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Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2022
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#### 89A Definitions
89A Definitions
> In this part—
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> combustible accelerant fire means a fire involving a combustible accelerant, including petrol, kerosene, oil, tar, paint or polar solvents, including ethanol.
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> PFAS firefighting foam means firefighting foam containing scheduled PFAS.
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> scheduled PFAS means a substance that is—
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> > (a) a per- or poly-fluoroalkyl substance, which are substances that contain within their molecular structure a straight or branching chain of carbon atoms in which one or more of the carbon atoms have fluorine atoms attached at all bonding sites not occupied by another carbon atom, and
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> > (b) listed in Schedule 7 of the NSW IChEMS register.
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> use has the same meaning as in the Act, Chapter 9, Part 9.3E, Division 1.
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> **s 89A:** Ins 2025 (331), Sch 1\[4\].