Exploitation License
Extractive Industry Residues
Decree-Law nº 10 /2010 of February 4, as amended by Decree-Law No. 31/2013 of February 22, establishes the legal regime to which the management of extractive industry residues is subject, transposing into national law the Directive No. 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March.
The operator or the owner of the building or land must, taking into account the principle of sustainable development, draw up a Waste Management Plan that has as its objectives the minimization, treatment, recovery and disposal of extractive waste, in which the replacement of extractive waste in the excavation voids after the extraction of the mineral mass must be prioritized.
With a view to the landscape recovery of the quarry, the disposal of exogenous waste other than extraction waste to fill excavation voids may also be accepted, provided that this is contemplated in the PARP and authorized by the CCDR, subject to verification of the provisions of the legal regime for the disposal of waste in landfills.
The list of quarries able to receive exogenous waste and the respective LER Codes are shown in the table below:
| Region | North |
| Center | |
| Lisbon and Tagus Valley | |
| South (Alentejo) | |
| Algarve (Alentejo) |
Waste disposal in excavation voids:
| Type of waste | Exploration | Utilization |
| Endogenous Waste | Underground |
Rehabilitation purpose |
| open sky |
Rehabilitation purpose |
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| Exogenous waste | Landscape recovery (as long as contemplated in PARP and authorized by CCDR) |