MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                  Environmental Protection Act 1994
                                                             Chapter 1 Preliminary
                                                                Part 3 Interpretation

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              (a)    a quality or physical characteristic of the environment
                     that is conducive to ecological health or public amenity
                     or safety; or
              (b)    another quality of the environment identified and
                     declared to be an environmental value under an
                     environmental protection policy or regulation.


Subdivision 2               Environmental contamination

10       Contamination
              Contamination of the environment is the release (whether by
              act or omission) of a contaminant into the environment.

11       Contaminant
              A contaminant can be—
              (a)    a gas, liquid or solid; or
              (b)    an odour; or
              (c)    an organism (whether alive or dead), including a virus;
                     or
              (d)    energy, including noise, heat,           radioactivity     and
                     electromagnetic radiation; or
              (e)    a combination of contaminants.

12       Noise
              Noise includes vibration of any frequency, whether emitted
              through air or another medium.

13       Waste
        (1)   Waste includes any thing, other than a resource approved
              under the Waste Reduction Act, chapter 8, that is—

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