New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 76

76 Post-closure requirements for waste facilities or other licensed premises

(1) The conditions of a licence, including the conditions of the suspension, revocation or surrender of a licence, may require--

(a) the holder of the licence to submit to the appropriate regulatory authority a closure plan in relation to the premises to which the licence applies or applied, and

(b) the last licensee to implement a closure plan approved by the appropriate regulatory authority.

(2) A closure plan in relation to premises that is required to be submitted to an appropriate regulatory authority under the conditions of a licence must--

(a) specify the steps taken (or to be taken) in closing, stabilising or rehabilitating the premises and the time-frame for doing so, and

(b) provide for a post-closure monitoring and maintenance program, and

(c) identify any proposed future uses of the premises, and

(d) comply with any other specified requirements relating to the plan.

(3) The appropriate regulatory authority may approve the closure plan as submitted to it, or may vary the plan before approving it.

(4) In this section--

"last licensee" means the person who was the holder of a licence for any premises immediately before the licence ceased to be in force.