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Publications
Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council
June 1999
The Organochlorine Pesticides (OCP) Waste Management Plan was prepared between July 1996 and September 1997 as part of the National Strategy for the Management of Scheduled Wastes.
The process to develop this OCP Waste Management Plan started in July 1996 with a public call for submissions, advertised nationally and distributed to those on the scheduled wastes mailing list. A draft management plan then became the basis for public consultation at thirty forums held across Australia between November 1996 and March 1997, mainly in rural venues (see Attachment for the list of venues visited).
Consideration of the outcomes of these forums, and further discussion by the National Advisory Body and the Scheduled Wastes Management Group, led to production of a draft final management plan which was discussed at workshops held in July and August 1997, at ten (mainly rural) venues (see Attachment for the list of venues visited). At these workshops, participants were also able to consider a discussion paper on proposals for a National Collection, Storage and Destruction Scheme which had wider objectives than those of the OCP Waste Management Plan. Comprehensive reports on these consultations have been prepared and are available from the Waste Management Secretariat. This final plan was then developed with input from members of the OCP Consultation Panel, the National Advisory Body and the Scheduled Wastes Management Group.
In preparing the OCP Waste Management Plan, objectives (b) and (d) have been met. Regarding objective (c), the date 2003 has been set for complete implementation of the plan. Some scheduled OCPs are still registered for a very limited range of uses.
The Organochlorine Pesticides Waste Management Plan is available for downloading as a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view it.
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