Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018: Proposed changes to the Charging Scheme
Appendix 1: Changes to existing charges
Table 2: Charging changes to existing water activities
| SEPA Ref |
Current charging activity description | Current application charge | Current subsistence charge | New SEPA Ref | New charging activity description | New application charge (Band) |
New subsistence charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10060 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Complex Licence. | £4,257 | £3,029 | 20000 | Any other Water Activity subject to a Permit which is not listed elsewhere in this table. | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£2,243 |
| 10060 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Complex Licence. | £4,257 | £3,029 | 20001 | Discharge of water runoff from a construction site originally authorised by a complex licence under Regulation 8 of CAR and having effect as a deemed Permit under EASR. | n/a – no new applications under this category | £3,029 |
| 10080 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Simple Licence. | £2,838 | £2,243 | 20002 | Discharge of water runoff from a construction site authorised by a Permit under EASR or originally authorised as a simple licence under Regulation 8 of CAR and having effect as a deemed Permit under EASR | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£2,243 |
| 10080 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Simple Licence. | £2,838 | £2,243 | 20003 | The storage of oil for onward distribution which is subject to a Permit. | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£0 |
| 10080 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Simple Licence. | £2,838 | £2,243 | 20000 | Any other Water Activity subject to a Permit which is not listed elsewhere in this table. | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£2,243 |
| 10080 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Simple Licence. | £2,838 | £2,243 | 20004 | Application of pesticides, which are Plant Protection Products (PPPs), subject to a Permit. | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£0 |
| 10070 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Registration or of Registration scale. | £185 | £0 | 20005 | Discharge of swimming pool or hot tub effluent to the water environment which is subject to a Permit. | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£0 |
| 10070 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Registration or of Registration scale. | £185 | £0 | 20006 | Discharges from marine commercial tank fish farms/hatcheries with less than or equal to 0.5 tonnes of annual fish production | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£0 |
| 10070 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Registration or of Registration scale. | £185 | £0 | 20007 | Discharges from freshwater commercial tank fish farms/hatcheries with less than or equal to 0.5 tonnes of annual fish production | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£0 |
| 10070 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Registration or of Registration scale. | £185 | £0 | 20008 | Discharge of cooling water with no chemical or temperature implications for the environment. | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£0 |
| 10070 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Registration or of Registration scale. | £185 | £0 | 20009 | Discharge of public sewage effluent from a population equivalent of less than or equal to 50, which is subject to a Registration. | £185 (Band 3) |
£0 |
| 10070 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Registration or of Registration scale. | £185 | £0 | 20010 | Any other Water Activity subject to a Registration which is not listed elsewhere in this table. | £185 (Band 3) |
£0 |
| 10070 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Registration or of Registration scale. | £185 | £0 | 20011 | Discharge of effluents, not described elsewhere in this table, which are less than or equal to 10 cubic metres per day or with a population equivalent of less than or equal to 15. | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£0 |
| 10070 | Any other CAR activity subject to a Registration or of Registration scale. | £185 | £0 | 20012 | Discharge of public sewage effluent from a population equivalent of less than or equal to 50 which is subject to a Permit. | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£0 |
| 10120 | Discharge, not covered by a general binding rule, which is an environmental service. | £0 | £0 | 20013 | Discharge, not covered by a general binding rule, which is an environmental service. | £0 (Band 0) |
£0 |
| 10120 | Discharge, not covered by a general binding rule, which is an environmental service. | £0 | £0 | 20014 | Discharge from non-commercial fish hatcheries for native fish. | £0 (Band 0) |
£0 |
| 12925 | Discharge from private septic tank/sewage treatment work: serving a population equivalent of less than or equal to 15 if built after 1 April 2016 or less than equal to 50 if built before 1 April 2016. | £185 | £0 | 20015 | Discharge of private sewage effluent from a population equivalent of less than or equal to 50, which is subject to a Registration. | £185 (Band 3) |
£0 |
| 12925 | Discharge from private septic tank/sewage treatment work: serving a population equivalent of less than or equal to 15 if built after 1 April 2016 or less than equal to 50 if built before 1 April 2016. | £185 | £0 | 20016 | Discharge of private sewage effluent from a population equivalent of less than or equal to 50 which is subject to a Permit. | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£0 |
| 12930 | Discharge from private sewage treatment works: serving a population equivalent greater than 15 but less than 50 if built after 1 April 2016. | £1,703 | £0 | 20015 | Discharge of private sewage effluent from a population equivalent of less than or equal to 50, which is subject to a Registration. | £185 (Band 3) |
£0 |
| 12930 | Discharge from private sewage treatment works: serving a population equivalent greater than 15 but less than 50 if built after 1 April 2016. | £1,703 | £0 | 20016 | Discharge of private sewage effluent from a population equivalent of less than or equal to 50 which is subject to a Permit. | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£0 |
| 13140 | Discharge from public sewage treatment works: serving a population equivalent greater than 15 but less than 50 population equivalent and authorised by a licence issued under CAR. | £1,703 | £0 | 20009 | Discharge of public sewage effluent from a population equivalent of less than or equal to 50, which is subject to a Registration. | £185 (Band 3) |
£0 |
| 13140 | Discharge from public sewage treatment works: serving a population equivalent greater than 15 but less than 50 population equivalent and authorised by a licence issued under CAR. | £1,703 | £0 | 20012 | Discharge of public sewage effluent from a population equivalent of less than or equal to 50 which is subject to a Permit. | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£0 |
| 10260 | Engineering subject to a simple licence. | £851 | £0 | 20017 | Engineering activity which is subject to a Permit | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£0 |
| 10270 | Engineering subject to a complex licence. | £4,257 | £0 | 20017 | Engineering activity which is subject to a Permit | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£0 |
Table 3: Charging changes to existing industrial activities
| SEPA Ref |
Current charging activity description | Current application charge | Current subsistence charge | New SEPA Ref | New charging activity description | New application charge (Band) |
New subsistence charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10980 | PPC B: 6.8c - Ensiling of dead fish or fish offal. | £659 | £774 | 20018 | Schedule 26: Ensiling and storage of dead fish or fish offal below 10m3 capacity. (REGISTRATION) | £659 (Band 7) |
£774 |
| 10980 | PPC B: 6.8c - Ensiling of dead fish or fish offal. | £659 | £774 | 20019 | Schedule 26: Ensiling and storage of dead fish or fish offal below 10m3 capacity. (REGISTRATION) | £659 (Band 7) |
£774 |
| 11410 | PPC B: 6.4 - Coating, printing and textile treatment activities. | £2,838 | £1,576 | 20020 | Schedule 26: Road vehicle resprayers (REGISTRATION) | £659 (Band 7) |
£1,576 |
| 11410 | PPC B: 6.4 - Coating, printing and textile treatment activities. | £2,838 | £1,576 | 20021 | Schedule 26: Coating printing and textile treatment activities. (PERMIT) | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£1,576 |
| 11420 | PPC A: 6.5 - Manufacture of dyestuffs if the activity involves the use of hexachlorobenzene. | £14,190 | £9,022 | 20022 | Schedule 26: Manufacture of dyestuffs, printing ink and coating materials | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£1,576 |
| 11430 | PPC B: 6.5 - Manufacture of dyestuffs, printing Ink and coating Materials. | £2,838 | £1,576 | 20022 | Schedule 26: Manufacture of dyestuffs, printing ink and coating materials | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£1,576 |
| 11780 | PPC B: 3.5(a);(b);(c);(d) & (f) (any combinations) - Crushing, screening & loading (excluding cement). | £2,838 | £650 | 20023 | Schedule 26: Using crushing and screening equipment excluding coal, PFA and cement (NOTIFICATION) | £0 (Band 0) |
£0 |
| 11780 | PPC B: 3.5(a);(b);(c);(d) & (f) (any combinations) - Crushing, screening & loading (excluding cement). | £2,838 | £650 | 20024 | Schedule 26: Using crushing and screening equipment excluding coal, PFA and cement (NOTIFICATION) | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£650 |
| 11790 | PPC B: 3.5(e) and/or (g) - Coating and other (excluding cement). | £2,838 | £650 | 20025 | Schedule 26: Coating road stone with bitumen (REGISTRATION) | £659 (Band 7) |
£650 |
| 11790 | PPC B: 3.5(e) and/or (g) - Coating and other (excluding cement). | £2,838 | £650 | 20026 | Schedule 26: Coating road stone with tar or bitumen and production of artificial corundum (PERMIT) | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£650 |
| 11800 | PPC B: 3.1(a) - Cement batching, storing etc. | £2,838 | £650 | 20027 | Schedule 26: Blending or use of cement in bulk (REGISTRATION) | £659 (Band 7) |
£650 |
| 11800 | PPC B: 3.1(a) - Cement batching, storing etc. | £2,838 | £650 | 20028 | Schedule 26: Cement and cement clinker activities including storing, batching, blending, grinding, loading and unloading in bulk. (PERMIT) | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£650 |
| 11910 | PPC A: 6.3 - Distilling tar or bitumen. | £14,190 | £8,162 | 20029 | Schedule 26: Tar and bitumen processes. | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£1,086 |
| 11920 | PPC B: 6.3 - Tar and bitumen processes. | £2,838 | £1,086 | 20029 | Schedule 26: Tar and bitumen processes. | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£1,086 |
| 10170 | PPC A: Directly associated activity (operated by third party) as defined in Regulation 2 (1). | £0 | £2,496 | 20030 | Schedule 20 activity: Directly associated activity (operated by third party) as part of a schedule 20 installation as defined in Schedule 19 (3). | £659 (Band 7) |
£2,496 |
| 10180 | PPC A: Directly associated activity (operated by third party), as defined in Regulation 2(1), low risk. | £0 | £653 | 20031 | Schedule 20 activity: Directly associated activity or registration level activity (operated by third party), as part of a schedule 20 installation as defined in Schedule 19 (3), low risk. | £659 (Band 7) |
£653 |
| 10190 | PPC A: The operation by a third party of an activity described under Part B of Schedule 1 of the PPC regulations, as part of a Part A installation, Regulation 12(1). | £0 | £877 | 20032 | Schedule 20 activity: The operation by a third party of an activity described under Schedule 26 or 27 of EASR, as part of a schedule 20 installation, as defined Schedule 19 (3). | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£877 |
| 10200 | PPC A: The operation by a third party of part of a Part A activity installation. | £0 | £2,496 | 20033 | Schedule 20 activity: The operation by a third party of part of a Schedule 20 activity installation as defined Schedule 19 (3). | £14,190 (Band 14) |
£2,496 |
| 10450 | PPC B: 1.1 - Combustion of any fuel where thermal input is greater than or equal to 20 megawatts but less than 50 megawatts. | £659 | £823 | 20034 | Schedule 27 para 2: Medium combustion plant 20 to 50 MW subject to a bespoke permit | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£823 |
Table 4: Charging changes to existing waste activities
| SEPA Ref |
Current charging activity description | Current application charge | Current subsistence charge | New SEPA Ref | New charging activity description | New application charge (Band) |
New subsistence charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10216 | Any other waste management activity not described elsewhere in this table. | £2,838 | £4,568 | 20035 | Use of over 100,000 tonnes of waste for recovery in restoration, reclamation and land improvement projects on land which has been subject to industrial or other man-made development. | £7,095 (Band 13) |
£5,852 |
| 12720 | WMA: Paragraph 7 activity application of material to treat land for benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement (initial 50 ha block of land). | £851 | £659 | 20036 | The use of waste on land for the purpose of soil improvement at a single location. | £851 (Band 8) |
£659 |
| 12720 | WMA: Paragraph 7 activity application of material to treat land for benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement (initial 50 ha block of land). | £851 | £659 | 20037 | The use of waste on land for the purpose of soil improvement at more than one location with a landbank of less than or equal to 1500 hectares. | £5,676 (Band 12) |
£12,036 |
| 12720 | WMA: Paragraph 7 activity application of material to treat land for benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement (initial 50 ha block of land). | £851 | £659 | 20038 | The use of waste on land for the purpose of soil improvement with a landbank of more than 1500 hectares. | £5,676 (Band 12) |
£20,460 |
| 12730 | WMA: Paragraph 7 activity application of material to treat land for benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement (further 50 ha block of land). | £284 | £284 | 20036 | The use of waste on land for the purpose of soil improvement at a single location. | £851 (Band 8) |
£659 |
| 12730 | WMA: Paragraph 7 activity application of material to treat land for benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement (further 50 ha block of land). | £284 | £284 | 20037 | The use of waste on land for the purpose of soil improvement at more than one location with a landbank of less than or equal to 1500 hectares. | £5,676 (Band 12) |
£12,036 |
| 12730 | WMA: Paragraph 7 activity application of material to treat land for benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement (further 50 ha block of land). | £284 | £284 | 20038 | The use of waste on land for the purpose of soil improvement with a landbank of more than 1500 hectares | £5,676 (Band 12) |
£20,460 |
| 12740 | WMA: Paragraph 8(2) activity application of material to treat non-agricultural land with sewage sludge. | £851 | £659 | 20036 | The use of waste on land for the purpose of soil improvement at a single location. | £851 (Band 8) |
£659 |
| 12740 | WMA: Paragraph 8(2) activity application of material to treat non-agricultural land with sewage sludge. | £851 | £659 | 20037 | The use of waste on land for the purpose of soil improvement at more than one location with a landbank of less than or equal to 1500 hectares. | £5,676 (Band 12) |
£12,036 |
| 12740 | WMA: Paragraph 8(2) activity application of material to treat non-agricultural land with sewage sludge. | £851 | £659 | 20038 | The use of waste on land for the purpose of soil improvement with a landbank of more than 1500 hectares. | £5,676 (Band 12) |
£20,460 |
| 12710 | WMA: Paragraph 10 activity treatment of waste & storage at a water treatment works and recovery operations & storage at a sewage treatment works. | £659 | £524 | 20039 | Storage & Treatment of waste at a sewage works | £659 (Band 7) |
£524 |
| 12750 | WMA: Paragraph 19 activity storage and use of waste in construction or other relevant works less than 150 tonnes in total. | £0 | £0 | 20040 | Construction and maintenance projects using <300 tonnes in a 12-month period. | £0 | £0 |
| 12790 | WMA: Paragraph 9 activity application of waste for the reclamation or improvement of land over 1,500 tonnes but not exceeding 15,000 tonnes in total. | £1,703 | £851 | 20041 | Use of less than, or equal to, 15,000 tonnes of waste for recovery in construction, restoration, reclamation, and land improvement projects | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£851 |
| 12760 | WMA: Paragraph 19 activity storage and use of waste in construction or other relevant works over 150 but not exceeding 1,500 tonnes in total. | £659 | £524 | 20041 | Use of less than, or equal to, 15,000 tonnes of waste for recovery in construction, restoration, reclamation, and land improvement projects | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£851 |
| 12770 | WMA: Paragraph 19 activity storage and use of waste in construction or other relevant works over 1,500 tonnes but not exceeding 15,000 tonnes in total. | £1,703 | £851 | 20041 | Use of less than, or equal to, 15,000 tonnes of waste for recovery in construction, restoration, reclamation, and land improvement projects | £1,703 (Band 9) |
£851 |
| 12780 | WMA: Paragraph 19 activity storage and use of waste in construction or other relevant works that exceeds 15,000 tonnes in total. | £2,838 | £1,703 | 20042 | Use of more than 15,000 tonnes of waste for recovery in: a) construction; or b) restoration, reclamation, and land improvement projects up to and including 100,000 tonnes | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£1,703 |
| 12780 | WMA: Paragraph 19 activity storage and use of waste in construction or other relevant works that exceeds 15,000 tonnes in total. | £2,838 | £1,703 | 20035 | Use of over 100,000 tonnes of waste for recovery in restoration, reclamation and land improvement projects on land which has been subject to industrial or other man-made development | £7,095 (Band 13) |
£5,852 |
| 12810 | WMA: Paragraph 9 activity application of waste for the reclamation or improvement of land that exceeds 15,000 tonnes in total. | £2,838 | £1,703 | 20042 | Use of more than 15,000 tonnes of waste for recovery in: a) construction; or b) restoration, reclamation, and land improvement projects up to and including 100,000 tonnes | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£1,703 |
| 12810 | WMA: Paragraph 9 activity application of waste for the reclamation or improvement of land that exceeds 15,000 tonnes in total. | £2,838 | £1,703 | 20035 | Use of over 100,000 tonnes of waste for recovery in restoration, reclamation and land improvement projects on land which has been subject to industrial or other man-made development | £7,095 (Band 13) |
£5,852 |
| 12660 | WMA: Paragraph 45 activity storage and recovery of scrap metal and/or dismantling of depolluted vehicles. | £659 | £524 | 20043 | Storage and treatment of less than, or equal to, 5 waste motor vehicles at any one time | £659 (Band 7) |
£659 |
| 12370 | WMA: Paragraph 47 activity repair and/or refurbishment of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) that does not exceed 20 tonnes per annum. | £213 | £0 | 20044 | Storage and treatment of less than, or equal to 35 tonnes of WEEE at any one time (<20 tonnes per year) | £185 (Band 3) |
£0 |
| 12380 | WMA: Paragraph 47 activity repair and/or refurbishment of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) exceeding 20 tonnes per annum. | £659 | £524 | 20045 | Storage and treatment of less than, or equal to 35 tonnes of WEEE at any one time (>20 tonnes per year) | £659 (Band 7) |
£524 |
| 12440 | WMA: Paragraph 12 activity treatment by composting that does not exceed 100 tonnes per year. | £0 | £0 | 20046 | Storage and treatment of less than, or equal to, 500 tonnes of waste for composting at any one time unless covered by a low-risk waste position. | £659 (Band 7) |
£524 |
| 12450 | WMA: Paragraph 12 activity treatment by composting that exceeds 100 tonnes per year. | £659 | £524 | 20046 | Storage and treatment of less than, or equal to, 500 tonnes of waste for composting at any one time unless covered by a low-risk waste position. | £659 (Band 7) |
£524 |
| 12615 | WMA: Mobile Plant Licence | £5,676 | £5,852 | 20067 | Remedial treatment licence | £2,838 (Band 10) |
£1,706 |