Port of Brisbane Soil Disposal Plan Part 2 Leaseholder Guide

PBPL
8 June 2012
Port of Brisbane Soil Disposal Plan
7 Definitions and Explanatory Notes
Definitions for terms used in the Soil Disposal Plan are provided below.
Contaminated Soil for the purpose of this Plan, means soil where a substance is present at
a concentration greater than the Relevant Guidelines appropriate to the site.
Contaminated Land Register (CLR) is a DEHP register of ‘risk’ sites that contain proven
contaminated land which is causing or may cause serious environmental harm. Land is
recorded of the CLR when scientific investigation shows it is contaminated and action needs
to be taken to remediate or manage the land.
Disposal Soil means soil that is surplus to the development and requires disposal to
another location from where it was excavated.
Environmental Management Register (EMR) is a DEHP land-use planning and
management register. Land that has been or is being used for a notifiable activity, and about
which DEHP is notified, is recorded of the EMR.
Environmentally relevant activity (ERA) means activities with the potential to release
contaminants to the environment. ERAs are defined in Schedule 2 of the Environmental
Protection Regulation 2008. All ERAs are required to have development approval or a code
of environmental compliance, and registration certificate, before the activity can commence,
and incur ongoing fees, as outlined in the regulation.
Exempt waste means waste that is not levyable on disposal as of 1 December 2011.
Lease area refers to the land parcel described in a leaseholders Contract of Lease.
Notifiable Activity ‘Activities that have been identified as likely to cause land
contamination are listed in Schedule 3 of the Environmental Protection Act 1994’.
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