Environmental Protection Amendment Regulations 2018 (WA)

27 April 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1389

ENVIRONMENT

EV301

Environmental Protection Act 1986

Environmental Protection Amendment

Regulations 2018

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Environmental Protection Amendment
Regulations 2018.

2.   Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3. Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Environmental Protection

Regulations 1987.

from time to time.

4. Regulation 2AA amended

(1) In regulation 2AA insert in alphabetical order:

clean fill premises means premises on which all of the
waste that is, or has ever been, accepted for burial is
uncontaminated fill or clean fill, as determined by
reference to the Landfill Waste Classification and

Waste Definitions 1996;

Landfill Waste Classification and Waste

published by the Chief Executive Officer as amended

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(2)	In regulation 2AA in the definition of head office delete "Australia." and insert:
Australia;
Note: The heading to amended regulation 2AA is to read:

Terms used

5.      Schedule 1 amended

(1) In Schedule 1 delete items 63 to 66 and insert:

63	Class I inert landfill site: premises (other than	500 tonnes or
clean fill premises) on which waste of a type permitted for disposal for this category of prescribed premises, in accordance with the Landfill Waste ClassfIcation and Waste Definitions 1996, is accepted for burial.	more per year

64	Class II or III putrescible landfill site: premises 20 tonnes or (other than clean fill premises) on which waste more per year of a type permitted for disposal for this category of prescribed premises, in accordance with the Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996, is accepted for burial.
65	Class IV secure landfill site: premises (other Not applicable
than clean fill premises) on which waste of a type permitted for disposal for this category of prescribed premises, in accordance with the Landfill Waste Class jfi cation and Waste Definitions 1996, is accepted for burial.
66	Class V intractable landfill site: premises (other Not applicable than clean fill premises) on which waste of a type permitted for disposal for this category of prescribed premises, in accordance with the
Landfill Waste Classification and Waste

Definitions 1996, is accepted for burial.

(2) In Schedule 1 delete item 89 and insert:

89	Putrescible landfill site: premises (other than	More than 20
clean fill premises) on which waste of a type	but less than
permitted for disposal for this category of	5 000 tonnes per
prescribed premises, in accordance with the Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996, is accepted for burial.	year

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.