EPA Waste Discharge Licence No. EI21010
issued under Section 20 of the Environment Protection Act 1970
This licence allows the licence holder to discharge waste to the environment from the premises and accept prescribed industrial waste for reprocessing, treatment, storage or disposal at the premises subject to the attached conditions.
LICENCE HOLDER: / teris (aust) Pty ltdREGISTERED ADDRESS: / 1/47 MELVERTON drive, HALLAM
PREMISES ADDRESS: / 92-94 ORDISH RD, DANDENONG
LICENCE NUMBER: / EI21010
DATE OF ISSUE: / 22 October 1993
DATE OF AMENDMENT: / 9 august 2001
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JACEK jozef mambort
DELEGATE OF THE
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY
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EPA Waste Discharge Licence No. EI21010
PlantActivities / This licence applies to a premises where the prescribed industrial wastes are accepted for storage and processing. Operations on the premises include:
· storage, batching and blending of liquid prescribed industrial waste for the use as the solvent based fuel at a cement kiln licensed by the Authority or approved by relevant state or territory environment protection body; and,
· storage of liquid prescribed industrial waste for off-site treatment and/or disposal at a premises licensed by the Authority or approved by relevant state or territory environment protection body
Licence
Objectives / The licence holder shall adopt the following objectives for the protection of the environment:
· meet environmental quality requirements for all segments of the environment. This includes meeting the general provisions of the Environment Protection Act (1970), State environment protection policies, and Industrial waste management policies. In particular,
¨ Industrial waste management policy (Waste Minimisation);
¨ State environment protection policy (Waters of Victoria);
¨ State environment protection policy (Groundwaters of Victoria);
¨ State environment protection policy (Air Quality Management); and
¨ State environment protection policy (Noise from Commerce, Industry and Trade)
· operations are in accordance with good environmental practice at all times; and
· opportunities are taken to minimise waste and continuously improve environmental performance.
Licence
Structure / The licence consists of the following parts.
1. Waste Discharge and Management
· specifies the conditions for the discharge of waste to the environment
· specifies the conditions for the waste acceptance and waste storage
· specifies the wastes which may be accepted at the premises and the treatment or disposal methods that may be used
· specifies the conditions for maintaining Financial Assurance
2. Environment Improvement Plan and Operational Controls
· requires an environment improvement plan to be produced and regularly reviewed; and,
· includes the operating requirements for key plant items to ensure protection of the environment under both normal and plant upset conditions.
3. Performance Monitoring, Recording and Reporting
· specifies the scope of the performance monitoring programme required to demonstrate environmental performance; and
· specifies the arrangements for submission of performance monitoring reports and other reports to EPA.
4. Plan of Premises
· plan of the premises covered by this licence.
1 Waste Discharge and Management
General
1.1 A copy of this licence must be kept and displayed prominently on the premises[1] at all times.
1.2 All operation staff on the premises must be familiar with the conditions of this licence.
1.3 Written procedures for operating plant and equipment, preventive maintenance inspection, regular training and contingency must be made available to an authorised officer of the Authority[2].
1.4 The handling, storage and processing of waste containing highly odorous compounds including mercaptans and acrylates must be conducted strictly in accordance with licence holder’s “Onsite Environmental Management Plan”, dated 10 February 2000.
1.5 The handling, storage and processing of waste, which can release highly toxic vapours (including waste containing cancerigenic substance), is not allowed, unless approved by the Authority.
1.6 Discharge of the gaseous wastes generated from batching and blending of waste for liquid fuel production must be controlled by an activated carbon scrubbing system before discharge to air.
1.7 Odours offensive to the senses of human beings must not be discharged beyond the boundaries of the premises.
1.8 The Condition 1.7 does not apply to accidental or unintended emissions arising from action taken by the licence holder in an emergency to prevent danger to life or limb or a mishap or malfunction affecting land in the Dandenong Industrial Two Precinct (formerly known as Dandenong Offensive Industrial Zone) which do not result from:
(i) Neglect, omission or failure on the part of the licence holder to maintain equipment, or
(ii) Failure of the licence holder to comply with a direction given by an authorised officer of the Authority
1.9 Odorous discharges from waste spillage, waste storage or leaks must be controlled immediately.
Discharge to Water
1.10 There shall be no discharge or seepage of waste from the premises to the land or waters[3]
1.11 There shall be no discharge of water from the premises during dry weather conditions.
1.12 Only clean stormwater collected outside the bunded areas may be discharged from the premises to waters.
1.13 Clean stormwater referred to in Condition 1.12 must only be discharged via the stormwater discharge point designated on the Plan of the premises in Part 4 of this licence as SW pit "A".
Schedule 4 activities
Prescribed Waste Receival
1.14 Only waste listed in Table 1 may be accepted on the premises.
1.15 Wastes must only be processed by the relevant processing method specified in Table 1.
1.16 Wastes listed in Table 2 must not be accepted on the premises for treatment or disposal.
1.17 Any wastes not listed in Tables 1 or listed in Table 2 may be accepted on the premises providing that prior written approval is received from the Authority.
1.18 Notwithstanding condition 1.14, a waste must not be accepted on the premises unless the waste can be processed and/or disposed off at a premises approved by the Authority or approved by a relevant state or territory environment protection body.
1.19 Notwithstanding condition 1.14 and 1.18, a waste generated outside Victoria should not be accepted at the premises if the waste or residue resulting from its treatment or processing requires disposal at a landfill in Victoria.
1.20 The licence holder must provide the Authority with copy of an approval issued by the relevant environment protection body for the use of the solvent-based fuel at the interstate cement kiln.
1.21 The approval referred to in Condition 1.20 should indicate type of waste acceptable at the fuel receiving facility.
1.22 The licence holder must provide the Authority with copy of the solvent based fuel specification required by the cement kiln facility approved as referred to in Condition 1.20.
1.23 Waste must not be held on the premises for a period greater than six months from the date of receipt of the waste.
1.24 Prescribed[4] waste accepted at the premises must be accompanied by a fully completed EPA transport certificate, in accordance with the Environment Protection (Prescribed Waste) Regulations, 1998.
1.25 Prescribed industrial waste must not be accepted at the premises until it has been sampled and analysed in accordance with the licence holder’s sampling and analysing procedure titled “General Sampling- Procedure No. MH015”.
1.26 (a) The licence holder must take at least 250 ml sample of each load of the prescribed wastes entering the premises:
(i) from each bulk transport load; and
(ii) from each drum of waste except where all drums in the batch contain the
same type of waste material. In this circumstances at least 250ml composite sample must be obtained from a representative sample of drum.
(b) Samples taken must be clearly labelled with the date, an identification number and must be cross-referenced to the relevant Authority transport certificate number
(c) Samples must be kept at the premises for at least one week from the date of sampling.
1.27 Where analysis of a sample shows that it does not conform with the description specified on the accompanying Authority transport certificate, the licence holder must record the occurrence, note the discrepancy on the transport certificate, immediately report the discrepancy to the Authority and either:
(i) refuse to accept the waste load; or
(ii) accept the waste load provided it can be treated, processed or disposed of at the
premises in accordance with the conditions of this licence.
1.28 Bulk flammable wastes[5] must only be transferred to or from road tankers while on the bulk flammable tanker unloading bay, bulk sludge pad or bunded area adjacent to BT3 and BT4 storage tanks.
1.29 Bulk "non flammable" prescribed wastes, with the exception of liquid waste containing PCB[6] and oil wastes, must be directly delivered to the relevant storage tanks.
1.30 Drums[7], containing prescribed wastes, on receival at the premises must be:
(a) labelled with the Authority transport certificate number;
(b) checked to determine the integrity of the container; and
(c) (i) unloaded only at the drum unloading area; and
(ii) the contents of any damaged or leaking drums must immediately be transferred to leakfree drums.
Operations of the drum heater
1.31 Each drum of waste, which requires heating in drum heater, must not be accepted for heating unless in accordance with Teris Aust Pty Ltd’s Drum Heating Procedure submitted to the Authority on 18 July 2000.
1.32 The licence holder must utilise and maintain an activated carbon filter controlling discharges from the drum heater to air.
1.33 At least once a month the licence holder must check against a temperature indicator that the maximum achievable temperature inside the drum heater does not exceed 70 degrees Celsius
Financial Assurance
1.34 The licence holder must maintain a financial assurance in a form and sum approved by the Authority.
1.35 The Authority may call upon the financial assurance at any time to conduct a clean up of the premises or for the disposal of wastes held at the premises.
1.36 Access to the funds covered by the financial assurance shall continue to apply until the Authority has approved a final premises audit and it is satisfied that a further premises clean up is not necessary.
1.37 Notwithstanding Condition 1.35 the Authority will give the licence holder the first option to correct any problem or conduct any clean up of the premises before drawing on the financial assurance.
Management of wastes containing PCB
1.38 Notwithstanding Table 1, the acceptance and management of waste containing PCB is prohibited unless in compliance with approved by the Authority “Environment Improvement Plan for PCB Management” dated 29 June 2000 and revised on 9 March 2001
1.39 PCB waste must only be stored on the premises in an area dedicated for storage of such waste.
1.40 Notwithstanding condition 1.39, PCB waste can be transferred and kept in the bunded waste processing area for a period not exceeding 24 hours.
1.41 Dilution of PCB waste on the premises is acceptable only by blending the waste into solvent base fuel for destruction at the cement kiln.
1.42 The storage area referred to in Condition 1.39 must be:
- located under the roof;
- bunded with concrete floor and walls; and
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- clearly marked as a PCB storage area.
1.43 The concrete floor and walls of bunded area referred to in Condition 1.42 must be sealed with epoxy resin coating.
1.44 No more than 30KL of PCB waste must be stored at the premises at any time.
TABLE 1: Acceptable Wastes and Processing Methods
Water based waste (no calorific value)
· Alkalis: C100, C140
· Effluent: L100-L150 inclusive
· Miscellaneous: T110, T120 / Blending into solvent base fuel or
off-site disposal
Solvent based waste (high calorific value)
· Organic acids: B180
· Paints, Lacquers, Varnish, Resins, Inks, Dyes, Pigments, Adhesives: F100-F200 inclusive
· Organic solvents, solvents residues: G110-G180 inclusive
· Pesticides: H110, H120, H130 (excluding Scheduled Waste), H140, H160, H180, H190
· Oils, Hydrocarbons, Emulsions: J 100-J160 inclusive
· Putrescible/Organic Wastes: K120, K170, K190
· Organic chemicals: M120 (liquid waste containing less than 50ppm[8] of PCB only), M130-M150 inclusive, M160 (excluding waste listed in Table 2), M190-M280 inclusive
· Pharmaceutical Wastes: R120, R140 / Batching and blending for re-use as a solvent based fuel for cement kilns
TABLE 2: Prohibited Wastes
Waste consisting of or contaminated with:diethyl ether,
carbon disulphide,
nitrocellulose lacquer with a concentration of nitrogen greater than 12.6 % (w/w)[9] and an alcohol content lower than 25% (w/w)
polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans and related substances
solid waste containing PCB and liquid waste containing 50ppm or more of PCB
PCB contaminated liquid waste having concentration of PCB of 50 ppm or greater
Scheduled Waste[10] including polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans and scheduled organochlorine pesticides
schedule
ozone depleting substances (as defined in Industrial Waste Management Policy (Control of Ozone Depleting Substances) No. IW-1B
Dangerous Goods Class 4 and 5 as defined by the Dangerous Goods (Storage and Handling) Regulations 1989.
Radioactive waste
Highly odorous materials such as mercaptans and methacrylates in concentration higher than 5% (w/w)
Explosives
2 Environment Improvement Plan and Operational Controls
GENERAL
2.1 The licence holder must display at the premises the approved contingency plan for dealing with accidental spills and discharges of wastes or chemicals which addresses:
(a) restricting the spill;
(b) containment of spill;
(c) absorbing or neutralising the spill;
(d) disposing of the spill, and
(e) clean-up procedures.
2.2 In the event of any spill or discharge of waste or chemicals the licence holder must immediately bring into operation the procedures in the emergency contingency plan.
2.3 The prescribed wastes generated by the storage, treatment and processing operations on the premises must be transported off the premises, in accordance with the Environment Protection (Prescribed Waste) Regulations 1998, to a facility licensed by the Authority to accept such waste.
ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT PLAN
2.4 By 31 December 2001 the licence holder shall submit to EPA reviewed its Onsite Environmental Management Plan dated 10 February 2000.