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Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014
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#### 80 Disposal of asbestos waste
80 Disposal of asbestos waste
(cf clause 42(4) of 2005 Reg)
> > (1) (Repealed)
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> > (2) When a person delivers asbestos waste to a landfill site, the person must inform the occupier of the landfill site that the waste contains asbestos.
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> > (3) The following persons must ensure that when a person unloads or disposes of asbestos waste at a landfill site (regardless of whether the site is subject to an environment protection licence) no dust is generated from the waste—
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> > > (a) the person unloading or disposing of the asbestos waste,
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> > > (b) the occupier of the landfill site.
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> > (4) Subject to any alternative cover conditions provided in an environment protection licence held by the occupier or approved in writing by the EPA, the occupier of a landfill site must ensure that asbestos waste disposed of at the site is covered with virgin excavated natural material—
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> > > (a) initially (at the time of disposal), to a depth of at least 0.15 metre, and
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> > > (b) at the end of each day’s operation, to a depth of at least 0.5 metre, and
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> > > (c) finally, to a depth of at least 1 metre (in the case of bonded asbestos material or asbestos-contaminated soils) or 3 metres (in the case of friable asbestos material) beneath the final land surface of the landfill site.
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> > (5) In this clause, landfill site means a landfill site that can lawfully receive asbestos waste.
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> Maximum penalty—400 penalty units in the case of a corporation, 200 penalty units in the case of an individual.
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> **cl 80:** Am 2018 (643), Sch 2 \[24\]–\[26\]; 2018 No 80, Sch 2.2 \[1\] \[2\].