Environmental Protection (Abattoirs) Regulations 2001 (WA)

Western Australia Environmental Protection Act 1986 Environmental Protection (Abattoirs) Regulations 2001 Western Australia Environmental Protection (Abattoirs) Regulations 2001 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Interpretation 1 3. Application 2 Part 2 — Control of dust 4. No emission of visible dust from abattoirs during operation or construction 3 Part 3 — Disposal of dead animals 5. Disposal of dead animals 4 Part 4 — Drainage and the collection of waste materials 6. Design of lairage pens, raceways, and solid waste storage areas 5 7. Drainage or discharge from a slaughterhouse 5 8. Drainage of floors of bleeding area 5 9. Storage of waste material 6 Part 5 — Waste water treatment 10. Uncontaminated storm water not to enter waste water treatment system 7 11. Treatment of contaminated water from lairage pens 7 12. Disposal of solids 7 13. Waste water treatment structures 7 14. Treated waste water irrigation management plan 8 Part 6 — Miscellaneous 15. Offences and penalties 9 16. Transitional 9 17. Amendment of the Environmental Protection Regulations 1987 9 Notes Compilation table 10 Defined terms Environmental Protection Act 1986 Environmental Protection (Abattoirs) Regulations 2001

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Abattoirs) Regulations 2001.

2. Interpretation In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears — abattoir, in relation to an operator, means an abattoir to which these regulations apply at which the operator slaughters animals; bucket trap means a device used to collect solids in a waste water treatment system; containment structure means a structure in a waste water treatment system in which waste water is contained; existing facility means any premises being used as an abattoir immediately before the day on which these regulations come into operation; operator means a person who operates an abattoir; save-all means a tank where greases and oils are collected by settlement or flotation; slaughterhouse means any building on an abattoir in which animals are slaughtered; treated waste water means water that has been treated in a waste water treatment system; treated waste water irrigation management plan means a treated waste water irrigation management plan approved under regulation 14; waste water treatment system means the system used for treating waste water from the operations of an abattoir.