations and is governed by the legislation covering the
storage, treatment and disposal of wastes. All the waste
produced by NOVEL Engineering limited is Controlled Waste.

2.3 Special Waste

Special wastes are those wastes which are considered so difficult or

dangerous to keep that special provision needs to be made for
their management and disposal.

2.4 General Waste

General waste is the non legal term given to controlled waste which is
not classified as special waste.

3.0 LEGAL FRAMEWORK

There are a large number of Regulations covering waste management

The key legal requirements are briefly summarized below.

3.1 Duty of Care

 The Duty of Care Regulations 1991 state that anyone in
possession of any waste must:

(i) Prevent illegal disposal, treatment or storage of

waste.

(ii) Prevent the escape of wastes.

(iii) Ensure transfer to an authorized person.

(iv) Provide an accurate written description of the waste on

Controlled Waste Transfer Notes (which control the
transfer of waste between parties) so others handling the
waste can manage it properly

(v) All those subject to the Duty of Care should be able to

confirm conformance by others handling the waste in the
chain to the requirements of the Duty of Care.
Confirmation should be to an extent which is reasonable
in circumstances. All breaches of the Duty should be
reported to the EA (Waste Regulation Section).

3.2 Registration of Carriers

Under the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 it is a criminal

offence for anyone not registered as a carrier to transport
controlled waste. The Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers
and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991, details a system for
the registration of carriers and also specifies procedures for the
seizure and disposal of vehicles used for illegal waste disposal.

3.3 Waste Management Licensing

The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 require sites

where waste is processed, treated or disposed to hold a valid
Waste Management License (WML) issued by the Environment
Agency.

The Regulations also include a Schedule of activities which

are exempt from the requirement for licensing. Most exemptions
from the need for licensing must be registered with the
Environment Agency.

However, a WML is not required where waste is stored on the site

where it is produced prior to off-site disposal and this exemption
does not need to be registered with the Environment Agency.
 3.4 Special Waste

The Special Waste Regulations 1996 require that the Environment

Agency is notified of the disposal of Special Wastes at least 3
working days in advance of disposal. A system of consignment
notes, which replace the need for a Controlled Waste Transfer
Note, must be used to document the disposal of Special Wastes.
The other provisions of the Duty of Care Regulations still apply.

4.0 WASTE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE

4.1 Identification of Potential Wastes

Appendix 3.0 contains a list of wastes that NOVEL Engineering limited

are usually generated by construction activities together with
intended method of disposal (subject to the existence of cost-
effective recycling schemes where this is proposed).

4.2 Schematic of Waste Disposal Procedure

EXEMPTION ORIGIN/SOURCE RE-USE ON

REGISTRATION CONSTRUCTION SITE
SITE

REGISTERED
CARRIER

RECYCLING DISPOSAL SITE

4.3 Exemption Registration

NOVEL ENGINEERING will ensure that the requirement for a

Waste Management Licence for any activity involving the
sorting, processing, treatment or storage of waste is checked
with the Environment Agency and all necessary exemptions
registered.

4.4 Storage at the Construction Site Base

 Wherever possible Waste produced in the operational sites during
construction operations will be collected and returned to the site
yard prior to removal by a registered waste management
contractor.

If not possible skips and containers will be used to store waste at

appropriate locations on the construction site or pipeline spread.

NOVEL ENGINEERING LIMITED will ensure that waste is stored securely

so as to prevent the generation of litter, water and groundwater
pollution, theft and vandalism. The waste storage area will be
sited, so far as practical, to avoid damage by site traffic.

Skips or containers provided by the waste management contractor will

be used to segregate the waste as appropriate to its disposal
requirements. This is expected to be as follows:

General Waste

Scrap Metal

• Special Waste

Provision for further segregation will be made if there are efficient

alternative methods of re-cycling or disposal.

Covered skips or containers will be used where necessary to prevent

waste escaping and skips and containers shall be labeled
adequately to enable correct segregation.

4.5 Registered Carrier

NOVEL ENGINEERING LIMITED will ensure that all haulers employed for
waste collection and transport are registered carriers. Copies of
their Certificates of Registration will be obtained and maintained
at the Company Offices.

4.6 Recycling

NOVEL ENGINEERING LIMITED will investigate the opportunities for the

recycling of materials and implement any which prove practical
and cost-effective.

4.7 Disposal Sites

Waste generated will be disposed of via a registered waste carrier to
either:

(i) Licensed landfill site

(ii) Licensed treatment or storage plant
(iii) Licensed incineration plant
(iv) Site exempt from the need for a license

NOVEL ENGINEERING LIMITED will check with the Environmental

Agency that all disposal sites to be used are licensed to receive
the type and quantity of waste to be disposed of. Copies of Site
Licenses will be obtained from the Environment Agency and
records maintained at the Company Offices.

Certain disposal sites have identification numbers assigned. These

numbers are disposal authorization numbers which must appear
on official documents, e.g. drivers consignment note, route
sheet.

Unless a carrier is able to produce official documents quoting the

relevant number he may not be permitted to use the facility.

NOVEL ENGINEERING LIMITED will ensure that the appropriate

representatives of haulage companies are made fully aware of
requirements.

4.8 Waste Documentation

A Controlled Waste Dispatch Note (CWDN) shall be completed

for all wastes, except Special Wastes, disposed off-site.
EIS will ensure that an adequate description of the waste to be
transferred is included on the CWDN.

A copy of the CWTN will be retained by NOVEL ENGINEERING

approves waste contractor.
NOVEL ENGINEERING LIMITED will maintain a register of all CWDN and
Special Waste Consignment Notes, this will be handed to the Client on
completion of construction to ensure that the documents are held for at least 2
years as required under the Duty of Care. A Waste Control Spreadsheet will be
used as a record of all waste transfer.

4.9 Monitoring and Auditing

NOVEL ENGINEERING LIMITED will undertake period checks to

confirm that waste is being disposed off to the sites listed on the
CWDN and Special Waste Consignment Notes.
 4.10 Special Waste

A list of typical Special Wastes that can be produced on fabrication

works and pipeline projects is given below. Italic text denotes
items for which assessment of the actual materials used /
encountered will be undertaken to establish if they are Special
Wastes:

• Waste Fuel
• Waste Oil
• Waste Lubricants
• Waste Solvents
• Used spill kits/absorbents
• Contaminated land
• Shot blast
• Weld coating materials
• Welding Rods
• Batteries
• Fluorescent tubes
• Brushes
• Medicines

Used tins of the above substances are also Special Wastes.

In cases of doubtful identification, waste materials shall be treated as

Special Waste until proved otherwise - samples of un-
categorized waste will be taken for analysis to determine
disposal methods.

Special Waste shall be kept separate from any other waste, adequately
labeled and covered where necessary to prevent escape.
 The pre-notification procedure required by the Special Waste
Regulations shall be followed when Special Waste is disposed
off-site and the consignment note correctly completed and
handed to the waste carrier. All other requirements of the Duty
of Care shall also be implemented as legally required.

4.11 Explosives

If the use of explosives is required, a licensed approved contractor

shall be employed who will be required to fully comply with the
relevant legislation concerning the use, transport, handling and
storage of explosives. The disposal of failed or leaking
explosives will be carried out by a specialist in accordance with
recommended codes of practice, and where possible, such
explosives will be returned to the supplier.

APPENDIX 1.0

DEFINITION OF SPECIAL WASTES

The Special Waste Regulations define ‘special waste’ as controlled waste:

The following are the list of waste considered to be special:

− explosive,
− oxidising,
− highly flammable,
− flammable,
− irritant,
− harmful,
− toxic,
− carcinogenic,
− corrosive,
− infectious,
− teratogenic,
− mutagenic,
− substances which release toxic or very toxic gases on contact
with water, air or acid,
 − substances which may yield another substance after disposal
e.g. leachate which possesses any of the characteristics listed
above,
− ecotoxic.

• Comprises liquid substances having a flash point below 21°C or any

substance with irritant, harmful, toxic, very toxic, carcinogenic or
corrosive properties, in concentrations over the thresholds listed
for those properties in Part III of Schedule 2 of the Regulations;

APPENDIX 2.0

FABRICATION, WELDING AND PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION WASTES

Activity Waste Generation Disposal Recommendation

Fabrication, welding and Pipeline Construction Base
Site preparation Likely to be -
negligible
Operation Office rubbish, paper, Recycling, if practicable and cost
packaging, effective
Canteen refuse etc. Collected in skips and send to a
Rubbish from yard licensed waste disposal site
and site
Workshop waste e.g. Collect in skips and send to a licensed
paints, oil etc. waste disposal site. Some items (e.g.
paint , waste oils, batteries will be
Special Wastes)
Scrap metal Sell as scrap, if cost effective local
arrangements available
Site Concrete foundations Collected in covered skips and send to
reinstatement etc. a licensed waste disposal site
Pipeline Construction out stations
Working width Hedges, fence posts Disposal to be agreed with landowner
Preparation and wire, brush etc. concerned. Hedge material will be
chipped, so far as practical, and used
as a mulch during re-instatement
Timber Property of landowner
Pipe-stringing & Pipe-bands and end Collected in covered skips and send to
bending caps a licensed waste site
Welding, Spent welding rods, Collected in covered skips and send to
testing & grinding wheels, a licensed waste site. Some items will
coating visors, shot-blast, be Special Wastes
weld coating
Trenching & Landfill (domestic/ Collected in enclosed skips and send
Lower & Lay industrial waste) to a licensed waste disposal site.
Analyze to determine if Special Waste
Backfilling & Surplus spoil and Disposal to be agreed with the
Grading rock landowner concerned: EA to be
contacted to determine need for
Waste Management License if re-used
elsewhere within landholding.
Reinstatement Temporary stone Re-use elsewhere within landholding,
roads; Temporary subject to EA requirements, otherwise
fencing, gates, re-use if possible or collect and
troughs etc. dispose off-site
Mess huts, Canteen refuse, Collected in covered skips and send to
misc., etc. safety equipment a licensed waste disposal site
etc.
Mobile site Sewage Disposal by appointed waste
toilets management contractor
Directional Drilling mud. Dispose off-site to a licensed waste
drilling and Cuttings disposal site
other non open-
cut crossings

APPENDIX 3.0

Responsibilities for Waste Management

ACTIVITY RESPONSIBLE RECORD WHERE HELD

PERSON
Advice on waste Environmentalist None N/A
management,
training, etc
Auditing of waste Environmentalist Site inspection Head Office
carriers and reports
disposal sites, Audit reports
licenses: site Copies of licenses and
inspections, etc Transfer Notes
Site waste Environmentalist
management
Supervision of Environmentalist Obtain copies of Head Office
carriers waste carriers
licenses
Raising and Environmentalist Raising Controlled Head Office
copying of Waste Transfer Notes
documentation and
Special Waste
Consignment Notes
 Training of local Environmentalist Toolbox talks records Head Office
staff
ACTIVITY RESPONSIBLE RECORD WHERE HELD
PERSON
Site waste Materials Controller
management
Supervision of Environmentalist Obtain copies of Site + Offices
carriers waste carriers
licenses
Raising and Environmentalist Raising Controlled Site + Offices
copying of Waste Transfer Notes
documentation and
Special Waste
Consignment Notes
Training of local Environmentalist Toolbox talks records Site +Offices
staff

WASTE CONTROL SPREADSHEET

Site __________________________ Type of waste__________________________

DATE CARRIER CARRIER CWDN NO. DISPOSAL LOCATION
REGISTRATION NO.