The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of sections 69(1)(dd) and (ee), read with sections 1, 72 and 73 of NEM:WA, given notice of her intention to make regulations to exclude waste streams from the definition of waste as set out in the schedule to this notice.
The purpose of the regulations is to –
- Prescribe the manner in which a person or a category of persons may apply to the Minister for the exclusion of waste from the definition of waste; and
- Exclude waste streams from the definition of waste.
Regulation 9 of the proposed regulations lists specific uses in respect of specific waste streams as excluded from the definition of waste, which waste streams include –
- Waste slag from Ferrochrome metallurgy;
- Ash from combustion plants;
- Gypsum from pulp, paper and cardboard production and processing; and
- Biomass (bark, offcuts, sawdust) from pulp, paper and cardboard production and processing.
Members of the public were invited to submit written comments within 30 days from the date of the publication of this notice.
