Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1) (Cth)

Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 472

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000.

Dated 7 April 2003

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

DAVID KEMP

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1).

2Commencement

These Regulations are taken to have commenced on 1 July 2002.

3Amendment of Product Stewardship (Oil) Regulations 2000

Schedule 1 amends the Product Stewardship (Oil) Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1Amendment

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Schedule 1

substitute

Schedule 1Re-refined base oil criteria

(regulation 4, table, item 1)

Note The purpose of the criteria in this Schedule is to ensure that re‑refined base oil, for which a product stewardship benefit is payable, is of a quality that is not damaging to the health and safety of workers and users of the oil.

1Mutagenicity

The oil must be non-carcinogenic, demonstrated by having a mutagenicity index of less than 1 using the Modified Ames Test (American Society for Testing and Materials test number E1687-98).

2Poly-aromatic hydrocarbons

1. (1)

   The oil must contain less than the following for each kilogram of oil:

   1. (a)

      10 mg of benzo(a)pyrene;

   2. (b)

      10 mg of dibenz(ah)anthracene;

   3. (c)

      100 mg of benz(a)anthracene;

   4. (d)

      100 mg of benzo(b)fluoranthene;

   5. (e)

      100 mg of benzo(k)fluoranthene;

   6. (f)

      100 mg of chrysene;

   7. (g)

      100 mg of indeno(123-cd)pyrene.

2. (2)

   The total amount of poly-aromatic hydrocarbons mentioned in subclause (1) that the oil contains must be less than 400 mg for each kilogram of oil.

3. (3)

   The total amount of all poly-aromatic hydrocarbons that the oil contains (including poly-aromatic hydrocarbons mentioned in subclause (1)) must be less than 1 000 mg for each kilogram of oil.

4. (4)

   For the purpose of determining whether the criteria mentioned in subclauses (1), (2) and (3) are met, EPA test SW‑846 Method 8270C must be used.

3Polychlorinated biphenyls

The oil must contain less than 2.0 mg of polychlorinated biphenyls for each kilogram of oil, determined using EPA test SW-846 Method 8082 or American Society for Testing and Materials Method D4059.

4Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins

The total amount of dioxins and furans that the oil contains must be less than 10 picograms Toxic Equivalent for each gram of oil, determined using EPA Method 1613A.

5Total acid number

The oil must have a total acid number of less than 0.07 mg of potassium hydroxide for each gram of oil, determined using American Society for Testing and Materials Method D974-97.

6Heavy metals

1. (1)

   The oil must contain less than the following for each kilogram of oil:

   1. (a)

      5 mg of arsenic;

   2. (b)

      2 mg of cadmium;

   3. (c)

      10 mg of chromium;

   4. (d)

      100 mg of lead.

2. (2)

   For the purpose of determining whether the criteria mentioned in subclause (1) are met, American Society for Testing and Materials Method D5185 must be used.

7Appearance

The oil must have a clear and bright appearance.

8References to tests or methods

In this Schedule, a reference to a test or a method followed by a number or a letter, or both, is a reference to the test or method so numbered or lettered, or both, as in force on 1 July 2002.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2000 No. 199, as amended by 2000 No. 353.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette