Mineral Deposits Exploitation (Use)

Extractive Industry Waste

Decree-Law No. 10/2010 published on the 4^th February 2010, as amended by Decree-Law No. 31/2013 published on the 22^nd February 2013, establishes the legal regime to which the waste management from mineral deposits and mineral masses exploitation is subjected. This legal diploma transposes into national law Directive No. 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries.

Waste resulting from the exploitation of mineral resources has the following final destinations:

a) Waste facilities

b) Filling of excavation voids


Source DSEF-RG. Panasqueira Mine waste facility.	Source: DSEF-RG. Neves-Corvo Mine waste facility.

The waste facilities and the filling of excavation voids are subject to licensing by DGEG, comprising the following situations:

a) General regime for waste facilities

b) Special regime

i. Waste facilities integrated in exploitations

ii. IInstallations for inert waste originated from unpolluted soil and not classified in category A

iii. Filling of excavation voids

Special Regime:

Classification of the waste facility / filling of excavation voids			Chapter V - Applicable article	Technical Specifications
Waste facilities integrated in exploitations	Category A		Art.º 37	Annex 1
	Non Category A	Non-inert	Art.º 37	Annex 2
		Inert and unpolluted soils	Art. 37 combined with art. 38	Annex 3
Filling of excavation voids	Wastes resulting from extraction		Art.º 40, nº 1 to 3	Annex 4
	Inert wastes other than from extraction		Artº 40, nº 4	Annex 5
	Non inert wastes and not resulting from extraction		Art. 40, no 5 - Legal regime of waste disposal in landfills (DL 183/2009 of 10/8)

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