Environment Protection Regulations 2021
63Authorised to receive industrial waste
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63 Authorised to receive industrial waste
For the purposes of paragraph (e) of the definition of authorised to receive industrial waste in section 3(1) of the Act, a person, place or premises is authorised to receive a type of industrial waste—
(a) if there is a declaration of use in effect for that type of waste that applies to the place or premises; or
Reg. 63(b) amended by S.R. No. 123/2021 reg. 7.
(b) if the industrial waste is received and used in accordance with specifications acceptable to the Authority set out in a determination made under regulation 5; or
(c) in relation to trade waste, for discharge or deposit into the sewerage system of a water corporation in accordance with a trade waste agreement under the Water Act 1989; or
(d) in relation to manure, including any mixture of manure and biodegradable animal bedding from agricultural sources, for discharge or deposit to land of less than 20 m3 per month; or
Reg. 63(e) substituted by S.R. No. 115/2023 reg. 10.
(e) in relation to reclaimed wastewater, for use at a place or premises identified in a permit for an activity set out in item 22
(A14—Reclaimed wastewater supply or use) in the Table in Schedule 1 or that meets the description of a class of premises in that permit as a place or premises where the reclaimed wastewater can be used, if the wastewater is used for the purposes and circumstances set out in the permit; or
(f) in relation to biosolids, for use at a place or premises identified in a permit for an activity set out in item 23 (A15—Biosolids supply or use) in the Table in Schedule 1 or that meets the description of a class of premises in that permit as a place or premises where the biosolids can be used, if the waste—
(i) is intended to be used immediately; and
(ii) is used for the purposes and circumstances set out in the permit; or
(g) in relation to reportable priority waste (transport) (other than soil), for use at a place or premises identified in a permit for an activity set out in item 24 (A16—Supply or use of reportable priority waste) in the Table in Schedule 1 or that meets the description of a class of premises in that permit as a place or premises where the waste can be used, if the waste—
(i) is intended to be used immediately; and
(ii) is used for the purposes and circumstances set out in the permit; or
(h) in relation to not more than 5 m3 of industrial waste that is not priority waste, where receipt of that waste at the place or premises is not a permission activity and not for application of the waste to land; or