80Disposal of asbestos waste

80 Disposal of asbestos waste

80 Disposal of asbestos waste

(cf clause 42(4) of 2005 Reg)

(1) (Repealed)

(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.

(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—

(a) the person unloading or disposing of the asbestos waste,

(b) the occupier of the landfill site.

(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—

(a) initially (at the time of disposal), to a depth of at least 0.15 metre, and

(b) at the end of each day’s operation, to a depth of at least 0.5 metre, and

(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.

(5) In this clause, landfill site means a landfill site that can lawfully receive asbestos waste.

Maximum penalty—400 penalty units in the case of a corporation, 200 penalty units in the case of an individual.

cl 80: Am 2018 (643), Sch 2 [24]–[26]; 2018 No 80, Sch 2.2 [1] [2].