Environment Protection and Heritage Council
April 2003 edition
The objectives of this guidance note are to:
- minimise the release of PCBs into the wider environment from non-scheduled solid PCB waste; and
- encourage a nationally consistent and acceptable approach to the management and disposal of non-scheduled solid PCB waste within the framework of the PCB Management Plan.
Consistent with the aim of best practice landfill management, landfill disposal of non-scheduled solid PCB waste shall require consideration of:
- siting issues, including hydrogeology and proximity to sensitive environments;
- landfill operating controls, including use of liners, cover management, capping, landfill gas management, leachate management, and fire prevention and control;
- landfill management practices, including site supervision and waste screening;
- monitoring, including ground and surface water and leachate; and
- closure, including post-closure ownership, monitoring and after care works to minimise infiltration.
The agency should encourage a community involvement program. Best practice community involvement programs include inspection, auditing and monitoring of the landfill sites.
Landfills for the disposal of non-scheduled solid PCB waste shall:
- be approved by the agency; and
- conform to requirements for discharge to air, water and land that apply to the treatment and disposal of scheduled PCB waste.
The objectives of this guidance note are to:
- minimise the release of PCBs into the environment from non-scheduled liquid PCB waste; and
- encourage a nationally consistent and acceptable approach to the management and disposal of non-scheduled liquid PCB waste within the framework of the PCB Management Plan.
Consistent with the waste management hierarchy, the following methods for treatment and disposal of non-scheduled liquid PCB waste should be considered in descending order of preference:
- treatment which allows for reuse or recycling of the diluent;
- use as a blending agent to facilitate the approved disposal of scheduled PCB waste;
- disposal by methods which recover energy; and
- disposal by combustion without recovering energy.
Facilities for the treatment and disposal of non-scheduled liquid PCB waste shall:
- be approved by the agency; and
- conform to requirements for discharge to air, water and land that apply to the treatment and disposal of scheduled PCB
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