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32Licence holders must calculate and record actual load of assessable pollutants discharged
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32 Licence holders must calculate and record actual load of assessable pollutants discharged
> > (1) A licence holder must, for each assessable pollutant for each activity controlled or authorised by the licence, calculate and record the following—
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> > > (a) the actual load of the pollutant discharged as a result of the carrying out of the activity, and
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> > > (b) the actual load for nitrogen oxides and VOCs discharged in the Sydney basin area during the summer period of each licence fee period if the particular pollutant is an assessable pollutant in relation to the activity.
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> > (2) To calculate the actual load of an assessable pollutant, the licence holder must—
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> > > (a) use one of the methods provided for the activity in a load calculation protocol,
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> > > (b) if there is no load calculation protocol or if the protocol provides for no method for the activity—take the actual load for each assessable pollutant to be zero.
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> > (3) This section applies whether or not—
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> > > (a) the pollutants referred to in this section were discharged in accordance with the licence, or
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> > > (b) the licence holder intends to use a weighted load or an agreed load for the purposes of calculating the load-based fee for the licence.
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> > (4) The licence holder must carry out all necessary monitoring and other steps to enable the calculations of actual loads required by this section to be made for—
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> > > (a) each licence fee period, and
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> > > (b) each summer period.