The NSW EPA has recently issued The excavated public road material exemption 2012, under the Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2005 – General Exemption Under Part 6, Clause 51 and 51A.
The exemption applies to:
“rock, soil, sand, bitumen, reclaimed asphalt pavement, gravel, slag from iron and steel manufacturing, fly and bottom ash, concrete, brick, ceramics and any materials that hold a resource recovery exemption for use in road making activities and that have been excavated during the construction and maintenance of council and RMS public roads and public road infrastructure facilities”.
View all general resource recovery exemptions.
