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Posted By Homer
We applied for an exemption thro SEPA to move soil from one site clerance and use as landscaping on another.
It's far too complicated to try and explain the problems we have come across but SEPA has said material is not suitable as there are some tree roots within soil and rock, so it needs to be screened. Rather than shift a huge volume to nearest suitable site and ship it back we are thinking of carrying out treatment where soil currently lies which would also be the exemption area. Can we do this? What do we need re licence and what would be the cost?
We have tried to discuss with SEPA but they just wave the legal black and white papers in our face, so much for being pro active and pragmatic. I am not suggesting we disregard the rules but we want a sensible solution.
Many thanks
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Homer
I presume from this that the spoil is being moved from one site to another that is not a continuous part of the site under clearance. If this is the case you have no alternative but to screen the material and this can be done at the current site being cleared. Bear in mind however that you will end up with two waste streams -
Inerts- Rock etc
Biodegradables - Tree roots and topsoil
The latter carry full landfill tax whilst the formar is at reduced rate or can be recycled through a crusher, recycling centre or similar.
Both the EA and SEPA are very careful concerning the spoil analysis before it can be used for lanscaping on a site remote from the original. I even had some refused as too clean for one site and was told to find some with a higher arsenic and other heavy metal contamination to match the local soil analysis.
Bob
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Posted By Homer
Slightly clearer Bob many thanks, we still have a problem. We moved cleared soil etc to new site under an exemption which is where it now lies, it would not make sense to move it back.
Can we screen ourselves on new area and then remove any unsuitable material to landfill. We then want to place suitable material on ground to landscape.
What do we need to do this and any idea of cost?
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
SEPA will have to decide if you need a licence to screen tha material already moved. The cost of a Powerscreen is not great provided that you know how to use it. I would contract the job out once the legal niceties are settled.
Bob
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