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8 Depositing, or reducing concentration, of controlled waste

(1)  A person must not deposit at any place a controlled waste in a manner that –

(a) directly or indirectly causes, or is likely to cause, environmental harm; or

(b) gives rise, or is likely to give rise, to any harmful concentration, of any substance in any plant, animal, organism or soil, that is a harmful concentration above the natural concentration, in such a plant, animal, organism or soil, of the substance; or

(c) adversely affects, or is likely to adversely affect, the use or value of receiving waters for recreational, commercial, domestic, agricultural or industrial purposes; or

(d) contains sufficient heat, or is likely to generate sufficient heat by itself or in combination with other matter, to ignite or cause fire; or

(e) gives rise, or is likely to give rise, to undesirable, abnormal or harmful growth of a plant, animal, virus or organism.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not add to a controlled waste any waste, or any other substance, for the purpose of lowering the concentration of contaminants in the controlled waste to a level where the controlled waste will cease to be a waste to which an Act, regulation, or relevant authority, will apply, except –

(a) under and in accordance with a relevant authority that authorises that lowering of the concentration of contaminants to be carried out; or

(b) in accordance with an approved management method that specifies how that lowering of the concentration of contaminants for that purpose may be carried out.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.