Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The following list
sets out things that the occupier of premises to which a works approval or
licence relates can be required to do (at the expense of the occupier) under
conditions attached to the works approval or licence —
(a)
design, construct or operate any facilities or plant in accordance with
specified criteria;
(b)
install or operate any equipment for preventing, controlling, abating or
monitoring pollution or environmental harm in accordance with specified
criteria;
(c) take
specified measures for the purpose of minimising the likelihood of pollution
or environmental harm;
(d) meet
specified criteria or comply with specified limits as to the characteristics,
volume and effects of, emissions;
(e) meet
specified ambient concentration limits in specified premises or places;
(f)
comply with requirements set by management plans or other specified
programmes;
(g)
monitor operations;
(h)
conduct analysis of monitoring data;
(i)
provide information on the nature and quantity of wastes
and on materials leading to the generation of those wastes;
(j)
dispose of waste in a specified manner;
(k) if
practicable —
(i)
reuse waste wholly or in part; or
(ii)
make waste available for reuse by another person;
(l)
investigate options for measures for preventing, controlling or abating
pollution or environmental harm;
(m)
conduct environmental risk assessment studies;
(n)
provide reports on monitoring data, and analysis of it, to the CEO;
(o)
provide reports on audits and studies of specified kinds to the CEO;
(p)
provide audit compliance reports to the CEO;
(q)
prepare, implement and adhere to environmental management systems, waste
management systems, safety management systems, environmental management plans
and environmental improvement plans;
(r) have
something required to be done under a condition done by —
(i)
a person of a class approved by the CEO; or
(ii)
a laboratory registered by the National Association of
Testing Authorities;
(s) do
something required to be done under a condition —
(i)
within a specified period or before a specified date; or
(ii)
in a specified form or manner.
(2) An occupier of
premises who, being required under a condition attached to a works approval or
licence to provide a report on monitoring data, or analysis of it, to the CEO
—
(a)
fails to do so within the specified period or before the specified date; or
(b)
fails to do so in the specified form or manner,
commits an offence.
(3) Without limiting
subsection (1) paragraph (g), a condition referred to in that paragraph can
require an occupier of premises to carry out a specified monitoring programme
for the purpose of supplying the CEO with information relating —
(a) to
the characteristics and volume of any waste held or stored on those premises;
or
(b) to
the characteristics, volume and effects of any pollutant being or to be
emitted,
from those premises
into the environment, and to the characteristics of the environment.
(4) In this section
—
specified means specified by the CEO in the works
approval or licence concerned.
[Section 62A inserted: No. 54 of 2003 s. 79.]