Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994
SCHEDULE 2 - Level 2 ActivitieSCHEDULE 2 - Level 2 Activities
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SCHEDULE 2 - Level 2 Activitie SCHEDULE 2 - Level 2 Activities
[Schedule 2 Amended by No. 83 of 1994, s. 4 ]
Sections 3 and 11
1. Petroleum and Chemical
(a) Chemical Works: the conduct of works with a total processing capacity of 200 tonnes or more per year at which one or more of the following operations are carried out:
(i) manufacture (through chemical reaction) of any inorganic chemical, including sulphuric acid, inorganic fertilisers, sodium silicate, lime or other calcium compound;
(ii) manufacture (through chemical reaction) or processing of any organic chemical or chemical product or petrochemical, including the separation of such materials into different products by distillation or other means.
(b) [Schedule 2 Amended by No. 45 of 2012, s. 34, Applied:06 Dec 2012] Coal Processing Works: the conversion of coal into a gaseous, liquid or solid product.
(c) [Schedule 2 Amended by No. 45 of 2007, s. 27, Applied:29 Nov 2007] Oil Refineries: the conduct of works at which crude petroleum oil or shale oil is refined, at which lubricating oil is produced or at which used oil is refined or reprocessed by filtration or physical or chemical separation.
(d) Wood Preservation Works: the conduct of works for the treatment or preservation of timber by chemicals (including chemicals containing copper, chromium, arsenic or creosote).
2. Manufacturing and Mineral Processing
(a) Cement Works: the conduct of works for the use of argillaceous and calcareous materials in the production of cement clinker or the grinding of cement clinker.
(b) Ceramic Works: the conduct of works for the production of any products such as bricks, tiles, pipes, pottery goods, refractories or glass that are manufactured or are capable of being manufactured in furnaces or kilns fired by any fuel, being works with a total capacity for the production of such products of 200 tonnes or more per year.