Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00551:schedule:3:p26
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00551
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 26/40)
Character Range: 178632–181555

(a) such discharge is located, wherever practicable, where conditions exist for initial dilution and rapid dispersal; and
    (b) large quantities of such wastes (generated in a station where the average weekly occupancy over the austral summer is approximately 30 individuals or more) shall be treated at least by maceration.
2. The by‑product of sewerage treatment by the Rotary Biological Contacter process or similar processes may be disposed of into the sea provided that such disposal does not adversely affect the local environment, and provided also that any such disposal at sea shall be in accordance with Annex IV to the Protocol.
ARTICLE 6
STORAGE OF WASTE
All wastes to be removed from the Antarctic Treaty area, or otherwise disposed of, shall be stored in such a way as to prevent their dispersal into the environment.
ARTICLE 7
PROHIBITED PRODUCTS
No polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), non‑sterile soil, polystyrene beads, chips or similar forms of packaging, or pesticides (other than those required for scientific, medical or hygiene purposes) shall be introduced onto land or ice shelves or into water in the Antarctic Treaty area.
ARTICLE 8
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING
1. Each Party which itself conducts activities in the Antarctic Treaty area shall, in respect of those activities, establish a waste disposal classification system as a basis for recording wastes and to facilitate studies aimed at evaluating the environmental impacts of scientific activity and associated logistic support. To that end, wastes produced shall be classified as:
    (a) sewage and domestic liquid wastes (Group 1);
    (b) other liquid wastes and chemicals, including fuels and lubricants (Group 2);
    (c) solids to be combusted (Group 3);
    (d) other solid wastes (Group 4); and
    (e) radioactive material (Group 5).
2. In order to reduce further the impact of waste on the Antarctic environment, each such Party shall prepare and annually review and update its waste management plans (including waste reduction, storage and disposal), specifying for each fixed site, for field camps generally, and for each ship (other than small boats that are part of the operations of fixed sites or of ships and taking into account existing management plans for ships):
    (a) programmes for cleaning up existing waste disposal sites and abandoned work sites;
    (b) current and planned waste management arrangements, including final disposal;
    (c) current and planned arrangements for analysing the environmental effects of waste and waste management; and
    (d) other efforts to minimise any environmental effects of wastes and waste management.
3. Each such Party shall, as far as is practicable, also prepare an inventory of locations of past activities (such as traverses, fuel depots, field bases, crashed aircraft) before the information is lost, so that such locations can be taken into account in planning future