Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014 No. 666.

This Regulation, consisting of 115 sections divided into eleven Parts and completed by two Schedules, implements the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 by providing specifications on waste management, transport and disposal. The Regulation is divided into the following Parts: Preliminary (1); Contributions by occupiers of scheduled waste facilities (2); Records, measurement of waste and monitoring at scheduled waste facilities (3); Tracking of certain waste transported within, out of and into NSW (4); Reporting on waste from metropolitan levy area transported out of NSW (5); Other provisions relating to transportation of waste (6); Transportation and management of asbestos waste (7); Recycling of consumer packaging (8); Exemptions from provisions of Act and Regulation (9); Classification of waste containing immobilised contaminants (10) and Miscellaneous (11).
The object of this Regulation is to remake the Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 1996. It contains the following provisions: (a) provisions relating to the calculation of contributions payable by occupiers of waste facilities licensed under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 and exemptions and rebates in respect of such contributions, (b) provisions placing obligations on producers, consignors, transporters and receivers of specified types of waste to obtain certain authorisations to transport the waste and receive the waste and to carry, complete or keep certain documentation in relation to the transportation of the waste, (c) provisions specifying requirements to be met by persons transporting, collecting, storing or disposing of any type of asbestos waste, (d) provisions specifying requirements to be met by persons disposing of clinical waste at a facility that is not licensed under the Act, (e) provisions prohibiting the application of certain residue waste to land used for growing vegetation unless the waste was lawfully sold as a soil improving agent or trace element product within the meaning of the fertilizers Act 1985 or the application of the waste was exempted from the provisions by the Environment Protection Authority ("the EPA"); (f) provisions requiring the reporting of certain matters to the EPA by the occupiers of landfill sites that are not licensed under the Act; (g) provisions requiring persons to store waste in an environmentally safe manner and to take certain measures when transporting waste, (h) provisions permitting the EPA to grant approvals to enable waste to be assessed and classified in accordance with the procedures relating to the immobilisation of waste set out in the document called Environmental Guidelines: Assessment, Classification and Management of Liquid and Non-Liquid Wastes issued by the EPA.