3.4.4. OTHER PERMITTED OPERATIONS

Key factors to include in costing for other permitted operations

The online resources identified by the IMPEL project are summarised below.

France: Order of 31 May 2012 on the procedures for determining and updating the amount of financial guarantees for the safeguarding of classified installations and additional guarantees in the event of the implementation of measures for the management of soil and groundwater pollution

The order contains formulas for calculating the amount of provision for a range of activities including quarries, waste storage facilities, installations classified for protection of the environment, Seveso sites and geological storage of carbon.

Scotland: Financial Provision for Non-Landfill Waste Management Activities (2016)

The document provides a formula for calculating the amounts for waste management activities based on the maximum amounts of various wastes stored.

United States: Resources for Underground storage tank owners and operators (2016)

Minimum amounts for owners and operators of underground storage tanks are specified based on the type of operator and throughput.

Victoria, Australia: Financial assurance calculation for landfills, prescribed industrial waste management (PIW), container washing, and PIW composting (updated 2019)

Closure and aftercare costs are required to be calculated on a site-specific basis over 30 years. The document provides a formula for landfill operational phase (closure and aftercare must be calculated on a site-specific basis), industrial waste management, container washing and composting.

Ireland: Guidance on assessing and costing environmental liabilities (2014)

The guidance covers foreseen and unforeseen liabilities for industrial and waste operations. The guidance contains templates and examples and is accompanied by Guidance on assessing and costing environmental liabilities – Unit cost rates for verification and Guidance on assessing and costing environmental liabilities – frequently asked questions.  These can be found at the following link http://www.epa.ie/pubs/advice/licensee/fp/. 

Scotland: The Heads of Planning Scotland (HoPS) Position Statement on the Operation of Financial Mechanisms to Secure Decommissioning, Restoration and Aftercare of Development Sites

A decommissioning cost template for windfarms is provided.

Northern Ireland: Financial Provision for Waste Management Activities in Northern Ireland (2016)

The guidance takes a similar approach to England and Wales for landfills and the Scotland formula approach for non-landfill waste operations.

Queensland, Australia: Financial assurance security deposit for an environmental authority (2016)

There is guidance and spreadsheets for calculating the amount of financial provision for mining and for petroleum/gas.