Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The occupier of a
landfill site must prepare and submit to the Chief Executive Officer for
approval a post‑closure rehabilitation plan, in accordance with
subregulation (2), for the site within 18 months of the site being
registered under regulation 5B of the Environmental Protection
Regulations 1987 .
Penalty: $5 000.
(2) A
post‑closure rehabilitation plan is to set out a plan for the
rehabilitation of the site after it has ceased to be a landfill site and, in
particular, is to specify —
(a)
options for the use of the site after it has ceased to be a landfill site, and
is to specify the preferred option;
(b) a
conceptual design of the infrastructure needed for the preferred option for
the use of the site after it has ceased to be a landfill site;
(c) the
estimated final contours of the site, after allowing for settlement, and
specifying to what extent settlement has been allowed for;
(d) the
capping materials proposed to be used on the site;
(e) a
proposed system of drainage of the site;
(f)
measures proposed for the protection of the environment and the monitoring of
the site; and
(g) the
estimated period for which the site will require protection and monitoring.