Victorian Numbered Regulations

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SCHEDULED PREMISES) REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 45 OF 2017) - SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 1—Scheduled premises table

Regulations 6, 7, 8(b), 9(3), 13, 15

Column 1 Type number and summary description	Column 2 Description of scheduled premises*	Column 3 Does a category specific exemption from works approval under section 19A or licensing under section 20(1) apply? †	Column 4 Is a financial assurance required?
A: Waste treatment, disposal and recycling
A01 (PIW management)	Storage, treatment, reprocessing, containment or disposal facilities handling any prescribed industrial waste not generated at the premises.	No	Yes
A02 (Other waste treatment)	Premises on which waste is immobilised, thermally degraded or incinerated, or with the capacity to reprocess more than 500 tonnes of specified electronic waste per year.	No	No
A03 (Sewage treatment)	Premises on or from which sewage (including sullage) effluent, exceeding a design or actual flow rate of 5000 litres per day, is treated, discharged or deposited.	Premises occupied by a water corporation are exempt from works approval under section 19A of the Act in relation to	No
		modification works in accordance with specifications acceptable to the Authority. Premises discharging or depositing waste solely to land at a design capacity of not more than 100 000 litres per day in accordance with specifications acceptable to the Authority are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.
A04 (Industrial wastewater treatment)	Premises on or from which industrial wastewater effluent not generated at the premises, exceeding a design or actual flow rate of 5000 litres per day, is discharged or deposited.	No	No
A05 (Landfills)	Landfills used for the discharge or deposit of solid wastes (including solid industrial wastes) onto land except premises with solely land discharges or deposits, used only for the discharge or deposit of mining or extractive industry wastes and in accordance with the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 .	Municipal landfill facilities occupied by a municipal council, in use before 25 June 2017 and serving less than 500 people are exempt from works approval under section 19A of the Act. Municipal landfill facilities occupied by a municipal council and serving less than 5000 people are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	Yes
A06 (Land disposal)	Land disposal facilities for the disposal of nightsoil, septic tank sludge or sewage treatment plant sludge.	No	No
A07 (Organic waste processing)	Premises on which organic waste is processed by aerobic or anaerobic biological conversion and which—         (a)     accept more than 100 tonnes or 200 cubic metres of organic waste in any month; or         (b)     accept more than 70 tonnes or 140 cubic metres of organic waste in any month and produce more than 50 tonnes of pasteurised material, compost or digestate in any month.	Premises that process organic waste generated at the premises and retain the processed organic waste on the premises are exempt from works approval under section 19A of the Act and licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
A08 (Waste to energy)	Premises which recover energy from waste at a rated capacity of at least 3 megawatts of thermal capacity or at least 1 megawatt of electrical power.	No	No
A09 (Waste tyre storage)	Premises with more than 40 tonnes or 5000 EPU of waste tyres at any time.	No	No
B: Primary industry and allied operations
B01 (Animal industries)	Premises upon which are situated piggeries, cattle feedlots, sheep feedlots, goat feedlots, goat dairies or dairy freestalls, where more than 5000 animals are confined for the purposes of agricultural production.	Premises discharging or depositing waste solely to land are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
B02 (Livestock saleyards or holding pens)	Livestock saleyards or holding pens which are designed to have a throughput of at least 10 000 animal units per year.	Premises discharging or depositing waste solely to land are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
B03 (Fish farms)	Land based fish farms or other on-shore facilities for the cultivation of edible aquatic organisms with a design water flow rate of 0·2 or more megalitres per day.	Premises discharging or depositing waste solely to land are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
C: Mining
C01 (Extractive industry and mining)	Extractive industry and mining but excluding eductor dredging.	Premises, with solely land discharges or deposits, used only for the discharge or deposit of mining or extractive industry wastes and that are in accordance with the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 are exempt from works approval under section 19A of the Act and licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
D: Animal derived by-products and food
D01 (Abattoirs)	Abattoirs, knackeries or poultry processing works which are designed to have a throughput of more than 200 tonnes per year.	Premises discharging less than 100 000 litres per day of treated wastewater solely to land in accordance with specifications acceptable to the Authority are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
D02 (Rendering)	Rendering works, being works for the manufacture or extraction of substances derived from animals that are not suitable for human consumption and which are designed to have a throughput of more than 200 tonnes per year.	No	No
D03 (Animal skin tanning)	Animal skin tanning, or re-tanning works .	No	No
D04 (Seafood processing)	Seafood processing works with a processing capacity of more than 200 tonnes per year of seafood.	These premises are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
D05 (Pet food processing)	Pet food processing or pet food manufacturing works, which are designed to produce at least 200 tonnes per year of pet food.	No	No
D06 (Food processing)	Food processing works, being works in which food is preserved, canned, bottled, or dried by means of fuel fired plant, and which are designed to produce at least 200 tonnes per year of food.	No	No
D07 (Milk processing)	Milk processing or dairy product manufacturing works, which are designed to produce at least 200 tonnes per year of product(s).	No	No
D08 (Edible oil)	Edible oil or fat processing works, where seed crushing, solvent extraction or edible oil or fat deodorising takes place, which are designed to produce at least 2000 tonnes per year of product(s).	No	No
D09 (Beverage manufacturing)	Beverage manufacturing or processing works except for—         (a)     wineries that process less than 300 tonnes per year of grapes and discharge or deposit waste solely to land; and         (b)     other types of beverage manufacturing or processing works with a production capacity of less than 300 kilolitres per year and that discharge or deposit waste solely to land.	Premises discharging or depositing waste solely to land are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
E: Textiles
E01 (Textiles)	Textile manufacturing and processing works including carpet manufacturing, wool scouring, textile bleaching, textile dyeing and textile finishing works.	Premises are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act for discharges or emissions to the atmosphere, except those premises engaging in textile finishing using chemical treatment.	No
F: Wood and wood derivatives
F01 (Timber preservation)	Timber preserving works.	These premises are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
F02 (Fibreboard)	Fibreboard, particle board, or plywood works, being works in which wood, wood products or other cellulose materials are processed to form fibreboard, particle board or plywood.	No	No
F03 (Paper pulp mills)	Paper pulp mills, being works in which wood, wood products, waste paper or other cellulose materials are processed to form pulp, paper or cardboard.	Premises producing less than 30 000 tonnes per year of pulp, paper or cardboard are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
G: Chemicals including petroleum
G01 (Chemical works)	Chemical works—         (a)     where products are manufactured by any chemical process, and which are designed to produce at least 2000 tonnes per year of chemical products; or         (b)     where acrylic compounds, herbicides, insecticides or pesticides are manufactured by any chemical process.	No	No
G02 (Coal processing)	Coal processing works, being works in which coal is converted to gaseous, liquid or solid products.	No	No
G03 (Oil and gas refining)	Oil or gas refinery works, being works in which crude oil or gas is refined or hydrocarbon fractions are produced.	No	No
G04 (Bulk storage)	Bulk storage facilities which have a total design capacity of more than 1 megalitre (in tanks exceeding 10 000 litres capacity) and which store compounds of carbon (including petroleum products or oil) which ¾         (a)     contain at least one carbon to carbon bond, as well as derivatives of methane; and         (b)     are liquid at Standard Temperature and Pressure; or         (c)     contain any substance classified as a Class 3 indicator.	No	Yes
G05 (Container washing)	Premises receiving bulk transport containers for the purpose of internal washing or cleansing where the containers have contained—         (a)     prescribed industrial waste; or         (b)     any material that is classified as dangerous goods under the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 .	No	Yes
H: Non-metallic minerals
H01 (Cement)	Cement works in which—         (a)     clays or limestone materials are used in either a furnace or a kiln in the production of cement clinker; or         (b)     cement clinker or clays or limestone or like materials are ground.	No	No
H02 (Bitumen (asphalt) batching)	Bitumen or asphalt batching works which are designed to have a throughput of at least 100 tonnes per week.	These premises are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
H03 (Ceramics)	Ceramic works, being works in which bricks, tiles, pipes, pottery goods or refractories are processed in dryers or kilns, which are designed to produce at least 10 000 tonnes per year of ceramic product(s).	No	No
H04 (Mineral wool)	Mineral wool or ceramic fibre works.	No	No
H05 (Glass works)	Premises on which glass is manufactured by the melting of raw materials or premises with the capacity to reprocess more than 10 000 tonnes of glass waste per year.	No	No
I: Metals and engineering
I01 (Primary metallurgical)	Primary metallurgical works, being works in which ores or ore concentrates are processed or smelted to produce metal.	No	No
I02 (Metal melting)	Metal melting works, being works in which any metal melting is performed in furnaces, having a total design rate of at least 10 tonnes per hour for ferrous foundries, or 2 tonnes per hour for non-ferrous foundries.	No	No
I03 (Metal galvanising)	Metal galvanising works which are designed to have a throughput of at least 5000 tonnes per year of steel.	No	No
I04 (Metal finishing)	Metal finishing works, including electroplating of metal or plastic, anodising, electroforming or printed circuit board manufacturing.	These premises are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act for discharges or emissions to the atmosphere.	No
I05 (Can and drum coating)	Can and drum coating works, in which surface coating is applied to metal before or after the metal is formed into cans, closures, coils or drums.	Premises which discharge or emit to the atmosphere less than 100 kilograms per day of volatile organic compounds are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
I06 (Vehicle assembly)	Vehicle assembly or sub-assembly works which are designed to produce at least 2000 units per year.	No	No
J: Printing
J01 (Printing)	Printing works emitting more than 100 kilograms per day of volatile organic compounds.	No	No
K: Utilities
K01 (Power stations)	Premises which generate electrical power from the consumption of a fuel at a rated capacity of at least 5 megawatts of electrical power.	Premises using solely natural gas turbines and which have a total rated capacity of less than 20 megawatts are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
K02 (Carbon geosequestration)	Premises which capture, separate, process or store waste carbon dioxide for the purpose of geological disposal.	Premises used only for greenhouse gas sequestration operations, as defined by the Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008 , and carried out in accordance with that Act, are exempt from works approval under section 19A of the Act and licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	No
K04 (Water desalination plants)	Premises at which salt is removed from water for potable or other uses that have a design capacity to process more than 1 megalitre per day of feed water.	No	No
L: Other
L01 (General emissions to air)	Premises which discharge or emit, or from which it is proposed to discharge or emit, to the atmosphere any of the following—         (a)     at least 100 kilograms per day of—               (i)     volatile organic compounds; or               (ii)     particles; or               (iii)     sulphur oxides; or               (iv)     nitrogen oxides; or               (v)     other acid gases (excluding carbon dioxide);         (b)     at least 500 kilograms per day of carbon monoxide;	No	No
	(c)     any quantity from any industrial plant or fuel burning equipment of any substance classified as a Class 3 indicator.
L02 (Contaminated sites—onsite soil containment)	On-site retention of contaminated soil in a facility designed for the purpose of containing, or preventing further, contamination and which can hold at least 1000 m³ of contaminated soil.	These premises are exempt from licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	Yes
L03 (Tunnel ventilation systems)	Road tunnel ventilation systems.	No	No
L04 (Contaminated sites—long term management)	Premises on which there is soil or groundwater contamination in respect of which a notice has been issued under the Act requiring long term management.	These premises are exempt from works approval under section 19A of the Act and licensing under section 20(1) of the Act.	Yes

        *( Note—these premises require works approvals or licences )

†( Note that a general exemption may also apply under regulations 9 to 12 )