Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2008C00620:body:0:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2008C00620
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 5641–8487

which a threshold category of 1 is specified in Column 3 of Table 1 of Schedule A;

 category 1a substance means a substance for which a threshold category of 1a is specified in Column 3 of Table 1 of Schedule A;

 category 1b substance means a substance for which a threshold category of 1b is specified in Column 3 of Table 1 of Schedule A;

 category 2a substance means a substance for which a threshold category of 2a is specified in Column 3 of Table 1 or Table 2 of Schedule A;

 category 2b substance means a substance for which a threshold category of 2b is specified in Column 3 of Table 1 of Schedule A;

 category 3 substance means a substance for which a threshold category of 3 is specified in Column 3 of Table 1 of Schedule A;

 Commonwealth means the Commonwealth of Australia;

 Commonwealth Act means the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 of the Commonwealth;

 Council means the National Environment Protection Council established by section 8 of the Commonwealth Act and the equivalent provision of the corresponding Act of each participating State and Territory;

 emission means release or discharge of a substance to the environment whether in pure form or contained in other matter and whether in solid, liquid or gaseous form;

 emission data for a substance, means an estimate of the amount of the substance emitted in a reporting period that identifies:
 (a) the medium to which the substance was discharged (for example, air, land, or water); and
 (b) the estimation technique used;

 estimation technique means a method for estimating the amount of a substance emitted or transferred;

 facility means any building or land together with any machinery, plant, appliance, equipment, implement, tool or other item used in connection with any activity carried out at the facility, and includes an offshore facility. The facility may be located on a single site or on adjacent or contiguous sites owned or operated by the same person;

 financial reporting year means a year commencing 1 July;

 industry reporting materials means resources agreed between participating jurisdictions which provide advice to a facility in meeting requirements resulting from this Measure, including;
 (a) advice or guidance on the information which is required to be furnished or retained by occupiers; and
 (b) an appropriate estimation technique, or range of estimation techniques;

 mandatory reporting transfer destination means:
 (a) destination for containment including landfill, tailings storage facility, underground injection or other long term purpose-built waste storage structure;
 (b) an off-site destination for destruction;
 (c) an off-site sewerage system;
 (d) an off-site treatment facility which leads solely to one or more of the above;

 mandatory transfer data for a substance means an estimate of the