Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00551:schedule:3:p24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00551
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 24/40)
Character Range: 173399–176360

other uses of Antarctica which are consistent with the Antarctic Treaty.
3. Waste storage, disposal and removal from the Antarctic Treaty area, as well as recycling and source reduction, shall be essential considerations in the planning and conduct of activities in the Antarctic Treaty area.
4. Wastes removed from the Antarctic Treaty area shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be returned to the country from which the activities generating the waste were organized or to any other country in which arrangements have been made for the disposal of such wastes in accordance with relevant international agreements.
5. Past and present waste disposal sites on land and abandoned work sites of Antarctic activities shall be cleaned up by the generator of such wastes and the user of such sites. This obligation shall not be interpreted as requiring:
    (a) the removal of any structure designated as a historic site of monument; or
    (b) the removal of any structure or waste material in circumstances where the removal by any practical option would result in greater adverse environmental impact than leaving the structure or waste material in its existing location.
ARTICLE 2
WASTE DISPOSAL BY REMOVAL FROM THE ANTARCTIC TREATY AREA
1. The following wastes, if generated after entry into force of this Annex, shall be removed from the Antarctic Treaty area by the generator of such wastes:
    (a) radio‑active materials;
    (b) electrical batteries;
    (c) fuel, both liquid and solid;
    (d) wastes containing harmful levels of heavy metals or acutely toxic or harmful persistent compounds;
    (e) poly‑vinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane foam, polystyrene foam, rubber and lubricating oils, treated timbers and other products which contain additives that could produce harmful emissions if incinerated;
    (f) all other plastic wastes, except low density polyethylene containers (such as bags for storing wastes), provided that such containers shall be incinerated in accordance with Article 3 (1);
    (g) fuel drums; and
    (h) other solid, non‑combustible wastes;
provided that the obligation to remove drums and solid non‑combustible wastes contained in subparagraphs (g) and (h) above shall not apply in circumstances where the removal of such wastes by any practical option would result in greater adverse environmental impact than leaving them in their existing locations.
2. Liquid wastes which are not covered by paragraph 1 above and sewage and domestic liquid wastes, shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be removed from the Antarctic Treaty area by the generator of such wastes.
3. The following wastes shall be removed from the Antarctic Treaty area by the generator of such wastes, unless incinerated, autoclaved or otherwise treated to be made sterile:
    (a) residues of carcasses of imported animals;
    (b) laboratory culture of micro‑organisms and plant pathogens; and
    (c) introduced avian products.
ARTICLE 3
WASTE