COTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 the Regulations") PERMIT TO OPERATE A `PART A' INSTALLATION Permit Number: PPC/ A/ 1180708 Operator: Tradebe Healthcare National Limited The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (" SEPA"), in accordance with the Regulations, hereby grants a permit to Tradebe Healthcare National Limited, company registration number 0388253 having its registered office at Atlas House, Third Avenue, Globe Park, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SI -7 1 EY (" the Operator") to operate an installation on a site at Bellshill Healthcare Waste Treatment and Transfer Site, Building 2, 100 Inchinnan Road, Bellshill Industrial Estate, Bellshill, MI -4 3NT more particularly described in Schedule 1 of this permit, subject to the requirements of the Regulations and to the conditions contained in the Schedules to this Permit. Signed..........:..................... Date: 10 October 2019 Authorised to sign on behalf of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency Right of Appeal Under Regulation 58 of the Regulations you are entitled to appeal to the Scottish Ministers against any condition or conditions of this Permit within six months of the date of this Permit, except where SEPA has granted this Permit in implementation of a direction to SEPA of the Scottish Ministers. The bringing of an appeal will not have the effect of suspending the operation of the said condition or conditions. The procedures for the making of an appeal are set out in Schedule 8 of the Regulations. Scottish Environment Protection Age;icy THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Scottish Environment Protection Agency Permit No: PPC/ A/ 1180708 CONTENTS INTERPRETATIONOF TERMS...................................................................................................... 3 SCHEDULES 1 THE PERMITTED INSTALLATION........................................................................................ 6 1. 1 Description of Permitted Installation....................................................................................... 6 1. 2 Site Plan................................................................................................................................. 8 1. 3 Location Plan......................................................................................................................... 9 1. 4 Site Layout Plan................................................................................................................... 10 2 GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION CONDITIONS.................................. 11 2. 1 Administration...................................................................................................................... 11 2. 2 Technical Competence and Staffing..................................................................................... 11 2. 3 Management systems.......................................................................................................... 11 2. 4 Financial provision.......................................................................................................:........ 12 2. 5 Records............................................................................................................................. 12 2. 6 Reporting..................................................................................,..........,.............................. 13 2. 7 Waste Data Reporting.......................................................................................................... 14 2. 8 Incidents........................................................................................................................... 15 3 GENERAL RESOURCE REVIEW CONDITIONS................................................................. 17 3. 1 Resource Utilisation.............................................................................................................. 17 3. 2 Waste Generated on the Permitted Installation.................................................................... 18 4 GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CONDITIONS............................................. 19 4. 1 Protection of Surface Water................................................................................................. 19 4. 2 Protection of Soil and Groundwater...................................................................................... 19 4. 3 Noise.................................................................................................................................... 21 4. 4 Odour Conditions................................................................................................................. 21 4. 5 Vermin, Litter and Dust......................................................................................................... 22 5 GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS............................................................. 23 5. 1 Permitted Installation Infrastructure................................................:....:.................................... 23 5. 2 Sampling and Monitoring Facilities...................................................................................... 2323 5. 3 Plant Machinery, Equipment and Instrumentation................................................................. 23 5. 4 Environmentally Critical Items.............................................................................................. 23 6 COMMISSIONING CYCLE CONDITIONS........................................................................... 26 6. 1 Commissioning of Permitted Installation............................................................................... 26 6. 2 Re -commissioning of the Heat Treatment Process............................................................... 27 6. 3 De -commissioning of Permitted Installation.......................................................................... 27 7 GENERAL CONDITIONS.................................................................................................... 29 7. 1 Start-up and Shutdown......................................................................................................... 29 8 WASTE TYPES, PRE -ACCEPTANCE, ACCEPTANCE AND STORAGE OF WASTE AT THE PERMITTED INSTALLATION...................................................................................... 30 8. 1 Permitted Waste Types........................................................................................................ 30 8. 2 Waste Pre -Acceptance ..................................................................................................... 33 8. 3 Waste Acceptance .......... ......,.................................................................. .........................---- 33 8. 4 Non -Conforming Wastes...................................................................................................... 34 8. 5 Waste Storage..................................................................................................................... 34 8. 6 Cleaning............................................................................................................................... 37 8. 7 Contingency Plan........................................................................................ .................... 37 Page 1 of 45 Scottish bwironn cnt I' mAcction Agcmcy Permit No: PPC/ A/ 1180708 9 TRACKING OF WASTE THROUGH THE PERMITTED INSTALLATION ............................ 38 9. 1 Electronic Tracking System.................................................................................................. 38 10 WASTE TREATMENT OPERATIONS ON THE PERMITTED INSTALLATION ................... 39 10. 1 General................................................................................................................................ 39 10. 2 Shredding Operations...................................................................... ............... 39 10. 3 Heat Treatment Process....................................................................................................... 39 10. 4 Routine Efficacy Monitoring of the Heat Treatment Process, .......... -..— ........... - ................ -. 40 10. 5 Drying System...................................................................................................................... 41 10. 6 HEPA Filters................................................................................:........................................ 41 10. 7 Carbon Filters....................................................................................................................... 41 11 EMISSIONS MONITORING................................................................................................. 43 11. 1 Microbial Emissions Monitoring............................................................................................ 43 11. 2 Emissions to Air .. 43 Page 2 of 45 Scottish Environment Protection Agency Permit No: PPC/ A/ 1180708 INTERPRETATION OF TERMS For the purposes of this permit, and unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions must apply: Authorised Person" means a person who is authorised in writing under section 108 of the Environment Act 1995 to carry out duties on behalf of SEPA; Challenge load' means a healthcare/clinical waste load that has been constructed by composition i. e. organic content, density, moisture/ liquid content, or other physical or chemical composition) or amount to provide an