National Environment Protection (National Pollutant Inventory) Measure 1998
12Reporting threshold — category 3 substances
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12 Reporting threshold – category 3 substances
(1) The reporting threshold for category 3 substances is exceeded in a reporting period if the activities of the facility involve a total of 15 tonnes or more of Total Nitrogen or a total of 3 tonnes or more of Total Phosphorus in the reporting period being:
(a) emitted to water (excluding groundwater);
(b) transferred to a mandatory reporting transfer destination; or
(c) both emitted to water and transferred to a mandatory reporting transfer destination.
(2) Both Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus must be reported if the category 3 threshold is exceeded, even if the threshold is exceeded only on the basis of one of these substances.