Item 9.3 - Attachment 1 |
Special requirements
relating to asbestos waste |
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO
ASBESTOS WASTE
(1) This clause applies to any activity that
involves the transportation, disposal, re-use or recycling of any type of
asbestos waste, regardless of whether the activity is required to be licensed.
(2) A person who carries on an activity to
which this clause applies must comply with the requirements specified in this
clause in relation to the activity concerned. Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units in the case
of a corporation, 200 penalty units in the case of an individual.
(3) The requirements relating to the
transportation of asbestos waste are as follows:
(a) bonded asbestos material must be securely packaged at all times,
(b) friable asbestos material must be kept in a sealed container,
(c) asbestos-contaminated soils must be wetted down,
(d) all asbestos waste must be transported in a covered, leak-proof
vehicle.
(4) The requirements relating to the off
site disposal of asbestos waste are as follows:
(a) asbestos waste in any form must be disposed of only at a landfill
site that may lawfully receive the waste,
(b) when asbestos waste is delivered to a landfill site, the
occupier of the landfill site must be informed by the person delivering the
waste that the waste contains asbestos,
(c) when unloading and disposing of asbestos waste at a landfill
site, the waste must be unloaded and disposed of in such a manner as to prevent
the generation of dust or the stirring up of dust,
(d) asbestos waste disposed of at a landfill site must be covered
with virgin excavated natural material or other material as approved in the
facility’s environment protection licence:
(i) initially
(at the time of disposal), to a depth of at least 0.15 metre, and
(ii) at
the end of each day’s operation, to a depth of at least 0.5 metre, and
(iii) finally,
to a depth of at least 1 metre (in the case of bonded asbestos
waste or asbestos-contaminated
soils) or 3 metres (in the case of friable
asbestos
material) beneath the final land surface of the landfill site.
(5) A person must not cause or permit
asbestos waste in any form to be re-used or recycled.
(6) In this clause:
- bonded asbestos material means any material (other than friable
asbestos material) that contains asbestos.
- friable asbestos material means any material that contains asbestos
and is in the form of a powder or can be crumbled, pulverised or reduced to
powder by hand pressure when dry.
DECCW further require that vehicles and their containers must be
cleaned before leaving the landfill site.
Workcover licensing provisions apply only to any
activity involving the removal of asbestos.