Chapter 4: Review of Australian Market, Legislation and Regulations

Authors:

Craig Heidrich, Ash Development Association of Australia
Peter Heeley, Heeley’s Consulting

Summary:

Whilst effective utilisation continues to grow, still more than 9 Mt being placed into storage dams or other on-site or nearby facilities, with potential for additional use. It is estimated more than 400 million tonnes of CCPs have been stored in homogeneous ash dams located across Australia. Given the appropriate opportunities these stored materials could be further exploited or mined.

Index:

  1. 4.1 The Ash Utilisation Market
    1. 4.1.1 Transport of ash products
    2. 4.1.2 The economics of ash production
    3. 4.1.3 The economics of ash utilisation
    4. 4.1.4 Interconnections between different players in the industry
    5. 4.1.5 Current and potential legislative and other impacts
    6. 4.1.6 International experience
  2. 4.2 Summary of Relevant Legislation
    1. 4.2.1 Definitions
    2. 4.2.2 Commonwealth of Australia – legislation
    3. 4.2.3 New South Wales – legislation
    4. 4.2.4 Victoria – legislation
    5. 4.2.5 South Australia – legislation
    6. 4.2.6 Western Australia – legislation
    7. 4.2.7 Queensland – legislation
    8. 4.2.8 Tasmania – legislation
    9. 4.2.9 ACT and Northern Territory – legislation
    10. 4.2.10 Overseas policies
      • United States of America
      • United Kingdom
    11. 4.2.11 Summary of findings
    12. 4.2.12 Context
  3. 4.3 References
  4. Appendix: US EPA environmental fact sheet

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