Environment Agency
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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to get an environmental permit for a waste operation when you use a back up (auxiliary) flare to burn biogas from exempt anaerobic digestion plants:
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in an emergency
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during a breakdown
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when you carry out routine maintenance of an appliance used to burn biogas
However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action when you do this without an environmental permit for a waste operation if you comply with the requirements in this RPS.
This enforcement position does not apply to any other legal requirements.