1

Cattle feedlot: premises on which the watering and feeding of cattle occurs, being premises —

(a)         situated less than 100 m from a watercourse; and

(b)         on which the number of cattle per hectare exceeds 50.

500 animals or more

2

Intensive piggery: premises on which pigs are fed, watered and housed in pens.

1 000 animals or more

[3, 4

deleted]

5

Processing or beneficiation of metallic or non‑metallic ore: premises on which — 

50 000 tonnes or more per year

(a)         metallic or non‑metallic ore is crushed, ground, milled or otherwise processed; or

(b)         tailings from metallic or non‑metallic ore are reprocessed; or

(c)         tailings or residue from metallic or non‑metallic ore are discharged into a containment cell or dam.

6

Mine dewatering: premises on which water is extracted and discharged into the environment to allow mining of ore.

50 000 tonnes or more per year

7

Vat or in situ leaching of metal: premises on which metal is extracted from ore with a chemical solution.

5 000 tonnes or more per year

8

Mineral sands mining or processing: premises on which mineral sands ore is mined, screened, separated or otherwise processed.

5 000 tonnes or more per year

9

Coal mining: premises on which —

(a)         water is extracted and discharged into the environment to allow coal mining; or

5 000 tonnes or more per year

(b)         coal mining or processing occurs and tailings are discharged.

10

Oil or gas production from wells: premises, whether on land or offshore, on which crude oil, natural gas or condensate is extracted from below the surface of the land or the seabed, as the case requires, and is treated or separated to produce stabilized crude oil, purified natural gas or liquefied hydrocarbon gases.

5 000 tonnes or more per year

11

Oil or gas production (other): premises (other than premises within category 10) on which the commercial production of oil or gas occurs (including the reforming of hydrocarbon gas).

5 000 tonnes or more per year

12

Screening etc. of material: premises (other than premises within category 5 or 8) on which material extracted from the ground is screened, washed, crushed, ground, milled, sized or separated.

50 000 tonnes or more per year

13

Crushing of building material: premises on which waste building or demolition material (for example, bricks, stones or concrete) is crushed or cleaned.

1 000 tonnes or more per year

14

Solar salt manufacturing: premises on which salt is produced by solar evaporation.

Not applicable

15

Abattoir: premises on which animals are slaughtered.

1 000 tonnes or more per year

16

Rendering operations: premises on which substances from animal material are processed or extracted.

100 tonnes or more per year

17

Milk processing: premises on which —

(a)         milk is separated or evaporated (other than a farm); or

100 tonnes or more per year

(b)         evaporated or condensed milk, butter, ice cream, cheese or any other dairy product is manufactured,

and from which liquid waste is or is to be discharged onto land or into waters.

18

Food processing: premises (other than premises within category 24) —

(a)         on which vegetables are, or fruit or meat is, preserved, cooked, dried, canned, bottled or processed; and

(b)         from which liquid waste is or is to be discharged onto land or into waters.

200 tonnes or more per year

19

Edible oil or fat processing: premises on which vegetable oil or oil seed or animal fat is processed and from which liquid waste is or is to be discharged onto land or into waters.

200 tonnes or more per year

20

Starch manufacturing: premises on which starch or gluten is manufactured and from which liquid waste is or is to be discharged onto land or into waters.

200 tonnes or more per year

21

Sugar milling or refining: premises on which sugar cane is crushed or sugar is refined.

1 000 tonnes or more per year

22

Seafood processing: premises (other than a fish wholesaler) on which fish or other seafood is processed and from which liquid waste is or is to be discharged onto land or into waters.

200 tonnes or more per year

23

Animal feed manufacturing: premises (other than premises within category 15 or 16) on which animal food is manufactured or processed.

1 000 tonnes or more per year

24

Non‑alcoholic beverage manufacturing: premises on which a non‑alcoholic beverage is manufactured and from which liquid waste is or is to be discharged onto land or into waters.

200 kL or more per year

25

Alcoholic beverage manufacturing: premises on which an alcoholic beverage is manufactured and from which liquid waste is or is to be discharged onto land or into waters.

350 kL or more per year

26

Textile operations: premises on which —

(a)         carpet or yarn is manufactured; or

(b)         cotton ginning or milling occurs; or

(c)         textiles are bleached, dyed or finished.

1 000 tonnes or more per year

27

Woolscouring: premises on which wool is scoured or cleaned.

1 000 tonnes or more per year

28

Wood board manufacturing: premises on which particleboard or chipboard is fabricated or manufactured.

500 tonnes or more per year

29

Timber preserving: premises on which timber is preserved for commercial purposes by the use of chemicals.

Not applicable

30

Pulp, paper or paperboard manufacturing: premises on which paper pulp, wood pulp, kraft paper, kraft paperboard, cardboard, paper or paperboard is manufactured.

5 000 tonnes or more per year

31

Chemical manufacturing: premises (other than premises within category 32) on which chemical products are manufactured by a chemical process.

100 tonnes or more per year

32

Pesticides manufacturing: premises on which herbicides, insecticides or pesticides are manufactured by a chemical process.

Not applicable

33

Chemical blending or mixing: premises on which chemicals or chemical products are mixed, blended or packaged in a manner that causes or is likely to cause a discharge of waste into the environment.

500 tonnes or more per year

34

Oil or gas refining: premises on which crude oil, condensate or gas is refined or processed.

Not applicable

35

Asphalt manufacturing: premises on which hot or cold mix asphalt is produced using crushed or ground rock aggregates mixed with bituminous or asphaltic materials for use at places or premises other than those premises.

Not applicable

36

Bitumen manufacturing: premises on which bitumen is mixed or prepared for use at places or premises other than those premises.

Not applicable

37

Char manufacturing: premises on which wood, carbon material or coal is charred to produce a fuel or material of a carbonaceous nature or of enriched carbon content.

10 tonnes or more per year

38

Coke production: premises on which coke is produced, quenched, cut, crushed or graded from coal or petroleum.

100 tonnes or more per year

39

Chemical or oil recycling: premises on which waste liquid hydrocarbons or chemicals are refined, purified, reformed, separated or processed.

Not applicable

40

Glass or glass fibre manufacturing: premises on which glass or glass fibre is manufactured.

200 tonnes or more per year

41

Clay bricks or ceramic products manufacturing: premises on which refractory products, tiles, pipes or pottery are manufactured.

1 000 tonnes or more per year

42

Mineral wool or ceramic fibre manufacturing: premises on which mineral wool or ceramic fibre is manufactured.

Not applicable

43

Cement or lime manufacturing: premises on which — 

Not applicable

(a)         clay, limes and or limestone material is used in a furnace or kiln in the production of cement clinker or lime; or

(b)         cement clinker, clay, limestone or similar material is ground.

44

Metal smelting or refining: premises on which metal ore, metal ore concentrate or metal waste is smelted, fused, roasted, refined or processed.

1 000 tonnes or more per year

45

Metal melting or casting: premises on which metal or scrap metal is melted in furnaces or cast.

100 tonnes or more per year

46

Bauxite refining: premises (other than premises within paragraph (b) of category 5) on which alumina is produced from bauxite refining.

Not applicable

47

Scrap metal recovery: premises (other than premises within category 45) on which metal scrap is fragmented or melted, including premises on which lead acid batteries are reprocessed.

100 tonnes or more per year

48

Metal finishing: premises on which metals are chemically cleaned or metals, plastics or metal or plastic products are plated, electroplated, anodized, coloured or otherwise coated or finished.

Not applicable

48A

Metal finishing: premises on which iron or steel is galvanized.

Not applicable

49

Boat building and maintenance: premises on which —

(a)         vessels are commercially built or maintained; and

Not applicable

(b)         organotin compounds are used or removed from vessels.

50

Tannery: premises on which animal skins or hides are tanned, dressed, finished or dyed and from which liquid waste is or is to be discharged onto land or into waters.

1 000 skins or hides or more per year

51

Foam products manufacturing: premises on which resin is used to prepare or manufacture plastic foam or plastic foam products using MDI (diphenylmethane di‑iso‑cyanate) or TDI (toluene‑2, 4‑di‑iso‑cyanate).

1 tonne or more per year

52

Electric power generation: premises (other than premises within category 53 or an emergency or standby power generating plant) on which electrical power is generated using a fuel.

20 MW or more in aggregate (using natural gas)

10 MW or more in aggregate (using a fuel other than natural gas)

53

Flyash disposal: premises on which flyash is disposed of.

1 000 tonnes or more per year

54

Sewage facility: premises —

(a)         on which sewage is treated (excluding septic tanks); or

100 m ³ or more per day

(b)         from which treated sewage is discharged onto land or into waters.

54A

Water desalination plant: premises at which salt is extracted from water if —

(a)         waste water is discharged into marine waters; and

10 GL or more per year

(b)         the discharged waste water has a density greater than the average ambient density of the marine water at the discharge site.

55

Livestock saleyard or holding pen: premises on which live animals are held pending their sale, shipment or slaughter.

10 000 animals or more per year

56

Used tyre storage (tyre fitting business): premises on which used tyres are stored in connection with a tyre fitting business.

500 tyres or more

57

Used tyre storage (general): premises (other than premises within category 56) on which used tyres are stored.

100 tyres or more

58

Bulk material loading or unloading: premises on which clinker, coal, ore, ore concentrate or any other bulk granular material (other than salt) is loaded onto or unloaded from vessels by an open materials loading system.

100 tonnes or more per day

58A

Bulk material loading or unloading: premises on which salt is loaded onto or unloaded from vessels by an open materials loading system.

100 tonnes or more per day

59

Biomedical waste incineration: premises on which — 

Not applicable

(a)         infectious or potentially infectious waste produced by health care establishments, or by pathology, dental, or veterinary practices, or by laboratories, is incinerated; or

(b)         quarantine waste is incinerated; or

(c)         cytotoxic waste is destroyed,

but not including premises on which there are only facilities used exclusively for human or animal cremation.

60

Incineration: premises (other than premises within category 59) on which waste, excluding clean paper and cardboard, is incinerated.

100 kg or more per hour

61

Liquid waste facility: premises on which liquid waste produced on other premises (other than sewerage waste) is stored, reprocessed, treated or irrigated.

100 tonnes or more per year

61A

Solid waste facility: premises (other than premises within category 67A) on which solid waste produced on other premises is stored, reprocessed, treated, or discharged onto land.

1 000 tonnes or more per year

62

Solid waste depot: premises on which waste is stored or sorted, pending final disposal or re‑use, other than in the course of operating —

500 tonnes or more per year (not including any waste stored or sorted only in the course of operating a refund point or aggregation point)

(a)         a refund point (as defined in the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 section 47C(1)) (a refund point ); or

(b)         a facility or other place (an aggregation point ) for the aggregation of containers that have been returned to refund points until those containers are accepted for processing or disposal.

63

Class I inert landfill site: premises (other than clean fill premises) on which waste of a type permitted for disposal for this category of prescribed premises, in accordance with the Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996 , is accepted for burial.

500 tonnes or more per year

64

Class II or III putrescible landfill site: premises (other than clean fill premises) on which waste of a type permitted for disposal for this category of prescribed premises, in accordance with the Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996 , is accepted for burial.

20 tonnes or more per year

65

Class IV secure landfill site: premises (other than clean fill premises) on which waste of a type permitted for disposal for this category of prescribed premises, in accordance with the Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996 , is accepted for burial.

Not applicable

66

Class V intractable landfill site: premises (other than clean fill premises) on which waste of a type permitted for disposal for this category of prescribed premises, in accordance with the Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996 , is accepted for burial.

Not applicable

67

Fuel burning: premises on which gaseous, liquid or solid fuel is burnt in a boiler for the supply of steam or in power generation equipment.

In aggregate 500 kg or more per hour (fuel with a sulphur content of 0.25% or more)

or

In aggregate 2 000 kg or more per hour (fuel with a sulphur content of less than 0.25%)

67A

Compost manufacturing and soil blending: premises on which organic material (excluding silage) or waste is stored pending processing, mixing, drying or composting to produce commercial quantities of compost or blended soils.

1 000 tonnes or more per year

68

Cattle feedlot: premises on which the watering and feeding of cattle occurs, being premises —

(a)         situated 100 m or more from a watercourse; and

(b)         on which the number of cattle per hectare exceeds 50.

500 animals or more

69

Intensive piggery: premises on which pigs are fed, watered and housed in pens.

More than 500 but less than 1 000 animals

70

Screening etc. of material: premises on which material extracted from the ground is screened, washed, crushed, ground, milled, sized or separated.

More than 5 000 but less than 50 000 tonnes per year

[71

deleted]

72

Chemical manufacturing: premises on which chemical products are manufactured by a chemical process.

Not more than 100 tonnes per year

73

Bulk storage of chemicals etc.: premises on which acids, alkalis or chemicals that —

(a)         contain at least one carbon to carbon bond; and

1 000 m ³ in aggregate

(b)         are liquid at STP (standard temperature and pressure),

are stored.

74

Chemical blending or mixing causing discharge: premises on which chemicals or chemical products are mixed, blended or packaged in a manner that causes or is likely to cause a discharge of waste into the environment.

More than 50 but less than 500 tonnes per year

75

Chemical blending or mixing not causing discharge: premises on which chemicals or chemical products are mixed, blended or packaged in a manner that does not cause or is not likely to cause a discharge of waste into the environment.

5 000 tonnes or more per year

76

Ceramic goods manufacturing: premises on which ceramic kitchen or table ware or other non‑refractory ceramic products are manufactured.

200 tonnes or more per year

77

Concrete batching or cement products manufacturing: premises on which cement products or concrete are manufactured for use at places or premises other than those premises.

100 tonnes or more per year

78

Plaster manufacturing: premises on which plaster, plaster board, gyprock or other products comprised wholly or primarily of gypsum are manufactured.

500 tonnes or more per year

79

Carbon stripping: premises on which carbon granules from a gold extraction process located at another place or on other premises are reprocessed.

100 tonnes or more per year

80

Non‑metallic mineral processing: premises on which non‑metallic minerals are crushed, ground, milled or separated.

100 tonnes or more per year

81

Metal coating: premises on which metal products (excluding vehicles) are spray painted, powder coated or enamelled.

1 000 L or more per year (paint or powder)

82

Boat building and maintenance: premises on which —

(a)         vessels are commercially built or maintained; and

Not applicable

(b)         organotin compounds are not used or removed from vessels.

83

Fellmongering: premises on which animal skins or hides are dried, cured or stored.

1 000 skins or hides or more per year

84

Electric power generation: premises (other than premises within category 53 or an emergency or standby power generating plant) on which electrical power is commercially generated using natural gas as a fuel.

More than 10 but less than 20 MW in aggregate

85

Sewage facility: premises —

(a)         on which sewage is treated (excluding septic tanks); or

(b)         from which treated sewage is discharged onto land or into waters.

More than 20 but less than 100 m ³ per day

85A

Sewage pumping station: premises on which sewage is pumped (other than to or from septic tanks) and where a discharge of waste from the station may enter the Swan River or the Canning River.

Not applicable

85B

Water desalination plant: premises at which salt is extracted from water if waste water is discharged onto land or into waters (other than marine waters).

0.50 GL or more per year

86

Bulk material loading or unloading: premises on which clinker, coal, ore, ore concentrate or any other bulk granular material is loaded onto or unloaded from vessels by a closed materials loading system.

100 tonnes or more per day

87

Fuel burning: premises on which gaseous, liquid or solid fuel with a sulphur content of less than 0.25% is burnt in a boiler for the supply of steam or in power generation equipment.

More than 500 but less than 2 000 kg per hour in aggregate

88

Metal finishing: premises on which —

(a)         metals are chemically cleaned or metals, plastics or metal or plastic products are plated, electroplated, anodised, coloured or otherwise coated or finished; and

(b)         from which liquid waste is discharged into a sewer.

Not applicable

89

Putrescible landfill site: premises (other than clean fill premises) on which waste of a type permitted for disposal for this category of prescribed premises, in accordance with the Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996 , is accepted for burial.

More than 20 but less than 5 000 tonnes per year