Environment Protection Regulations 2021
68Classification of priority waste that is soil
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68 Classification of priority waste that is soil
(1) For the purposes of section 139(1) of the Act, a person who has the management or control of priority waste that is soil sourced on-site from contaminated land must, as soon as practicable after sourcing the soil, classify the soil as one of the following categories of priority waste set out in Schedule 6—
(e) soil containing asbestos only.
(2) For the purposes of section 139(1) of the Act, a person who has the management or control of priority waste that is soil not sourced on-site from contaminated land must, before relinquishing management or control of the soil to another person for the purposes of transporting the soil, classify the soil as one of the following categories of priority waste set out in Schedule 6—
(e) soil containing asbestos only.
(3) A classification of priority waste under this regulation must be consistent with any applicable designation issued by the Authority in relation to that type of priority waste.