MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

Environmental Protection Act 1994

Schedule 4

              harmful substance, for chapter 8, part 3D, see section 440ZH.
              hazardous contaminant means a contaminant, other than an
              item of explosive ordnance, that, if improperly treated, stored,
              disposed of or otherwise managed, is likely to cause serious or
              material environmental harm because of—
              (a)    its quantity, concentration, acute or chronic toxic effects,
                     carcinogenicity,        teratogenicity,      mutagenicity,
                     corrosiveness,     explosiveness,       radioactivity    or
                     flammability; or
              (b)    its physical, chemical or infectious characteristics.
              holder—
              1      The holder of an approval              of   a   transitional
                     environmental program is—
                     (a) the person or public authority that submitted the
                         draft transitional environmental program to the
                         administering authority for approval; or
                     (b) if the transitional environmental program relates to
                         an environmental authority—the holder of the
                         environmental authority.
              2      The holder of an environmental authority for a
                     prescribed ERA is—
                     (a) the person who made an application for the
                         authority; or
                     (b) if a transfer application for the authority has been
                         approved under chapter 5, part 9—the person to
                         whom the transferred environmental authority has
                         been issued.
              3      The holder of an environmental authority for a resource
                     activity is the holder of the relevant tenure.
              4      The holder of a resource tenure is the holder of the
                     tenure under resource legislation.
              5      The holder of a temporary emissions licence is the
                     holder of the environmental authority to which the
                     temporary emissions licence relates.
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