Table 1: Approved activities and requirements for imported materials Material type for acceptance Activity Regulator Approval mechanism Material end use at site Compliance with Industrial Resource Regulations Site rehabilitation Fill material (‘clean fill’) - soil, (IWRG) see EPA Publications IWRG621 and 1624 – ERR sand, clay or rock Site maintenance Confirm with ERR whether ERR approval is required Recycled concrete and/or bricks, reprocessed into ERR Confirm with ERR whether ERR approval is required Site rehabilitation engineered/structural fill Recycled concrete and/or bricks, Material must meet the definition and specifications Site rehabilitation reprocessed into EPA outlined in Compliance with EPA Publications IWRG621, Site maintenance engineered/structural fill and 1624 IWRG631 In accordance with the EPA publication Industrial Waste Rehabilitation Management Policy Waste Acid Sulphate Soils (No. – S125) the owner/occupier must be licensed and approved by the EPA under the EP Act to disposal or reuse of waste acid sulfate soil. EPA and Acid sulfate soils Site rehabilitation council An environment management plan developed in accordance with S125 is also required to be approved by the EPA. Planning approval from council ERR approval of Work Plan/Work Plan Variation via Risk Acid sulfate soils ERR Site rehabilitation Management Plan and rehabilitation plan Compliance with EPA Guideline IWRG621 Drilling mud (where the soil ERR Site rehabilitation component meets the Compliance with EPA Classification for Drilling Mud - requirements for classification 2015/205
Table 1: Approved activities and requirements for imported materials Activity Material type for acceptance at site Regulator Approval mechanism Material end use Rehabilitation Fill material (‘clean fill’) - soil, sand, clay or rock ERR Compliance with Industrial Resource Regulations (IWRG) – see EPA Publications IWRG621 and 1624 Confirm with ERR whether ERR approval is required Site rehabilitation Site maintenance Recycled concrete and/or bricks, reprocessed into engineered/structural fill ERR Confirm with ERR whether ERR approval is required Site rehabilitation Recycled concrete and/or bricks, reprocessed into engineered/structural fill EPA Material must meet the definition and specifications outlined in Compliance with EPA Publications IWRG621, IWRG631 and 1624 Site rehabilitation Site maintenance Acid sulfate soils EPA and council In accordance with the EPA publication Industrial Waste Management Policy – Waste Acid Sulphate Soils (No. S125) the owner/occupier must be licensed and approved by the EPA under the EP Act to disposal or reuse of waste acid sulfate soil. An environment management plan developed in accordance with S125 is also required to be approved by the EPA. Planning approval from council Site rehabilitation Acid sulfate soils ERR ERR approval of Work Plan/Work Plan Variation via Risk Management Plan and rehabilitation plan Site rehabilitation Drilling mud (where the soil component meets the requirements for classification ERR Compliance with EPA Guideline IWRG621 Compliance with EPA Classification for Drilling Mud - 2015/205 Site rehabilitation
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