Victorian Numbered Regulations

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SCHEDULED PREMISES) REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 45 OF 2017) - REG 10

    (1)     A works approval under section 19A(1) or (2) of the Act or a licence under section 20(1) of the Act is not required with respect to discharges or emissions to air from the following—

        (a)     a source, other than an incinerator or an afterburner, discharging or emitting less than—

              (i)     100 kilograms per day Oxides of Nitrogen; and

              (ii)     10 kilograms per day Oxides of Sulphur; and

              (iii)     100 kilograms per day Carbon Monoxide; and

              (iv)     5 kilograms per day volatile organic compounds of which none are odorous compounds (except those substances referred to in subparagraphs (vii) and (viii)); and

              (v)     in the case of—

    (A)     a source that discharges or emits at any time during the 12 months before 25 June 2017, 10 kilograms per day particles (except lead, respirable crystalline silica and asbestos); and

    (B)     any other source, 10 kilograms per day particles (except lead, respirable crystalline silica and asbestos), including no more than 4 kilograms per day Particles as PM _2·5 ; and

              (vi)     0·1 gram per minute of lead; and

              (vii)     0·1 gram per minute of any substance classified as a Class 2 indicator (except Particles as PM _2·5 ); and

              (viii)     0·1 gram per minute of any substance classified as a Class 3 indicator;

        (b)     a standby engine;

        (c)     fire fighting training activities;

        (d)     a spray booth, extractor vent system or fume cupboard used in product development or in a laboratory;

        (e)     a safety relief valve or rupture disc;

        (f)     a vent on a wastewater treatment system except at a sewage treatment plant;

        (g)     a general room or building ventilation point;

        (h)     a food cooker or kitchen range;

              (i)     an acid or alkali tank;

        (j)     vents on fuel storage tanks which meet technology specifications acceptable to the Authority;

        (k)     hand-held or other portable cleaning, maintenance and construction equipment;

        (l)     extractive industry or mining operating in accordance with the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 .

    (2)     A licence under section 20(1) of the Act is not required with respect to discharges or emissions to air from boilers fired solely by natural gas with a total rated capacity of less than 20 megawatts.