Our ref: XLET7 Confirmation of Registration. Your ref: Date: 07/05/2014

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1 Mr Lionel Griffin Vetspeed ltd, THE CAMBRIDGE PET CREMATORIUM A505 MAIN ROAD, THRIPLOW HEATH, ROYSTON, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG8 7RR, England Our ref: XLET7 Confirmation of Registration Your ref: Reg. Customer I.D. No: a Date: 07/05/2014 Dear Mr Griffin The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 Confirmation of Registration Exemption Ref: Location of the Operation: EPR/GF0437AZ/A001 Shannon Place, Unit 5601, Shannon Way, Tewkesbury Business Park, TEWKESBURY, Gloucestershire, GL20 8SL, England Following receipt of your submission, we can confirm that we have now registered the operation(s) listed on the attached schedule, as exempt under the above Regulations, at the site shown above. However you should be aware that this/these activities is/are only lawful where you: - comply with the conditions of the exemption(s) that you have registered (these conditions can be seen at and, - carry out the activity without endangering human health or harming the environment and, in particular: (a) without risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals; (b) without causing a nuisance through noise or odours; and (c) without adversely affecting the countryside or places of special interest. I must warn you that if you fail to comply with the conditions of the exemptions, endanger human health or the environment, then regardless of your registration and this letter, you may be acting unlawfully and may face enforcement action. In addition, please note that this registration(s) only confirms an exemption(s) from environmental permitting and does not absolve you from the need to comply with other legislative requirement such as: - the need to obtain appropriate planning permission for your activity. The granting of an exemption by the Environment Agency does not mean that the activity in question does not require planning permission. Planning permission may still be required for an exempt waste operation. It is your responsibility to obtain planning permission, if needed, before any waste operations are commenced. I need to warn you that failure to have appropriate planning permission may result in enforcement The Environment Agency does not endorse any business. You cannot use our logo on your website or promotional literature or say that we specifically recommend or approve you. However you can state that you are registered by the Environment Agency, if this is the case, and have a link to our website If you have any queries about your registration please contact:- Environment Agency, National Customer Contact Centre, 99 Parkway Avenue, Parkway Business Park, Sheffield, S9 4WF Customer Services Line: Fax: enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk 2133_EPS_PermIssue_E December 2011 track change

2 action by the local planning authority. It is your responsibility therefore to contact your local planning authority at an early stage to ascertain whether a planning application is required. - the need to have a Flood Defence Consent. You may need a flood defence consent if you intend to raise ground levels within a flood plain - this is particularly relevant if you have registered a U1 or D1 exemption to raise ground levels within the flood plain of a main river. This consent may also be required where the development may obstruct flood flows or maintenance access to a main river or you propose works directly to the river, such as outfalls or access crossings. In all cases, you will have to demonstrate that flood risk in the locality will not be worsened by your actions, and if it would be then consent may be refused. You can see whether your development is in a flood plain or near a main river by looking at What s in my backyard on our website ( You can get more information on whether you need a Flood Defence Consent by phoning us on and speaking to the local Development and Flood Risk team. You should note that failure to obtain a flood defence consent where it is needed may result in enforcement action. It is your responsibility to obtain this consent, where it is needed, before you begin operations. Our booklet 'Living On The Edge' gives more information about consents and is available online at If any of these exempt operations were previously authorised by an environmental permit which you now consider to be redundant, please contact our Customer Services on so that we can explain what will happen to your permit. The exemption(s) will remain valid at this site until 06/05/2017. We will remind you that the exemption(s) are due for renewal at least one month before this date. You can renew at any time during the month prior to expiry but if you fail to renew during this period, you will have to make a new application. If your operations change at any time during the registration period and you wish to add or remove exemptions at your site, you can do this by contacting one of our customer service providers on If you have any queries about this matter please contact us by telephone on or us at enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk quoting your customer reference number a and site reference number EPR/GF0437AZ/A001. Yours sincerely Jo Price The Environment Agency does not endorse any business. You cannot use our logo on your website or promotional literature or say that we specifically recommend or approve you. However you can state that you are registered by the Environment Agency, if this is the case, and have a link to our website If you have any queries about your registration please contact:- Environment Agency, National Customer Contact Centre, 99 Parkway Avenue, Parkway Business Park, Sheffield, S9 4WF Customer Services Line: Fax: enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk 2133_EPS_PermIssue_E December 2011 track change

3 Customer Operations Manager The Environment Agency does not endorse any business. You cannot use our logo on your website or promotional literature or say that we specifically recommend or approve you. However you can state that you are registered by the Environment Agency, if this is the case, and have a link to our website If you have any queries about your registration please contact:- Environment Agency, National Customer Contact Centre, 99 Parkway Avenue, Parkway Business Park, Sheffield, S9 4WF Customer Services Line: Fax: enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk 2133_EPS_PermIssue_E December 2011 track change

4 Schedule of exempt waste operations Relevant objectives The following schedule lists the exemption(s) that you have registered. However you should be aware that this/these registration(s) is/are only valid where you: - comply with the conditions of the exemption(s) that you have registered (these conditions can be seen at exemptions) and, - carry out the activity without endangering human health or harming the environment and, in particular: (a) without risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals; (b) without causing a nuisance through noise or odours; and (c) without adversely affecting the countryside or places of special interest. If you fail to comply with the conditions of the exemptions, endanger human health or the environment your registration and this schedule has no standing in law and you may face enforcement action. Details of exempt waste operations Name of Establishment or Undertaking: VETSPEED LTD Trading name (if any): Address: THE CAMBRIDGE PET CREMATORIUM A505 MAIN ROAD, THRIPLOW HEATH, ROYSTON, HERTFORDSHIRE, England, SG8 7RR 2135_EPS_PermRendered_E

5 Exemption Ref No: Address where the operation can be carried out: NGR: GF0437AZ Shannon Place Unit 5601 Shannon Way, Tewkesbury Business Park, TEWKESBURY, Gloucestershire, England, GL20 8SL SO Paragraph Number & Description: 2 Operations 2.1 Permitted activities S2 - Storage of Waste in a Secure Place (Non-agricultural Waste only) Date of issue: 07/05/2014 Please note: If at any time you stop carrying out any of these exempt waste operation (s) and you wish to de-register you can inform us of this by entering the paragraph number of the exemption you wish to de-register in the space below and returning a signed copy of this schedule to us. When we receive the schedule we will de-register the exemption, remove it from the public register and provide you with confirmation that your exemption has been deregistered. Alternatively you can send a letter, signed by the exemption holder, detailing the reference number of the exemption you wish to de-register, the paragraph number and the location. Please post your letter or copy schedule to the address provided below:- Environment Agency 2135_EPS_PermRendered_E

6 National Customer Contact Centre 99 Parkway Avenue Parkway Business Park Sheffield S9 4WF I wish to de-register the exemptions below Signature (of exemption holder) 2135_EPS_PermRendered_E

7 77 S2 Storage of waste in a secure place What is the purpose of this exemption? This exemption allows you to store specific waste streams at a secure place at a different place to where the waste was produced, before the waste is transported to another site for recovery. What types of activities can I do? Example activities include: Storing construction and demolition waste capable of being reused without treatment at an intermediate site before it is moved to another place for reuse. Storing olive pulp and marble chips at a port before it is moved to another place for recovery. Where can I carry out this activity? This can be done at any place that can comply with the environmental controls listed below. What can t I do? You can t: treat waste under this exemption. See Related exemptions. store wastes that are destined for disposal. See Related permits. store mixed wastes mix hazardous wastes with other hazardous or non-hazardous wastes What are the key limits? For each waste type listed in the table under What wastes can be used under this exemption?, you can store waste up to the amount specified in the third column of table 2, for the time period specified in the fourth column of table 2. What are the key conditions? Each waste type must be stored separately. The storage must take place at a secure place. The storage of the waste is pending its recovery elsewhere. The following additional specific conditions in Table 1 apply to the specified waste types. 117

8 Table 1 Additional specific conditions. Waste Types Aqueous paint related waste only Additional specific requirements The waste is stored with secondary containment Batteries The storage place has sealed drainage CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs The waste is stored with secondary containment Edible oil and fat only The waste is stored with secondary containment Electric arc furnace dust only The waste is stored at a dock prior to being exported or after being imported The waste must arrive at the storage place in bags and must be stored there in bags or in drums Farm plastics (non packaging) Glass Mammalian protein only Mammalian tallow only Mattresses only Olive pulp/pellet The storage place has sealed drainage The storage place has sealed drainage, The waste is stored with secondary containment The waste is stored at a dock prior to being exported or after being imported Paints (excluding specialist and industrial paints, wood preservatives, aerosol and spray paints, inks, adhesives and resins) pending reuse as paints Paper and cardboard (excluding food and drink cartons) The waste is stored with secondary containment The waste is stored in a baled form, in a container or indoors Within the quantity limit specified and notwithstanding the additional specific condition above, up to 1,000 may be stored outdoors so long as it is stored in an enclosure designed and maintained to prevent the escape of litter 16 February 2010 S2 Storage of waste in a secure place 2

9 Waste Types Photographic films and papers Poultry litter ash only Additional specific requirements The waste is stored in a baled form, in a container or indoors The waste is stored at a dock prior to being exported or after being imported Printer cartridges only Scrap metal Solder metal, skimmings, ashes and residues Solvents and solvent mixtures The storage place has sealed drainage The waste is stored at a dock prior to being exported or after being imported The waste is stored in bags or in drums The waste is stored with secondary containment Synthetic gypsum and pulverised fuel ash only The waste is stored at a dock prior to being exported or after being imported The waste must arrive at the storage place in bags and must be stored there in bags or in drums Tyres, tyre chip and crumb Waste cleaning solution containing 2% sodium metasilicate and 1-2% waste oil only WEEE The total quantity of waste stored together does not exceed 10 The waste is stored with secondary containment The requirements in paragraph 1 of Annex III to the WEEE Directive must be complied with What else do I need to know? Hazardous waste is subject to the requirements of the Hazardous Waste Regulations. Further details about your obligations can be found at: What waste can be used under this exemption? The waste codes below are those listed in the List of Wastes (LoW) Regulations. You should read the guidance on the LoW to ensure that the waste type you want to treat fits within the waste code. In some instances the waste types permitted are more restricted than the LoW code. This is indicated by the word only in the waste type description in the table below. You need to make sure your waste falls within the LoW code and the written description in the table. 16 February 2010 S2 Storage of waste in a secure place 3

10 An asterisk * beside a waste code indicates that this waste could be hazardous waste. Further guidance on this can be found at: Table 2 Waste types, storage limits and time period Codes Waste types Storage limit (at any one time) Period Aqueous paint related waste only 1,000 litres 6 months *, *, Batteries 10 6 months *, , , *, , Cans and foil only * CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs 18 6 months , , , , , , to , , , Construction and demolition waste capable of being used in its existing state (non hazardous) only Edible oil and fat only 5, * Electric arc furnace dust only 2,500 3 months Farm plastics (non packaging) only , , , , Food and drink cartons only , , , , , Glass 5, Mammalian protein only 60, Mammalian tallow only 45, February 2010 S2 Storage of waste in a secure place 4

11 Codes Waste types Storage Period limit (at any one time) Mattresses only 5 3 months , Marble chips only 5, Olive pulp/pellet only 5,000 3 months *, , *, , Paints (excluding specialist and industrial paints, wood preservatives, aerosol and spray paints, inks, adhesives and resins) pending reuse as paints only 10,000 litres 6 months , , , , Paper and cardboard (excluding food and drink cartons) only 15, , Photographic films and papers , , , , , Plastic Poultry litter ash only 3, , , Printer cartridges only 5,000 units 6 months , *, , Road planings, waste road chippings, road sub-base only , , , , , , , , , , , , Scrap metal 15,000 6 months , *, Single use cameras 400 cubic metres 6 months , Soils from cleaning fruit and vegetables only months , *, , , , , Solder metal, skimmings, ashes and residues months 16 February 2010 S2 Storage of waste in a secure place 5

12 140602*, *, * Solvents and solvent mixtures 5 cubic metres 6 months , , , , , , , Synthetic gypsum and pulverised fuel ash only 2,500 Textiles and clothes 1,000 3 months , Tyres, tyre chip and crumb 40 3 months *, *, * Waste cleaning solution containing 2% sodium metasilicate and 1-2% waste oil only 3 3 months *,160213*, , , *, *, *, , WEEE 400 cubic metres 6months , , Wine bottle corks only , , , *,191206*, , *, Wood including telegraph poles and railway sleepers (hazardous and non hazardous) 100 The full text of the legislation can be found at: Related exemptions You can treat some packaging wastes by cleaning under T1 Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste. You can treat textiles and clothes by cleaning under T2 Recovery of textiles. You can treat some packaging wastes by baling or similar activities under T4 Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc). You can store other wastes in containers under S1 Storage of waste in secure containers. Related permits You will need to apply to us for an environmental permit if you want to: store waste at an intermediate site for treatment that is not covered by in the previous section on Related exemptions. store mixed wastes at an intermediate site for treatment store waste prior to disposal Further information can be found at: 16 February 2010 S2 Storage of waste in a secure place 6

13 Registration of this exemption You cannot register this exemption until 6 April A link to the registration process is available on the following web page: Definitions sealed drainage means a drainage system with an impermeable surface which ensures that: (a) no liquid will run off the surface otherwise than via the system, and (b) except where they may be lawfully discharged, all liquids entering the system are collected in a sealed sump. secondary containment means a bund or any other system for preventing waste which has leaked from the primary container from escaping from the place where it is stored. Where a bund is used as secondary containment: (a) the bund must: (i) have a capacity of not less than 110% of the original container s storage capacity, or (ii) if there is more than one container within the containment system, have a capacity of not less than 110% of the largest container s storage capacity or 25% of their aggregate storage capacity, whichever is the greater, and (iii) have an impermeable lining; and (b) reasonable precautions must be taken to ensure that the capacities specified in paragraph (a) are maintained at all times. secure - a container, lagoon, location or other place is secure in relation to waste kept in it if: (a) all reasonable precautions are taken to ensure that the waste cannot escape from it; and (b) members of the public are unable to gain access to the waste. The full Glossary of terms can be viewed here 16 February 2010 S2 Storage of waste in a secure place 7