Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CONTROLLED WASTE) REGULATIONS 2001 - SCHEDULE

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Column 1 Controlled waste	Column 2 Notifiable quantity
Acidic solutions or acids in solid form	200 kg, or 200 L if in liquid form or solution
Animal effluent or residues (including abattoir effluent, poultry, and fish processing waste)	200 L
Antimony; antimony compounds	200 kg
Arsenic; arsenic compounds	200 kg
Asbestos	any quantity
Barium compounds other than barium sulphate	200 kg
Basic solutions or bases in solid form	200 kg, or 200 L if in liquid form or a solution
Beryllium; beryllium compounds	200 kg
Boron compounds	200 kg
Cadmium; cadmium compounds	200 kg
Ceramic based fibres with physio-chemical characteristics similar to those of asbestos	200 kg
Chlorates	200 kg
Clinical waste	240 L, or 100 L if in liquid form
Cobalt or cobalt compounds	200 kg
Containers or drums that are contaminated with residues of a controlled waste	The total volume of the containers or drums is more than or equal to 1000 L
Copper compounds	200 kg
Chromium compounds (hexavalent or trivalent)	200 kg
Cyanides (inorganic)	200 kg
Cyanides (organic)	200 kg
Encapsulated, chemically-fixed, solidified, or polymerized wastes	200 kg
Ethers	200 L
Filter cake	200 kg
Fire debris or fire washwaters	200 kg, or 200 L if in liquid form
Fly ash	10 t
Halogenated organic solvents	200 L
Highly odorous organic chemicals (including mercaptans and acrylates)	200 L or 200 kg
Inorganic fluorine compounds excluding calcium fluoride	200 kg
Inorganic sulphides	200 kg
Isocyanate compounds	200 kg
Lead; lead compounds	200 kg
Mercury; mercury compounds	200 kg
Metal carbonyls	200 kg
Mineral oil emulsions	200 L
Nickel compounds	200 kg
Non toxic salts	200 kg
Organic phosphorus compounds	200 kg
Organic solvents excluding halogenated solvents	200 L
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs)	The notifiable quantity is the notifiable quantity as defined in clause 1.11 of the Organochlorine Pesticides Waste Management Plan (1999) of the Australian and New Zealand Environmental and Conservation Council
Organohalogen compounds other than substances referred to elsewhere in this Schedule	200 L
Perchlorates	200 kg
Phenols; phenol compounds including chlorophenols	200 kg
Phosphorus compounds other than mineral phosphates	200 kg
Polychorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)	The notifiable quantity is the notifiable quantity as defined in clause 1.19 of the Polychlorinated Biphenyls Management Plan (1996) of the Australian and New Zealand Environmental and Conservation Council
Polychlorinated dibenzo-furan (any congener)	The notifiable quantity is the notifiable quantity as defined in clause 1.19 of the Polychlorinated Biphenyls Management Plan (1996) of the Australian and New Zealand Environmental and Conservation Council
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (any congener)	The notifiable quantity is the notifiable quantity as defined in clause 1.19 of the Polychlorinated Biphenyls Management Plan (1996) of the Australian and New Zealand Environmental and Conservation Council
Residues from industrial waste treatment or disposal operations	200 kg
Selenium; selenium compounds	200 kg
Sewage	200 L
Soils contaminated with a controlled waste	1 t
Surface active agents (surfactants), containing mainly organic constituents and which may contain metals and inorganic materials	200kg
Tannery wastes (including leather dust, ash, sludge, or flours)	200 kg
Tellurium; tellurium compounds	200 kg
Thallium; thallium compounds	200 kg
Triethylamine catalysts for setting foundry sands	200 kg
Tyres	200 kg
Vanadium compounds	200 kg
Vegetable and food processing waste	200 kg
Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities which substances are not identified or are new or the effects of which on human health or the environment are not known	200 kg
Waste containing peroxides other than hydrogen peroxide	200 kg
Waste from grease traps	200 L
Waste from heat treatment or tempering operations containing cyanides	200 kg
Waste from the manufacture, formulation, or use of wood-preserving chemicals	200 kg
Waste from the production, formulation, or use of biocides and phytopharmaceuticals	200 kg
Waste from the production, formulation, or use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, or varnish	200 kg
Waste from the production, formulation, or use of organic solvents	200 kg
Waste from the production, formulation, or use of photographic chemicals or processing material	200 kg
Waste from the production, formulation, or use of resins, latex, plasticisers, glues, or adhesives	200 kg
Waste from the production or preparation of pharmaceutical products	200 kg
Waste mineral oils unfit for their intended use	200 L
Waste pharmaceuticals drugs or medicines	200 kg
Waste resulting from surface treatments of metals or plastics	200 kg
Waste tarry residues arising from refining, distillation, or pyrolytic treatment	200 kg
Waste, substances, or articles containing or contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated napthalenes (PCNs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs), or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)	The notifiable quantity is the notifiable quantity as defined in clause 1.19 of the Polychlorinated Biphenyls Management Plan (1996) of the Australian and New Zealand Environmental and Conservation Council
Wastes of an explosive nature not subject to any other written law	200 kg
Wool scouring wastes	200 kg
Zinc compounds	200 kg

        [Schedule 1 amended in Gazette 19 Oct 2001 p. 5607-8.]

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Column 1 Hazard number	Column 2 Characteristics
H1	Explosive An explosive substance or waste is a solid or liquid substance or waste (or mixture of substances or wastes) which is in itself capable by chemical reaction of producing gas at such a temperature and pressure and at such a speed as to cause damage to the surroundings.
H3	Flammable Liquids The word “flammable” has the same meaning as “inflammable”. Flammable liquids are liquids, or mixtures of liquids, or liquids containing solids in solution or suspension (for example, paints, varnishes, lacquers, etc., but not including substances or wastes otherwise classified on account of their dangerous characteristics) which give off flammable vapour at temperatures of not more than 60.5°C, closed-cup test, or not more than 65.6°C, open-cup test. (Since the results of open-cup tests and of closed-cup tests are not strictly comparable and even individual results by the same test are often variable, regulations varying from the above figures to make allowances for such differences would be within the spirit of the definition).
H4.1	Flammable Solids Solids or waste solids, other than those classified as explosives, which under conditions encountered in transport are readily combustible, or may cause or contribute to fire through friction.
H4.2	Substances or wastes liable to spontaneous combustion Substances or wastes which are liable to spontaneous heating under normal conditions encountered in transport, or to heating up in contact with air, and being then liable to catch fire.
H4.3	Substances or wastes which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases Substances or wastes which, by interaction with water, are liable to become spontaneously flammable or to give off flammable gases in dangerous quantities.
H5.1	Oxidising Substances or wastes which, while in themselves not necessarily combustible, may, generally by yielding oxygen, cause or contribute to, the combustion of other materials.
H5.2	Organic peroxides Organic substances or wastes which contain the bivalent O-O structure are thermally unstable substances which may undergo exothermic self-accelerating decomposition.
H6.1	Poisonous (acute) Substances or wastes liable either to cause death or serious injury or to harm human health if swallowed or inhaled or by skin contact.
H6.2	Infectious substances Substances or wastes containing viable micro-organisms or their toxins which are known or suspected to cause disease in animals or humans.
H8	Corrosives Substances or wastes which, by chemical action, will cause severe damage when in contact with living tissue, or in the case of leakage, will materially damage, or even destroy, other goods or the means of transport; they may also cause other hazards.
H10	Liberation of toxic gases in contact with air or water Substances or wastes which, by liberation with air or water, arc liable to give off toxic gases in dangerous quantities.
H11	Toxic (delayed or chronic) Substances or wastes which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may involve delayed or chronic effects, including carcinogenicity.
H12	Ecotoxic Substances or wastes which, if released, present or may present immediate or delayed adverse impacts to the environment by means of bioaccumulation and/or toxic effects upon biotic systems.
H13	Capable of yielding another material which possesses Hl-H12 Capable by any means, after disposal, of yielding another material, e.g. leachate, which possesses any of the characteristics listed above.

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1.	Licence issued for a period commencing on or after 1 April 2001 (rr. 5(1), 17(1), 24(1), 30(1)) —
	(a)         as a carrier	220
	(b)         as an operator	220
	(c)         for a vehicle or vessel	220
2.	Renewal of licence for a period commencing on or after 30 June 2000 (r. 10(1)) —
	(a)         as a carrier for each vehicle registered	160
	(b)         as an operator	48
	(c)         for a vehicle or vessel	48
3.	Application for review or amendment of a licence or permit (rr. 7(5), 31(6)) —	98
4.	Permit to remove a controlled waste (r. 31(3))	48

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1.         Time allowed to become licensed as a carrier

                Despite regulation 15, a person may carry, collect, or transport a controlled waste without being licensed as a carrier until 3 months after the day on which these regulations commence to operate and for the duration of that period that person is taken to be a carrier licensed under these regulations.

2.         Time allowed to become licensed as an operator

                Despite regulation 20, an operator may use a vehicle or vessel to transport a controlled waste without being licensed as an operator until 3 months after the day on which these regulations commence to operate and for the duration of that period that person is taken to be an operator licensed under these regulations.

3.         Time allowed to license vehicles or vessels

                Despite regulation 25, a carrier may use a vehicle or vessel to transport a controlled waste without the vehicle or vessel being licensed until 3 months after the day on which these regulations commence to operate and for the duration of that period that vehicle or vessel is taken to be a licensed vehicle or vessel under these regulations.

4.         Time allowed to obtain a permit to remove a controlled waste

                Despite regulation 31, an occupier of premises or an occupier's agent may remove or cause to be removed a controlled waste from the premises without a permit to do so until 3 months after the day on which these regulations commence to operate and for the duration of that period the occupier is taken to have a permit under these regulations.