Disposal of tyres, permitted means for
14 Disposal of tyres, permitted means for
Tyres may be disposed of —
by incineration if —
the emissions from the chimney of that incinerator do not exceed the following levels —
particulate matter | 50 mg/m3 |
carbon monoxide | 1 g/m3 |
zinc | 3 mg/m3 |
cadmium | 3 mg/m3 |
aluminium | 3 mg/m3 |
dioxins | 5 parts per thousand million |
or such other levels as are approved by the Chief Executive Officer; and
smoke discharged does not exceed a shade of 1 when compared with the Australian Miniature Smoke Chart (AS 3543 1989);
or
by the method described in subregulation (2) at an approved site located —
in the Tyre Landfill Exclusion Zone if the written approval of the Chief Executive Officer has first been obtained; or
in any local government district outside the Tyre Landfill Exclusion Zone;
or
by any other method of disposal approved by the Minister on the advice of the Chief Executive Officer.
For the purposes of subregulation (1)(b) tyres may be disposed of by burial under a final soil cover of not less than 500 mm —
in batches separated from each other by at least 100 mm of soil and each consisting of not more than 40 m3 of tyres reduced to pieces; or
in batches separated from each other by at least 100 mm of soil and each consisting of not more than 1 000 whole tyres; or
in the case of tyres in any volume or number in a dump existing on 4 December 1992, at the location of that dump,
in accordance with such conditions as are imposed by the Chief Executive Officer in respect of that burial for the purpose of ensuring that drainage, safety, soil erosion and soil stability at, and in the vicinity of, the site of that burial are adequately controlled.
[Regulation 14 inserted: Gazette 30 Aug 1991 p. 4555; amended: Gazette 4 Dec 1992 p. 5889; 12 Nov 1996 p. 6304‑5.]
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