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99Approval may be granted on application or on EPA’s initiative
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#### 99 Approval may be granted on application or on EPA’s initiative
99 Approval may be granted on application or on EPA’s initiative
> > (1) The EPA may grant an immobilised contaminants approval—
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> > > (a) on its own initiative, or
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> > > (b) on the application of a person to which the approval applies, or
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> > > (c) on the application of a person belonging to a class of persons to which the approval applies.
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> > (2) An application under this clause must—
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> > > (a) be in the approved form, and
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> > > (b) be accompanied by the fee (if any) that the EPA determines, and
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> > > (c) identify the kind of waste in relation to which the application is made, and
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> > > (d) identify the contaminants that are proposed to be immobilised (or that the applicant contends are sufficiently immobilised for the purposes of any intended disposal, storage or use of the waste), and
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> > > (e) identify any techniques that the applicant proposes to apply to immobilise the contaminants, and
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> > > (f) be accompanied by any evidence that the EPA requires for the purposes of ascertaining whether or not the identified contaminants in the waste—
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> > > > (i) will be immobilised (or sufficiently immobilised) after any such techniques are applied for the purposes of any intended disposal, storage or use of the waste, and
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> > > > (ii) will remain immobilised (or sufficiently immobilised) after any intended disposal, storage or use of the waste, and
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> > > (g) be accompanied by any other information, documents or evidence that the EPA requires for the purposes of determining whether or not the approval should be granted.