Summary Report of the OCP Consultation Panel on Major 
                      Outcomes from OCP Public Consultations 
                                       
                              7 July to 5 August 1997 
                                       
                                       
                                                 
                                       
                                           
                             OCP Consultation Panel: 
                Professor Ian Rae, Dr Peter Brotherton, Mr Claude Gauchat, 
                        Ms Mariann Lloyd-Smith and Mr Volker Maier 
                                       
                 Supported by members of the Waste Management Secretariat: 
          Dr Paul Bainton, Mr Andrew Chalklen, Ms Alison Meeks and Mr Ian Reichstein 
                                           
                                                         September 1998 
                                                                      
                                                         
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
           This report has been prepared and published on behalf of the OCP Consultation Panel by: 
           Waste Management Secretariat 
           c/– Environment Australia 
           PO Box E305 
           KINGSTON  ACT  2604 
           Phone:     1800 657 945 
                      (02) 6274 1475 
           Fax:       (02) 6274 1230 
           E-mail:    ocp@ea.gov.au 
            
                                  
                        TABLE OF CONTENTS 
       GLOSSARY/DEFINITIONS................................................................................................................................................................ i 
       A. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 
       B. SUMMARY — MAJOR ISSUES................................................................................................................................................... 1 
       C. BACKGROUND TO THE OCP CONSULTATIONS SUMMARY REPORT........................................................................2 
       HISTORY AND CONTEXT.......................................................................................................................................................................2 
       THE SCHEDULED WASTES PROCESS.....................................................................................................................................................2 
       THE NATIONAL ADVISORY BODY AND THE SCHEDULED WASTES MANAGEMENT GROUP...................................................3 
       NATIONAL PROTOCOL FOR COMMUNITY CONSULTATION...........................................................................................................3 
       D. THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE OCP WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN – PHASE 3..................4 
       OCP CONSULTATION PANEL...............................................................................................................................................................4 
       THE PANEL MEMBERS...........................................................................................................................................................................4 
       THE DOCUMENTS...................................................................................................................................................................................5 
       THE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS......................................................................................................................................................................5 
       THE NETWORKING STRATEGY.............................................................................................................................................................5 
       ADVERTISING AND NETWORKING......................................................................................................................................................7 
       PROTOCOL FOR THE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS.........................................................................................................................................7 
       THE RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS.......................................................................................................................................7 
       E. OBSERVATIONS ON PHASE 3 OF THE OCP PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM...................................................8 
       COMMENTS ON THE WORKSHOPS.......................................................................................................................................................8 
       F. MAJOR OUTCOMES FROM THE OCP WORKSHOPS........................................................................................................9 
       COMMENTS RELATING TO THE DRAFT FINAL OCP WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN..................................................................9 
        General................................................................................................................................................................................................9 
        Preface...............................................................................................................................................................................................11 
        Section 1: Definitions......................................................................................................................................................................11 
        Section 2: Scope..............................................................................................................................................................................12 
        Section 3: Collections.....................................................................................................................................................................22 
        Section 4: OCP sampling and analysis .........................................................................................................................................50 
        Section 5: Notifiable quantity........................................................................................................................................................52 
        Section 6: OCP-contaminated soil.................................................................................................................................................54 
        Section 7: OCP waste storage, handling and transport.............................................................................................................55 
        Section 8: Destruction of scheduled OCP waste........................................................................................................................69 
        Section 9: Disposal of OCP waste to landfill...............................................................................................................................76 
        Section 10: OCP monitoring...........................................................................................................................................................78 
        Section 11: Certification..................................................................................................................................................................84 
        Section 12: Community participation, education and training..................................................................................................85 
        Section 13: Review..........................................................................................................................................................................98 
        Appendix A: OCPs on ANZECC’s Schedule X..........................................................................................................................99 
        Appendix B: Segregation requirements for scheduled OCP waste..........................................................................................99 
        Appendix C: Guidance note for the disposal of non-scheduled solid OCP waste................................................................99 
        Appendix D: Extract from the National Protocol for the Approval/Licensing of Commercial-scale Facilities for the 
          Treatment of Schedule X Wastes (July 1994)....................................................................................................................100 
                                
       COMMENTS RELATING TO THE DISCUSSION PAPER ON COLLECTION AND DESTRUCTION OF UNWANTED FARM AND 
       HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS..................................................................................................................................................................101 
        General............................................................................................................................................................................................101 
        Section 1: Setting the scene.........................................................................................................................................................101 
        Section 2: Scope of the unwanted chemicals issue..................................................................................................................101 
        Section 3: Some coordination options for making it happen..................................................................................................102 
        Section 4: Operational aspects of managing unwanted farm and household chemicals....................................................102 
        Section 5: Future management of agricultural and veterinary chemicals..............................................................................116 
        Section 6: Conclusions.................................................................................................................................................................116 
        Appendix A: National Collection, Storage and Destruction Scheme Steering Committee membership ..........................116 
        Appendix B: Possible institutional relationship between a coordinating body and other national chemicals collection 
         scheme players.......................................................................................................................................................................116 
        Appendix C: Chemical collection program case studies..........................................................................................................116 
       APPENDICES....................................................................................................................................................................................A-1 
       APPENDIX I: NATIONAL PROTOCOL FOR COMMUNITY CONSULTATION...................................................................A-3 
       APPENDIX II: SAMPLE LETTERS OF INVITATION TO ATTEND WORKSHOPS.............................................................A-5 
       APPENDIX III: LIST OF WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED............................................................................................A-14 
       APPENDIX IV: SAMPLE MEDIA RELEASE..............................................................................................................................A-16 
       APPENDIX V: LIST OF MEDIA ORGANISATIONS CONTACTED......................................................................................A-20 
       APPENDIX VI: WORKSHOP AGENDA......................................................................................................................................A-24 
       APPENDIX VII: LIST OF ATTENDEES AT THE OCP WORKSHOPS...................................................................................A-26 
       APPENDIX VIII: LIST OF INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY..........................................................A-34 
       APPENDIX IX: WORKSHOP EVALUATION FORM...............................................................................................................A-35 
       APPENDIX X: FEEDBACK FROM THE EVALUATION FORMS..........................................................................................A-39