(MERAF) for the Base Metals Smelting Sector - CCME

Table 39: Australia/New South Wales Hazardous (Metals) Standards
Parameter Description Limit
Type 1 substance
(As, Cd, Hg and Pb)
Type 1 substance
(As, Cd, Hg and Pb)
Type 1 substance
(As, Cd, Hg and Pb)
No pollution control approval or approval
before January 1, 1972
Pollution control approval on or after
January 1, 1972 and before July 1, 1986
Pollution control approval made on or
after July 1, 1986.
20.0 mg of type 1 elements
per m 3 of resulting gases
20.0 mg of type 1 elements
per m 3 of resulting gases
10.0 mg of type 1 elements
or 3.0 mg or Cd or Hg per
m 3 of the resulting gases
Type 1 or 2
substance ( As, Cd,
Pb, Hg, Ni)
Premises that become scheduled on or
after August 1, 1997
5.0 mg of type 1 and 2
elements or 1.0 mg Cd or
Hg per m 3 of resulting gases
With respect to emissions of Particulate Matter, activities that require a licence
are listed under Schedule 1 139 of the Protection of the Environment Operations
Act. These premises are referred to as scheduled premises. Non-ferrous
activities are listed in Schedule 1 as follows:
• Mineral processing or metallurgical works for the commercial production
or extraction of ores (using methods including chemical, electrical,
magnetic, gravity or physico-chemical) or the refinement, processing or
reprocessing of metals involving smelting, casting, metal coating or
metal products recovery that:
− process into ore concentrates an intended capacity of more than
150 tonnes per day of material, or
− smelt, process, coat, reprocess or recover an intended capacity
of more than 10,000 tonnes per year of ferrous or non-ferrous
metals, alloys or their ore-concentrates, or
− crush, grind, shred, sort or store:
° more than 150 tonnes per day, or 30,000 tonnes per year,
of scrap metal and are not wholly contained within a
building, or
° more than 50,000 tonnes per year and are wholly
contained within a building.
Table 40 shows the Particulate Matter limits for scheduled premises and Table
41 shows the Particulate Matter limits for non-scheduled premises
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