Guidance

Combustion plant: burning biogas derived from sewage sludge

Regulation of combustion plant burning biogas derived from anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge on sewage treatment works.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 28 March 2014

This publication was withdrawn on 18 October 2021

This RPS is no longer needed, it was an interim measure which is now incorporated into our Industrial Emissions Directive sludge permitting programme.

Applies to England

Documents

[Withdrawn] Regulation of combustion plant burning biogas derived from anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge on sewage treatment works: RPS 109

Ref: LIT 9948

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Details

Combustion plant on sewage treatment works burning biogas generated from the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge requires a permit under The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (as amended) (EPR).

You do not need a permit for the combustion of biogas derived from the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge on sewage treatment works in combustion units less than 3MW.

There are wider discussions taking place with Defra about the regulatory framework for sewage sludge which are relevant to the permitting requirement of biogas engines. Until these discussions are concluded the Environment Agency will not enforce the need for an environmental permit for the combustion of biogas derived from the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge on sewage treatment works in combustion units less than 3MW.

Published 28 March 2014