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Landfill engineering is a phrase used to describe the preparation and on-going engineering required to operate a landfill site, and overall design, approach and engineering solution is often referred to as a whole as a '''containment system'''. What is required at any particular site in the UK depends upon the proposals made by the permit holder to protect the environment as part of obtaining an [[Environmental Permit]] (with the HRA and the containment system and engineering design being a key part of any such submission) and any subsequent modifications agreed between the permit holder and the regulator ([[EA]], [[NRW]] or [[SEPA]]). | Landfill engineering is a phrase used to describe the preparation and on-going engineering required to operate a landfill site, and overall design, approach and engineering solution is often referred to as a whole as a '''containment system'''. What is required at any particular site in the UK depends upon the proposals made by the permit holder to protect the environment as part of obtaining an [[Environmental Permit]] (with the HRA and the containment system and engineering design being a key part of any such submission) and any subsequent modifications agreed between the permit holder and the regulator ([[EA]], [[NRW]] or [[SEPA]]). | ||
Notwithstanding the risk-based technical design of the landfill engineering, there are minimum requirements imposed by the Landfill Directive and subsequent UK legislation – [[ | Notwithstanding the risk-based technical design of the landfill engineering, there are minimum requirements imposed by the Landfill Directive and subsequent UK legislation – [[Landfill (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2005]], [[The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003]] and the [[Landfill (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2005|Landfill Regulations 2005]] as amended. | ||
The design will have been produced taking heed of the technical precautions required to satisfy the regulator that the site will not have an unacceptable impact upon the environment and that the approved design will comply with the requirements of the Landfill Directive. These precautions will have been validated against the various risk assessments required to accompany a permit application. | The design will have been produced taking heed of the technical precautions required to satisfy the regulator that the site will not have an unacceptable impact upon the environment and that the approved design will comply with the requirements of the Landfill Directive. These precautions will have been validated against the various risk assessments required to accompany a permit application. | ||