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LEX-FAOC080120

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20

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The present Code enacts the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act. The Code lays down provisions relating to land treatment of soil containing hydrocarbons. Section 2 of Part 2 establishes that any person who constructs, operates, or reclaims a registered site, must do so in accordance with this Code of Practice, unless the site is the subject of an approval issued under section 6(3) of the Activities Designation Regulation. The text consists of 9 Parts as follows: Definitions (1); General requirements (2); Registration application (3); Site and Design requirements (4); Operational requirements (5); Decommissioning and closure requirements (6); Reporting requirements (7); Record keeping requirements (8); Code of practice administration (9).

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