The Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1991

Section 3.4 Other mineral processes

PART A Nil

PART B

(a)

The crushing, grinding or other size reduction or the grading, screening or heating of any designated mineral or mineral product except where—

(i)

the process falls within a description in another Section of this Schedule;

(ii)

the process is related to another process falling within such a description; or

(iii)

the operation of the process is unlikely to result in the release into the air of particulate matter.

(b)

Any of the following processes unless carried on at an exempt location or as part of a process falling within another description in this Schedule—

(i)

crushing, grinding or otherwise breaking up coal or coke or any other coal product;

(ii)

screening, grading or mixing coal, or coke or any other coal product;

(iii)

loading or unloading coal, coke or any other coal product except unloading on retail sale.

(c)

The crushing, grinding or other size reduction, with machinery designed for that purpose, of bricks, tiles or concrete.

(d)

Screening the product of any such process as is described in paragraph (c).

(e)

Coating roadstone with tar or bitumen.

In this section—

• “coal” includes lignite;

• “designated mineral or mineral product” means—

  (i)

  clay, sand and any other naturally occurring mineral other than coal or lignite;

  (ii)

  metallurgical slag;

  (iii)

  boiler or furnace ash produced from the burning of coal, coke or any other coal product;

  (iv)

  gypsum which is a by-product of any process; and

• “exempt location” means—

  (i)

  any premises used for the sale of coal, coke or any coal product by retail where at least 90% on aggregate of the coal, coke and coal products which are removed from those premises are supplied to persons purchasing in quantities of 10 tonnes or less; or

  (ii)

  any premises to which coal, coke or any coal product is supplied only for use there.

Nothing in this Section applies to any process carried on underground.