Waste (Extractive Industries) Regulations 2009.

These Regulations, also in order to transpose into the law of Gibraltar Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC, are here providing for the complete set of rules related to the management of waste deriving from extractive industrial activity. These Regulations provide for measures, procedures and guidance to prevent or reduce as far as possible any adverse effects on the environment, in particular water, air, soil, fauna and flora and landscape, and any resultant risks to human health, brought about as a result of the management of waste from the extractive industries (covers the management of waste resulting from the prospecting, extraction, treatment and storage of mineral resources and the working of quarries, here defined as extractive waste).
The text is divided into 23 Regulations, as follows: Title; Interpretation; Scope of Regulations; General requirements; Waste management plan; Major-accident prevention and information; Application and permit; Public participation; Classification system for waste facilities; Excavation voids; Construction and management of waste facilities; Closure and after-closure procedures for waste facilities; Prevention of water status deterioration, air and soil pollution; Financial guarantee; Approval of closure; Transboundary effects; Inspections by the competent authority; Obligation to report every 3 years; Annual notifications; Inventory of closed waste facilities; Exchange of information; Liability of bodies corporate and general; Transitional provision; Schedules.
Schedules 1-3 are also part of this publication (major-accident prevention policy and information to be communicated to the public concerned; waste characterization; criteria for determining the classification of waste facilities).
This text involves the provisions contained in the Directive 67/548/EEC; Directive 76/464/EEC; Directive 80/68/EEC; Directive 1999/45/EC; Directive 2000/60/EC; Directive 2004/35/EC; Directive 2006/21/EC; and Directive 2008/99/EC.