Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 1990 - REG 4K

         (1)   For paragraph 5 (3) (g) of the Act and subject to subregulation (2), the Director must take account of the likelihood of the chemical being released:

                (a)    into a water treatment works at a rate more than:

                          (i)    10 kilograms each year from an individual source; or

                         (ii)    50 kilograms in total; or

               (b)    directly into a natural waterway.

         (2)   Paragraph (1) (a) does not apply if:

                (a)    subsection 23 (4) or (6) of the Act applies to the chemical and:

                          (i)    the chemical meets the criteria mentioned in paragraphs 4J (2) (b) and (c); and

                         (ii)    the person who introduces the chemical has information available that shows that those criteria are met; or

               (b)    subsection 23 (5), (7) or (9) of the Act applies to the chemical.