Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2022
73Additional matters to be included in PIRM plan—the Act, s 153C
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73 Additional matters to be included in PIRM plan—the Act, s 153C
73 Additional matters to be included in PIRM plan—the Act, s 153C
(1) For the Act, section 153C(d), the following must be included in a PIRM plan for a relevant licence—
(a) the names, positions and 24-hour contact details of each individual who is—
(i) responsible for activating the PIRM plan, or
(ii) authorised to notify relevant authorities under the Act, section 148, or
(iii) responsible for managing the response to a pollution incident,
(b) the contact details of each relevant authority referred to in the Act, section 148,
(c) a community engagement protocol that includes procedures for notifying people living or working near a pollution incident and keeping them informed of relevant matters,
(d) details of pre-emptive action required to minimise or prevent a risk of harm to human health or the environment arising out of the activity, including, as a minimum, action that complies with the requirements set out in the Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014, clauses 70, 72 and 73,
(e) the nature and objectives of a staff training program in relation to the PIRM plan,
(f) the date on which the PIRM plan is tested and the name of the person who carried out the test,
(g) the method for testing and maintaining the PIRM plan.
(2) Section 72 does not apply to a PIRM plan for a relevant licence.
(3) In this section—
relevant licence means a licence authorising the following—
(a) an environmentally hazardous activity within the meaning of the Act, Schedule 1, clause 46,
(b) an activity to which the Act, Schedule 1, clause 48 applies.
s 73: Subst 2024 No 10, Sch 2.5[1].