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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1993 - SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 1—Prescribed activities of environmental significance

Part A—Activities

1—Petroleum and Chemical

        (1)         Chemical Storage and Warehousing Facilities

the storage or warehousing of chemicals or chemical products that are, or are to be, stored or kept in bulk or in containers having a capacity exceeding 200 litres at facilities with a total storage capacity exceeding 1 000 cubic metres.

        (2)         Chemical Works

the conduct of—

            (a)         works with a total processing capacity exceeding 100 tonnes per year involving either or both of the following operations:

                  (i)         manufacture (through chemical reaction) of any inorganic chemical, including sulphuric acid, inorganic fertilisers, soap, sodium silicate, lime or other calcium compound;

                  (ii)         manufacture (through chemical reaction) or processing of any organic chemical or chemical product or petrochemical, including the separation of such materials into different products by distillation or other means; or

            (b)         works with a total processing capacity exceeding 5 000 tonnes per year involving operations for salt production.

        (3)         Coke Works

the production, quenching, cutting, crushing and grading of coke.

        (4)         Oil Refineries

the conduct of works at which crude petroleum oil or shale oil is refined, or where lubricating oil is produced.

        (5)         Petroleum Production, Storage or Processing Works or Facilities

the conduct of works or facilities—

            (a)         at which petroleum products are stored in tanks with a total storage capacity exceeding 2 000 cubic metres; or

            (b)         with a total petroleum production rate exceeding 20 tonnes per hour.

        (6)         Wood Preservation Works

the conduct of works for the treatment or preservation of timber by chemicals (including chemicals containing copper, chromium, arsenic or creosote), but excluding the treatment or preservation of timber by primary producers for their own primary production purposes and not for supply to others.

2—Manufacturing and Mineral Processing

        (1)         Abrasive Blasting

the cleaning of materials by the abrasive action of any metal shot or mineral particulate propelled in a gaseous or liquid medium (otherwise than solely by using blast cleaning cabinets less than 5 cubic metres in volume or totally enclosed automatic blast cleaning units).

        (2)         Hot Mix Asphalt Preparation

the conduct of works at which crushed or ground rock aggregates are mixed with bituminous or asphaltic materials for the purposes of producing road building mixtures.

        (3)         Cement Works

the conduct of works for the use of argillaceous and calcareous materials in the production of cement clinker or the grinding of cement clinker.

        (4)         Ceramic Works

the conduct of works for the production of any products such as bricks, tiles, pipes, pottery goods, refractories, or glass that are manufactured or are capable of being manufactured in furnaces or kilns fired by any fuel, being works with a total capacity for the production of such products exceeding 100 tonnes per year.

        (5)         Concrete Batching Works

the conduct of works for the production of concrete or concrete products that are manufactured or are capable of being manufactured by the mixing of cement, sand, rock, aggregate or other similar materials, being works with a total capacity for production of such products exceeding 0.5 cubic metres per production cycle.

        (6)         Drum Reconditioning

the conduct of drum reconditioning works, including associated storage facilities.

        (7)         Ferrous and Non-ferrous Metal Melting

the melting of ferrous or non-ferrous metal in a furnace or furnaces that alone or in aggregate have the capacity to melt in excess of 500 kilograms of metal during the normal cycle of operation.

        (8)         Metallurgical Works

the conduct of works at which ores are smelted or reduced to produce metal.

        (9)         Mineral Works

the conduct of works for processing mineral ores, sands or earths to produce mineral concentrates.

        (10)         Pulp or Paper Works

the conduct of works at which paper pulp or paper is manufactured or is capable of being manufactured, being works with a total capacity for production of such products exceeding 100 tonnes per year.

        (11)         Scrap Metal Recovery

the conduct of works at which scrap metals are treated in any type of fuel burning equipment or electrically heated furnaces or are disintegrated by mechanical means for recovery of metal, but excluding commercial printing establishments at which type metal is melted or re-melted in thermostatically controlled pots for the purpose of type casting.

        (12)         Surface Coating

the conduct of—

            (a)         works for metal finishing, in which metal surfaces are prepared or finished by means of electroplating, electrolyse plating, anodising (chromating, phosphating and colouring), chemical etching or milling, or printed circuit board manufacture, being works producing more than 5 kilolitres per day of effluent; or

            (b)         works for hot dip galvanising; or

            (c)         works for spray painting and powder coating with a capacity to use more than 100 litres per day of paint or 10 kilograms per day of dry powder.

        (13)         Wood Processing Works

the conduct of works (other than works at a builders supply yard or a home improvement centre) at which timber is sawn, cut, chipped, compressed, milled or machined, being works with a total processing capacity exceeding 4 000 cubic metres per year.

        (14)         Maritime Construction Works

the conduct of works for the construction or repair of ships, vessels or floating platforms or structures, being works with the capacity to construct or repair ships, vessels or floating platforms or structures of a mass exceeding 80 tonnes.

        (15)         Vehicle Production

the conduct of works for the production of motor vehicles, being works with a production capacity exceeding 2 000 motor vehicles per year.

3—Waste Treatment and Disposal

        (1)         Incineration

the conduct of works for incineration by way of thermal oxidation using fuel burning equipment, being—

            (a)         works for the destruction of chemical wastes (including halogenated organic compounds); or

            (b)         works for the destruction of medical wastes produced by hospitals, or by pathology, medical, dental or veterinary practices or laboratories, or of cytotoxic wastes, or for the destruction of quarantine wastes; or

            (c)         works for the cremation of bodies; or

            (d)         works for the destruction of solid municipal waste; or

            (e)         works for the disposal of solid trade waste with a processing capacity exceeding 100 kilograms per hour.

        (2)         Sewage Treatment Works or Septic Tank Effluent Disposal Schemes

the conduct of—

            (a)         works that involve the discharge of treated or untreated sewage or septic tank effluent to marine waters; or

            (b)         works that involve the discharge of treated or untreated sewage or septic tank effluent to land or waters in a water protection area (as declared under Part 8 of this Act), being works with a peak loading capacity designed for more than 100 persons per day; or

            (c)         works that involve the discharge of treated or untreated sewage or septic tank effluent to land or waters (other than land or waters referred to in paragraph (a) or (b)), being works with a peak loading capacity designed for more than 1 000 persons per day.

        (3)         Waste or Recycling Depots

the conduct of a depot for the reception, storage, treatment or disposal of waste other than—

            (a)         temporary storage at the place at which the waste (not being tyres or tyre pieces) is produced while awaiting transport to another place; or

            (b)         storage, treatment or disposal of domestic waste at residential premises; or

            (c)         receipt or storage by a council or hospital of medical waste produced in the course of—

                  (i)         medical practice other than—

                        (A)         the practice of pathology; or

                        (B)         medical practice at a hospital; or

                  (ii)         dental practice other than at a hospital; or

                  (iii)         nursing practice other than at a hospital; or

                  (iv)         operating a nursing home; or

                  (v)         veterinary practice; or

                  (vi)         operating a hospital with a capacity of less than 40 beds; or

                  (vii)         operating an immunisation clinic; or

            (d)         receipt or storage by a pharmacy of medical waste produced in the course of a domestic activity; or

            (e)         the handling of waste solely for recycling or reuse where—

                  (i)         the waste handled does not consist of or include—

                        (B)         substances or things listed in Part B of this Schedule; or

                        (C)         waste oil in quantities exceeding 5 000 litres per year; or

                        (D)         waste lead acid batteries in quantities exceeding 500 batteries per year; or

                        (E)         waste tyres or tyre pieces in quantities exceeding 5 tonnes per year; and

                  (ii)         the quantities of waste handled do not exceed 100 tonnes per year; or

            (f)         the handling and disposal of waste tyres or tyre pieces in a manner approved by the Authority; or

            (g)         the collection and handling of beverage containers by the holder of an approval to operate a collection depot under section 69; or

            (ga)         the collection, handling and delivery for reuse, recycling or other disposal of beverage containers by the holder of an approval to carry on business as a super collector under section 69; or

            (h)         the handling for charitable or non-profit purposes only of beverage containers bearing an approved refund marking under Division 2 of Part 8; or

                  (i)         a depot that the Authority is satisfied will be conducted for such limited purposes that requirement of an environmental authorisation under Part 6 would not be justified.

        (4)         Activities Producing Listed Wastes

an activity in which any of the substances or things listed in Part B of this Schedule are produced as or become waste other than any of the following activities:

            (a)         a domestic activity;

            (b)         an activity in which the waste produced is lawfully disposed of to a sewer;

            (c)         an activity consisting only of storing or distributing goods;

            (d)         building work;

            (e)         carpentry or joinery;

            (f)         retail pharmacy;

            (g)         film processing;

            (h)         dental practice;

                  (i)         plumbing or gas fitting;

            (j)         dry cleaning;

            (k)         primary or secondary school education;

            (l)         agriculture or horticulture;

            (m)         french polishing;

            (n)         manufacturing jewellery;

            (o)         medical practice, not being the practice of pathology;

            (p)         painting or decorating;

            (q)         panel beating and associated spray painting;

            (r)         operation of a nursing home;

            (s)         veterinary practice;

            (t)         operation of an immunisation clinic;

            (u)         operation of a hospital with a capacity of less than 40 beds;

                  (v)         an activity producing waste oil at a rate of less than 50 000 litres per year;

            (w)         an activity authorised by a lease or licence under the Mining Act 1971 , the Petroleum Act 2000 or the Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) Act 1982 where the waste is disposed of to land and contained within the area of the lease or licence;

                  (x)         an activity authorised by a lease under the Mining Act 1971 where the waste is disposed of to land and contained within the area of a miscellaneous purposes licence under that Act adjacent to the area of the lease;

            (y)         an activity that the Authority is satisfied will involve the production of waste in such quantities or circumstances that requirement of an environmental authorisation under Part 6 would not be justified.

        (5)         Waste transport business (category A)

the collection or transport for fee or reward of—

            (a)         waste substances or things listed in Part B of this Schedule; or

            (b)         liquid waste (not being such waste lawfully disposed of to a sewer) arising from any commercial or industrial premises or from any teaching or research institution.

        (6)         Waste transport business (category B)

the collection or transport for fee or reward of—

            (a)         waste from domestic premises where the waste is collected or transported for or on behalf of a council; or

            (b)         solid waste from any commercial or industrial premises or from any teaching or research institution (other than building or demolition waste); or

            (c)         septic tank effluent; or

            (d)         waste soil containing substances or things listed in Part B of this Schedule in a concentration above that naturally occurring in soil in the area.

4—Activities in Specified Areas

        (1)         Brukunga Mine Site

the management of the abandoned Brukunga mine site and associated acid neutralisation plant situated adjacent to Dawesley Creek in the Mount Lofty Ranges.

        (2)         Discharge of Stormwater to Underground Aquifers

discharge of stormwater from a catchment area exceeding 1 hectare to an underground aquifer by way of a well or other direct means where the stormwater drains to the aquifer from—

            (a)         land or premises situated in the area of the City of Mount Gambier or the Western Industrial Zone of the area of the District Council of Mount Gambier (as defined in the relevant Development Plan under the Development Act 1993 ), being land or premises on which a business is carried on; or

            (b)         a stormwater drainage system in the area of the City of Mount Gambier or the Western Industrial Zone in the area of District Council of Mount Gambier (as defined in the relevant Development Plan under the Development Act 1993 );

            (c)         a stormwater drainage system in Metropolitan Adelaide as defined in the Development Act 1993 .

5—Animal Husbandry and Other Activities

        (1)         Cattle Feedlots

carrying on an operation for holding in a confined yard or area and feeding principally by mechanical means or by hand—

            (a)         not less than an average of 500 cattle per day over any period of 12 months; or

            (b)         where the yard or area is situated in a water protection area (as declared under Part 8 of this Act)—not less than an average of 200 cattle per day over any period of 12 months,

but not including any such operation carried on at an abattoir, slaughterhouse or saleyard or for the purpose only of drought or other emergency feeding.

        (3)         Saleyards

the commercial conduct of yards at which cattle, sheep or other animals are gathered or confined for the purpose of their sale, auction or exchange, including associated transport loading facilities, being yards with a throughput exceeding 50 000 sheep equivalent units per year [sheep equivalent units: 1 sheep or goat = 1 unit, 1 pig (< 40kg) = 1 unit, 1 pig (> 40kg) = 4 units, 1 cattle (< 40kg) = 3 units, 1 cattle (40—400kg) = 6 units, 1 cattle (> 400kg) = 8 units].

        (4)         Piggeries

the keeping or husbandry in confined or roofed structures of—

            (a)         5 000 or more pigs at any one time; or

            (b)         where the structures are situated in a water protection area (as declared under Part 8 of this Act)—500 or more pigs at any one time.

6—Food Production and Animal and Plant Product Processing

        (1)         Abattoirs, Slaughterhouses or Poultry Processing Works

the conduct of slaughtering works for commercial purposes for the production of meat or meat products for human or animal consumption, being—

            (a)         in the case of poultry or poultry meat products—works with a rate of production exceeding 200 tonnes per year; or

            (b)         in the case of any other animal meat or animal meat products—works with a rate of production exceeding 100 tonnes per year.

        (2)         Breweries

the conduct of works for the production of beer by infusion, boiling or fermentation, being works with a beer production capacity exceeding 5 000 litres per day.

        (3)         Composting Works

the conduct of works at which mushroom or other compost is produced or is capable of being produced at a rate exceeding 200 tonnes per year.

        (4)         Fish Processing

the conduct of works for scaling, gilling, gutting, filleting, freezing, chilling, packing or otherwise processing fish (as defined in the Fisheries Act 1982 ) for sale, but excluding—

            (a)         works with a processing output of less than 100 tonnes per year where waste water is disposed of to a sewer or septic tank effluent disposal system; or

            (b)         works with a processing output of less than 2 tonnes per year where waste water is disposed of otherwise than to a sewer or septic tank effluent disposal system; or

            (c)         processing of fish only in the course of a business of selling fish by retail.

        (5)         Milk Processing Works

the conduct of works at which milk is separated, evaporated or otherwise processed for the manufacture of evaporated or condensed milk, cheese, butter, ice cream or other similar dairy products, being works at which milk is processed at a rate exceeding 5 000 000 litres per year.

        (6)         Produce Processing Works

the conduct of works for processing any agricultural crop material being—

            (a)         works for the processing of agricultural crop material by deep fat frying, roasting or drying through the application of heat with a processing capacity exceeding 30 kilograms per hour; or

            (b)         works at which more than 10 000 000 litres of waste water is generated and disposed of otherwise than to a sewer or septic tank effluent disposal system.

        (7)         Rendering or Fat Extraction Works

the conduct of works at which animal, fish or grease trap wastes or other matter is processed or is capable of being processed by rendering or extraction or by some other means to produce tallow or fat or their derivatives or proteinaceous matter, being works with a total processing capacity exceeding 250 kilograms per hour.

        (8)         Curing or Drying Works

the conduct of works at which meat, fish or other edible products are smoked, dried or cured by the application of heat or smoke with a total processing capacity exceeding 250 kilograms per hour.

        (9)         Tanneries or Fellmongeries

the conduct of works for the commercial preservation or treatment of animal skins or hides being works processing more than 5 tonnes of skins or hides per year, but excluding—

            (a)         the processing of skins or hides by primary producers in the course of primary production activities outside township areas; or

            (b)         the processing of skins or hides in the course of taxidermy.

        (10)         Woolscouring or Wool Carbonising Works

the conduct of works for the commercial cleaning or carbonising of wool, but excluding cleaning or carbonising of wool in the course of handicraft activities where the wool is further processed for sale by retail.

        (11)         Wineries or Distilleries

the conduct of works for the processing of grapes or other produce to make wine or spirits, but excluding—

            (a)         works that are outside the Mount Lofty Ranges Water Protection Area (as declared under Part 8 of this Act) at which 500 tonnes or less of grapes or other produce are processed per year; or

            (b)         works that are inside the Mount Lofty Ranges Water Protection Area (as declared under Part 8 of this Act) at which 50 tonnes or less of grapes or other produce are processed per year; or

            (c)         works for bottling only.

7—Materials Handling and Transportation

        (1)         Bulk Shipping Facilities

the conduct of facilities for bulk handling of agricultural crop products, rock, ores, minerals, petroleum products or chemicals to or from any wharf or wharf side facility (including sea-port grain terminals), being facilities handling or capable of handling these materials into or from vessels at a rate exceeding 100 tonnes per day.

        (2)         Railway Operations

the conduct of any of the following activities associated with a railway:

            (a)         the construction or operation of rail infrastructure; and

            (b)         the operation of rolling stock on a railway; and

            (c)         other activities conducted on railway land,

but excluding—

            (d)         any activities associated with—

                  (i)         a railway with a track gauge that is less than 600mm; or

                  (ii)         a railway in a mine which is underground or predominantly underground and used in connection with the performance of mining operations; or

                  (iii)         a slipway; or

                  (iv)         a crane-type runway; or

                  (v)         a railway used solely for the purposes of horse-drawn trams; or

                  (vi)         a railway used solely for the purposes of static displays; or

                  (vii)         a railway at an amusement park used solely for the purposes of an amusement structure under Schedule 2 of the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1986 ; or

            (e)         any activity that is excluded from the ambit of the definition of development under clause 13 of Schedule 3 of the Development Regulations 1993 ; or

            (f)         an activity that the Authority is satisfied will be conducted for such limited purposes or which such limited impact that requirement of an environmental authorisation under Part 6 would not be justified.

In this subclause—

rail infrastructure means infrastructure associated with the operation of a railway and includes (but is not limited to) railway track, associated track structures, over or under track structures, supports, tunnels, bridges, stations, platforms, train control systems, signalling systems, communication systems, electric traction infrastructure and buildings, but does not include any workshop or repair facility;

railway means a guided system designed for the movement of rolling stock which has the capability of transporting passengers, freight or both on a railway track, together with its infrastructure and associated sidings or crossing, or passing loops, and includes a railway in a marshalling yard or a passenger or freight terminal;

railway land means—

            (a)         land within a rail corridor or rail reserve, including any associated sidings; and

            (b)         railway yards; and

            (c)         other land over which a railway track passes;

rolling stock means a vehicle (whether or not self-propelled) that operates on or uses a railway track, but does not include a vehicle designed to operate both on and off a railway track when the vehicle is not operating on a railway track.

Examples—

A locomotive, carriage, rail car, rail motor, light rail vehicle, train, tram, light inspection vehicle, road/rail vehicle, trolley, wagon.

        (3)         Crushing, Grinding or Milling

processing (by crushing, grinding, milling or separating into different sizes by sieving, air elutriation or in any other manner) of—

            (a)         chemicals or rubber at a rate in excess of 100 tonnes per year; or

            (b)         agricultural crop products at a rate in excess of 500 tonnes per year, but excluding non-commercial processing for on farm use; or

            (c)         rock, ores or minerals at a rate in excess of 1 000 tonnes per year, but excluding—

                  (i)         processing on a mining lease area, or processing of material from a mining lease area on adjacent land subject to a miscellaneous purposes licence, under the Mining Act 1971 ; and

            (ia)         processing on the area of a private mine (within the meaning of section 19 of the Mining Act 1971 ), or processing of material from a private mine on adjacent land subject to a miscellaneous purposes licence under the Mining Act 1971 ; and

            (ib)         processing of sand, gravel, stone, shell, shale, clay or soil as authorised under any statute other than this Act or the Mining Act 1971 ; and

                  (ii)         processing of wet sand.

        (4)         Dredging

removing solid matter from the bed of any marine waters or inland waters by any digging or suction apparatus, but excluding works carried out for the establishment of a visual aid to navigation and any lawful fishing or recreational activity.

        (5)         Coal Handling and Storage

the handling of coal or carbonaceous material by any means or the storage of coal, coke or carbonaceous reject material at facilities with a total handling capacity exceeding 100 tonnes per day or a storage capacity exceeding 5 000 tonnes.

        (6)         Earthworks Drainage

the conduct of earthworks operations in the course of which more than 100 kilolitres of waste water containing suspended solids in a concentration exceeding 25 milligrams per litre is discharged directly or indirectly to marine waters or inland waters.

        (7)         Extractive Industries

the conduct of operations involving extraction, or extraction and processing (by crushing, grinding, milling or separating into different sizes by sieving, air elutriation or in any other manner), of sand, gravel, stone, shell, shale, clay or soil, being operations with an extraction production rate exceeding 100 000 tonnes per year.

8—Other

        (1)         Aerodromes

the conduct of facilities for commercial or charter aircraft take-off and landing, being facilities used for more than 20 000 flight movements per year.

        (2)         Fuel Burning

the conduct of works or facilities involving the use of fuel burning equipment, including flaring (other than flaring at petroleum production, storage or processing works or facilities that do not have a total storage capacity or total production rate exceeding the levels respectively specified in clause 1(5)) or incineration, where the equipment alone or in aggregate is capable of burning combustible matter—

            (a)         at a rate of heat release exceeding 5 megawatts; or

            (b)         at a rate of heat release exceeding 500 kilowatts and the products of combustion are used—

                  (i)         to stove enamel; or

                  (ii)         to bake or dry any substance that on heating releases dust or air impurities.

        (3)         Helicopter Landing Facilities

the conduct of facilities designed for the arrival and departure of helicopters, but excluding—

            (a)         facilities at an aerodrome licensed under Part 6; or

            (b)         facilities at which helicopter arrivals or departures take place on not more than 10 days per year; or

            (c)         facilities that are situated more than 1 kilometre from residential premises not associated with the facilities; or

            (d)         facilities at the site of an activity authorised under the Mining Act 1971 , the Petroleum Act 2000 , the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 or the Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) Act 1982 .

        (4)         Marinas and Boating Facilities

the conduct of—

            (a)         facilities comprising pontoons, jetties, piers or other structures (whether on water or land) designed or used to provide moorings or dry storage for 50 or more powered vessels at any one time; or

            (b)         works for the repair or maintenance of vessels with the capacity to handle 5 or more vessels at any one time or vessels 12 metres or more in length.

        (5)         Motor Racing or Testing Venues

the conduct of facilities designed and used for motor vehicle competitions or motor vehicle speed or performance trials, but excluding facilities that are situated more than 200 metres from residential premises not associated with the facilities.

        (6)         Shooting Ranges

the conduct of facilities for shooting competitions, practice or instruction (being shooting involving the propulsion of projectiles by means of explosion), but excluding indoor facilities or facilities that are situated more than 200 metres from residential premises not associated with the facilities.

        (7)         Discharges to Marine or Inland Waters

the conduct of operations involving discharges into marine waters or inland waters where—

            (a)         the discharges—

                  (i)         raise the temperature of the receiving waters by more than 2 degrees Celsius at any time at a distance of 10 metres or more from the point of discharge; or

                  (ii)         contain antibiotic or chemical water treatments; and

            (b)         the total volume of the discharges exceeds 50 kilolitres per day.

Part B—Listed wastes

Acids and acidic solutions

Adhesives (excluding solid inert polymeric materials)

Alkali metals and alkaline earth metals

Alkalis and alkaline solutions

Antimony and antimony compounds and solutions

Arsenic and arsenic compounds and solutions

Asbestos

Barium compounds and solutions

Beryllium and beryllium compounds

Boron and boron compounds

Cadmium and cadmium compounds and solutions

Calcium carbide

Carbon disulphide

Carcinogens teratogens and mutagens

Chlorates

Chromium compounds and solutions

Copper compounds and solutions

Cyanides or cyanide solutions and cyanide complexes

Cytotoxic wastes

Dangerous substances within the meaning of the Dangerous Substances Act 1979

Distillation residues

Fluoride compounds

Halogens

Heterocyclic organic compounds containing oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur

Hydrocarbons and their oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur compounds (including oils)

Isocyanate compounds (excluding solid inert polymeric materials)

Laboratory chemicals

Lead compounds and solutions

Lime sludges or slurries

Manganese compounds

Medical waste consisting of—

            (a)         a needle, syringe with needle, surgical instrument or other article that is discarded in the course of medical * , dental or veterinary practice or research and has a sharp edge or point capable of inflicting a penetrating injury on a person who comes into contact with it; or

            (b)         human tissue, bone, organ, body part or foetus; or

            (c)         a vessel, bag or tube containing a liquid body substance; or

            (d)         an animal carcass discarded in the course of veterinary or medical * practice or research; or

            (e)         a specimen or culture discarded in the course of medical * , dental or veterinary practice or research and any material that has come into contact with such a specimen or culture; or

            (f)         any other article or matter that is discarded in the course of medical * , dental or veterinary practice or research and that poses a significant risk to the health of a person who comes into contact with it.

*        

medical practice includes the practice of pathology and the operation of an immunisation clinic.

Mercaptans

Mercury compounds and equipment containing mercury

Nickel compounds and solutions

Nitrates

Organic halogen compounds (excluding solid inert polymeric materials)

Organic phosphates

Organic solvents

Organometallic residues

Oxidising agents

Paint sludges and residues

Perchlorates

Peroxides

Pesticides (including herbicides and fungicides)

Pharmaceutical wastes and residues

Phenolic compounds (excluding solid inert polymeric materials)

Phosphorus and its compounds

Polychlorinated biphenyls

Poisons within the meaning of the Drugs Act 1908

Reactive chemicals

Reducing agents

Selenium and selenium compounds and solutions

Silver compounds and solutions

Solvent recovery residues

Sulphides and sulphide solutions

Surfactants

Thallium and thallium compounds and solutions

Vanadium compounds

Zinc compounds and solutions



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