Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Environment Protection Act 1970 - SECT 21

Special conditions

21. Special conditions





(1) In issuing a works approval or a licence or amending a licence the
Authority may specify that the works approval or licence or the amendment of
the licence is subject to compliance, by the occupier of the premises in
respect of which the works approval or licence relates with such of the
following conditions as the Authority specifies-

   (a)  the occupier shall install pollution control equipment of a type
        specified by the Authority provided that such equipment is reasonably
        available;

   (b)  the occupier shall install and operate pollution control equipment in
        a manner specified by the Authority;





   (ba) if the premises are-



   (i)  a scheduled premises prescribed as a scheduled premises requiring a
        financial assurance; or

   (ii) premises at which more than the prescribed quantity or the prescribed
        concentration of a notifiable chemical are stored, processed or used-
        the occupier must provide the Authority with a financial assurance
        satisfactory to the Authority in accordance with section 67B;

   (c)  the occupier shall take the measures specified by the Authority for
        the purpose of minimizing the possibility of pollution occurring as a
        result of any activity conducted or proposed to be conducted in any
        part of the premises;

   (d)  the occupier shall at the occupier's cost provide monitoring equipment
        specified by the Authority;

   (e)  the occupier shall at the occupier's cost carry out a monitoring
        program specified by the Authority for the purpose of providing the
        Authority with data and information relating to the characteristics,
        volume and effects of the waste to be or being discharged, emitted or
        deposited into the environment and the characteristics of that
        environment or relating to the characteristics, volume and effects of
        prescribed industrial waste being reprocessed, treated, stored,
        contained, disposed of or handled at the premises; and

   (f)  the occupier shall do or cause to be done any other act or thing
        specified by the Authority which the Authority considers necessary for
        the purpose of the protection of the environment or the prevention,
        control or abatement of pollution.

(2) All data and information recorded by a monitoring program shall be
supplied to the Authority-

   (a)  at the intervals of time; and

   (b)  in the form and manner-

specified by the Authority in the works approval or licence.

(3) Without derogating from the generality of subsection (2), the Authority
may specify in the works approval or licence that the results of a monitoring
program shall be submitted in a report of a person or body registered by the
National Association of Testing Authorities in respect of the testing required
for that program.