❓ Hon Diane Evers asks the Minister for Environment about developing criteria for lithium tailings within the state's Landfill Waste Classification. The Minister clarifies that lithium tailings are typically stored in tailings storage facilities regulated under the Environmental Protection Act 1986, not landfills.
AnsweredQoN 1030Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
LITHIUM TAILINGS
1030. Hon DIANE EVERS to the Minister for Environment:
This question is from June, so I hope
the answer is in the back of the minister's folder. I refer to the need
to store lithium tailings in Western Australia.
(1) Will the
government develop criteria for lithium tailings to be included in the state's
Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions?
(2) If yes to
(1), when will the criteria be included in the Landfill Waste Classification
and Waste Definitions?
(3) If no to (1), why not?
1030. Hon DIANE EVERS to the Minister for Environment:
This question is from June, so I hope
the answer is in the back of the minister's folder. I refer to the need
to store lithium tailings in Western Australia.
(1) Will the
government develop criteria for lithium tailings to be included in the state's
Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions?
(2) If yes to
(1), when will the criteria be included in the Landfill Waste Classification
and Waste Definitions?
(3) If no to (1), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) Lithium
tailings are typically stored in a tailings storage facility and not disposed
to a landfill. The Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996, as
amended in 2019, applies to landfills and provides general guidance on the
acceptability of waste streams and contaminant thresholds for different classes
of landfill. The material deposited into tailings storage facilities and any
associated emissions are regulated by the
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation through the Environmental
Protection Act 1986.
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) Lithium
tailings are typically stored in a tailings storage facility and not disposed
to a landfill. The Landfill Waste Classification and Waste Definitions 1996, as
amended in 2019, applies to landfills and provides general guidance on the
acceptability of waste streams and contaminant thresholds for different classes
of landfill. The material deposited into tailings storage facilities and any
associated emissions are regulated by the
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation through the Environmental
Protection Act 1986.
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