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Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2022
13EPA—certain non-scheduled activities
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#### 13 EPA—certain non-scheduled activities
13 EPA—certain non-scheduled activities
> > (1) The EPA is declared to be the appropriate regulatory authority for the following non-scheduled activities—
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> > > (a) the mixing of crushed or ground rock with bituminous materials, if the activity—
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> > > > (i) has a capacity to produce more than 150 tonnes of bituminous mixture per day or 30,000 tonnes of bituminous mixture per year, and
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> > > > (ii) is carried out otherwise than on, or adjacent to, a construction site to provide bituminous mixture for the site for a period totalling no more than 12 months,
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> > > (b) the production of pre-mixed concrete having a capacity to produce more than 30,000 tonnes per year of concrete,
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> > > Example—
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> > > An example of the production of pre-mixed concrete is concrete batching plants.
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> > > (c) activities, other than mobile waste processing, that—
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> > > > (i) include 1 or more of the scheduled activities described in the Act, Schedule 1, Part 1, and
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> > > > (ii) is carried out by mobile plant,
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> > > (d) the transport of hazardous and other waste of more than 200 kilograms per load, other than the transport of excluded waste,
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> > > (e) the transport of waste tyres of more than 2 tonnes per load, other than the transport of excluded waste.
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> > (2) In this section—
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> > excluded waste means the following—
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> > > (a) waste that is transported while dealing with an accident or emergency,
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> > > (b) lead acid batteries or waste oil collected for recovery,
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> > > (c) stormwater,
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> > > (d) waste to which the Act, Schedule 1, clause 48 applies.
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> > friable asbestos waste means asbestos waste—
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> > > (a) in the form of a powder, or
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> > > (b) that can be crumbled or reduced to powder by hand pressure when dry.
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> > transport of hazardous and other waste means the transport of hazardous waste, restricted solid waste, liquid waste, clinical and related waste or friable asbestos waste, or a combination of these wastes.
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> > Note—
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> > Terms used in this section that are defined in the Act, Schedule 1 have the same meanings as they have in the Schedule.