Schedule 1: D List

Disposal (D) Operations:

D1

Release into or onto land, other than by any operation set out in D3 to D5 and D12

D2

Land treatment

D3

Deep injection

D4

Surface impoundment

D5

Specially engineered landfilling

D6

Release into water, other than a sea or ocean, other than by the operation set out in D4

D7

Release into a sea or ocean, including sea-bed insertion, other than by the operation set out in D4

D8

Biological treatment, not otherwise set out in this table

D9

Physical or chemical treatment, not otherwise referred to in this table, such as evaporation, drying, calculation, neutralization or precipitation

D10

Incineration and thermal treatment on land

D11

Incineration and thermal treatment at sea

D12

Permanent storage

D13

Blending or mixing prior to disposal by any operation set out in D1 to D12

D14

Repackaging prior to disposal by any operation set out in D1 to D13

D15

Interim storage

D16

Release, including the venting of compressed or liquefied gases, or treatment, other than by any operation set out in D1 to D12

D17

Testing of a new technology to dispose of a hazardous

D18

Operations, other than D1 to 12 or D16, as defined by the regulatory authority

Footnotes:

D1-D12, D16 and D18 operations are considered to constitute final disposal.

Whereas,

• D13-D15 and D17 operations are considered intermediary operations which will lead to final disposal; and
• D15 refers to the interim storage operations undertaken at transfer stations.