Key Issues covered include:

• Resource Recovery Exemptions (RRE): Update and the Revised ENM Exemption
• Reform of the Waste Levy and other changes
• Waste and the Carbon tax, are you paying too much?
• Workshop on the classification and of waste and use of RREs

Morning Seminar: Get the regulators, lawyers and consultant's issues and opinions on the new changes coming through in waste laws:

• Stephen Beaman, Director Waste Strategy and Programs Delivery, EPA
  Waste Reform: Progress and outcomes of the Review of the NSW Waste Levy
• Julie Cattle,  EPA
  Using Resource Recovery Exemptions (RRE), generic and specific and the recent amendments to the ENM RRE
• Patrick Ibbotson, Partner, Maddocks
  A legal perspective on the waste laws including constitutional issues and impact of the carbon tax on waste.
• Andrew Quinn, GHD
  Calculating carbon emissions on specific waste streams
• Andrew Doig, National Director, ASBG
  A business perspective on waste issues such as the waste levy, RREs and management of hazardous wastes.
  

Afternoon Workshop: A half-day Workshop on Classification, tracking and use of RREs covering:

• Overview of the waste laws covering licensing for activities and storage thresholds
• Use of General Resource Recovery Exemption (RREs) and how to apply them
• Tips on when and how to apply for specific RRE applications
• Measurement and sampling variations for RREs for large waste quantities
• Overview the triggers for hazardous waste classification e.g. dangerous goods Properly classify controlled waste according to the new Waste Guidelines and review other classification guidelines
• Detail uses of the TCLP, CT tests and putrescible test; when to use it and what to test for and how the test works
• Identify immobilisation practices used to permit controlled waste to be landfill acceptable, and what occurs if you exceed the SCC test thresholds
• Examine the tracking system for controlled waste in NSW and interstate
• Consider the various waste management options available

Dates: Tuesday 30 October 2012 (Sydney)
Seminar Time: 8.15am (Registrations) for 8.30am to 12.30pm
Workshop time: 1:15 pm to 5 pm
Venue: Maddocks, 123 Pitt Street Sydney
Cost: $275 (ASBG WMAA, NSW BC Members and Maddocks clients) or $330 (Non Members) for seminar
$395 (ASBG WMAA, NSW BC Members and Maddocks clients) or $475 (Non Members) for both seminar and workshop

Options include:

• Downloading the pdf flyer and faxing the registration to ASBG on (02) 9383 8916 and we will bill you
• Click on the on-line registration button to register with the option of credit card payments or billing you

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Waste Reform Update Seminar and Workshop 30 October 2012

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