Clean Waters Act 1970 Clean Waters Amendment Regulation 1998 (1998-93) [GG No 38 of 27.2.1998, p 968] (NSW)

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New South Wales

Clean Waters Amendment Regulation

1998

under the

Clean Waters Act 1990

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Clean Waters Act 1970.

PAM ALLAN, M.P..

Minister for the Environment

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is:

to revise the definition of dangerous goods by way of law revision to omit a reference to a repealed Act and to replace it with a reference to

the Dangerous Goods Act 1975 (Schedule 1 [l]), and

to revise the definition of Standard Methods by way of law revision to replace an obsolete reference to the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater” and to update references to Standard Methods and include additional test methods by substituting Schedule I (Methods of Analysis) to the Clean Waters

Regulations 1972 (Schedule 1 [2] and [6]) . and

to omit Part 2 of the Clean Waters Regulations 1972 relating to the

Clean Waters Advisory Committee by way of law revision as that

Committee is defunct (Schedule 1 [3]), and

exemption granted from the standard relating to certain protected

to include the Clarence Town and Dungog sewerage systems in the

waters on the condition that discharges from the systems are approved

the Environment Protection Authority (Schedule 1 [4]) , and

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(e) to revise a provision exempting a person who causes pollution merely because of the operation of a vessel’s propeller from the commission of an offence by making it clear that the exemption does not apply if certain circumstances apply (including the deliberate operation of the vessel’s engine to dredge sediment and the simultaneous discharge of bilge water with the operation of the engine) (Schedule 1 [5]).

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1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Clean Waters Amendment Regulation

1998.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 28 February 1998.

3 Amendment of Clean Waters Regulations 1972

The Clean Waters Regulations 1972 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

Regulation 2 Definitions

Omit the definition of dangerous goods. Insert instead:

dangerous goods has the same meaning as in the

Dangerous Goods Act 1975.

Regulation 2 ( l ) , definition of Standard Methods

Omit “(14th edition, 1975)” from the definition.

Insert instead “(19th edition, 1995)”.

Part 2

Omit the Part.

Regulation 10 Exemption for certain protected waters

Insert “Clarence Town. Dungog,“ after “urban areas in” i n

Regulation 10 (1).

Omit the Regulation. Insert instead:

Regulation 20A

20A Pollution of waters by operation of ship’s engine

A person who pollutes any waters or causes or permits any waters to be polluted merely because of the person’s causing or permitting to be operated an engine propelling a ship. boat or other vessel is not guilty of an offence against section 16 of the Act if:

the engine is not deliberately operated to dredge sediments, and
(b)	the engine has not been modified to discharge
bilge water simultaneously with the operation of
the engine. and
(c )
the engine has been properly maintained to minimise pollution.

( a )

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[6]        Schedule 1

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 1

Methods of analysis

A reference in this Schedule to a section designated by a number, or by a number and a letter, is a reference to the section designated by that permanent number, or by that permanent number and letter, in Standard Methods. A .reference other than Standard Methods is indicated by citation referring to the references following the methods.

Arsenic Section 3113B, section 3114B, section 3114C, section 3120B. section 3500-As C or USEPA Method 200.8 (USEPA,

1991a).

Barium	Section 3111D, section 3113B, section 3120B or USEPA Method 200.8 (USEPA, 1991a).
Biochemical Oxygen Demand	Section 5210B using the azide modification of the iodometric method (section
4500-O C ) or the membrane electrode method (section

4500-O G) for the

determination of the dissolved

oxygen.

Section 3120B, section
3500-B B or section 3500-B
C.

Section 3111B, section

3111C, section 3113B, section

3120B or USEPA Method
200.8 (USEPA, 1991a).

Section 5220B, section

5220C or section 5220D.

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Chloride	Section 4500-Cl-B, section 4500-Cl-D or section 4500-Cl-F.
Colifoims	Section 9221B, section 9221E, section 9222B or section 9222D.
Chromium (Hexavalent)	Section 3500-Cr.D or section 3500-Cr.E.
Copper	Section 3111B, section 3113B, section 3120B or USEPA Method 200.8 (USEPA, 1991).
Cyanide	Preliminary distillation section 4500-CN-C followed by section 4500-CN-D, section 4500-CN-E or section 4500-CN-F.
Section 4500-O C or section
4500-O G .
Fluoride	Section 4110B. section 4110C, section 4500-F-C or section 4500-F-D.
Section 3111B, section 3113B. section 3120B or USEPA Method 200.8 (USEPA, 1991).
Section 3111B, section
3111C, section 3113B, section
3120B or USEPA Method 200.8 (USEPA. 1991).
Section 3111B, section
3113B, section 3120B or
USEPA Method 200.8 (USEPA. 1991).
Method 200.8 (USEPA,
Section 3112B or USEPA
1991).

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Nitrogen-ammonia	Preliminary distillation section
followed by
section section
section section or section
Nitrogen-nitrate	Section 4110B, section
4110C,section
section section or

Nitrogen-nitrite	Section 4110B, section 4110C, section 4500-NO-B or section 4500-NOT-F (with cadmium column removed).
Nitrogen-organic	Section section or Jirka
modification (Jirka. 1976).
Oil and Grease	Section 5220B, section 5220C or section 5220D.
Organic carbon (Total)	Section 5310B, section 5310C or section 5310D.
Pentachlorophenol and its	Section 6410B, section
sodium salt	6420B or approved reverse phase HPLC method with electrochemical detection.
Pesticides:
( a ) Organochlorine pesticides	Section 6630B, section 6630C or section 6410B.
(b) Organophosphorus	USEPA Method 8141
pesticides	(USEPA. 1989).

( c ) Carbamate	pesticides	Section 6610.
(d) Acrolein	USEPA Method 603 (40 CFR, 1993) or other approved Chromatographic procedure.
p H value
Section

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Phenols	Preliminary distillation section 5530B followed by section 5530C, section 5530D, section 6410B, section 6420B or approved reverse phase HPLC method with
electrochemical detection.
Phosphorus (Dissolved	Section 4110B, section
reactive)	4110C, section 4500-P C, section 4500-P D, section 4500-P E or section
4500-P F.
Phosphorus (Total)	Persulfate digestion section 4500-P.B5 or Jirka modification (Jirka, 1976) followed by section 4110B, section 4110C, section 4500-P.C, section 4500-P.D, section 4500-P.E or section 3500-P.F.
Section 6630B, section
6630C or section 6410B

Radioactive Substances:

(a ) Gross alpha activity	Section 7110B.
(b) Gross beta activity	Section 7110B.
Selenium	Section 3113B, section 3114B, section 3114C, section 3120B, section 3500-Se.D or USEPA Method
200.8 (USEPA, 1991).
Silver	Section 3111B, section 3113B, section 3120B or USEPA Method 200.8 (USEPA. 1991).
Approved reverse phase
electrochemical detection.
HPLC method with
Sulfate	Section 4110B, section
4110C,section
section section
or section

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Temperature	Section 2550B.
Total dissolved solids dried	Section 2540C.
at 180 "C
Total suspended solids dried	Section 2540D.
at 103-105 "C
Weedicides:
( a ) Chlorinated phenoxy acid	Section 6640B or an
herbicides	approved reverse phase HPLC method with diode array detection.
(b) Phenyl ureas, triazines.	US NPS Method 4 or an
amides, and dipyridyls	approved reverse phase HPLC method with diode array detection.
(c) Quaternary salts,	USEPA Method 549.1 or an
paraquat & Diquat.	approved reverse phase HPLC method with diode array detection.
Zinc	Section 3111B, section 3113B, section 3120B or USEPA Method 200.8 (USEPA. 1991)
References

Jirka, A M et al. 1976. Ultra-micro semi-automated method for simultaneous determination of total phosphorus and total kjeldahl nitrogen in wastewaters.

Environmental Science and Technology. 10:10.

Standards Association of Australia. 1987. AS 3506-1987:

Waters—Determination of filterable synthetic anionic

surfactants—copper-ethylenendiamine falme atomic

absorption spectrometric method. North Sydney, NSW.

United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1987.
Test methods for evaluating solid waste Physical/ Chemical methods. SW-846, third edition. Washington,

DC.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1989.

Methods fo r the determination of organic compounds in

drinking water (EPA/600 4-88/039). Cincinnati Ohio.

United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1991.

Methods fo r the determination of metals in environmental samples (EPA/600 4-91/010). Cincinnati,

Ohio.