21Environmental approvals

21 Environmental approvals

(1)  A person may apply, in a form approved by the Director, to the Director for an environmental approval.

(2)  An application under subregulation (1) is to be accompanied by an application fee of 200 fee units (inclusive of GST).

(3)  An application for an environmental approval is to include the following details:

(a) a description of the waste;

(b) the physical state of the waste;

(c) any hazardous characteristics of the waste;

(d) any known contaminants in the waste and their concentration;

(e) any contaminants that may reasonably be suspected to be in the waste;

(f) any containment or packaging of the waste;

(g) the amount of waste;

(h) the origin of the waste, including –

(i) the name and address of the waste producer; and

(ii) the place of production of the waste; and

(iii) the nature of the activity by which the waste is generated;

(i) the person who is to be the holder of the environmental approval;

(j) the period to which the application relates;

(k) any proposed form of storage, disposal, reprocessing, reuse, recycling or energy recovery of the waste, including the rate of waste input;

(l) any plans, for minimisation or management of waste, prepared by, or for, the applicant;

(m) any risk management, and environmental management, measures to be undertaken;

(n) any alternative options for reuse, reprocessing or recycling of the waste;

(o) any monitoring measures, management process or sampling or analysis proposed to prevent, or minimise the risk of, environmental harm;

(p) any other details that the Director considers necessary for determining the application.