Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2008C00620:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2008C00620
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 8232–11257

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 amount of the substance transferred, to a mandatory reporting transfer destination, in a reporting period that identifies:
 (a) the type of destination;
 (b) whether the transfer is on-site or off-site; and;
 (c) the estimation technique used;
 Measure means national environment protection measure;

       *national environment protection goal means a goal:
 (a) that relates to desired environmental outcomes; and
 (b) that guides the formulation of strategies for the management of human activities that may affect the environment;

       *national environment protection guideline means a guideline that gives guidance on possible means for achieving desired environmental outcomes;

       *national environment protection measure means a measure made under subsection 14(1) [of the Commonwealth Act and the equivalent provision of the corresponding Act of each participating State and Territory];

       *national environment protection protocol means a protocol that relates to the process to be followed in measuring environmental characteristics to determine:
 (a) whether a particular standard or goal is being met or achieved; or
 (b) the extent of the difference between the measured characteristic of the environment and a particular standard or a particular goal;

 National Pollutant Inventory means the inventory of emitted or transferred substances to be established as a result of this Measure;

 nominated agency means the agency of a participating State or Territory which that State or Territory has nominated as having responsibility for collection of data from reporting facilities;
 occupier in relation to any facility means a person who is in occupation or control of the facility whether or not that person is the owner of the facility.  A business entity is the occupier of a facility where that business entity has operational control of the facility.

 off-shore facility means a vessel or structure located in an adjacent area (as defined in the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967) that is used or constructed for the recovery of petroleum (including natural gas), or carries, contains or includes equipment for drilling, or for carrying out other operations in connection with a well, from the vessel or structure; and includes a combination of two or more related off-shore facilities, but excludes a vessel engaged merely in site surveys or investigations to a depth in the seabed not exceeding 100 metres;

 overburden means the overlying rock and soil, which is not part of the ore or part of the sub-grade rock, that is displaced during underground or surface mining operations;

 *participating jurisdiction means the Commonwealth, a participating State or a participating Territory;

 *participating State means a State:
 (a)