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Your metal production and processing business may need a permit, licence, authorisation or exemption to prevent your activities from causing pollution or harming human health. Metal production and processing includes manufacturing ferrous, non-ferrous and precious metals and alloys; metal forming processes; bar, wire and tube drawing; and metal casting.
Metal production and processing businesses can have a number of impacts on the environment, including:
This guide will help you check if your business needs a pollution prevention and control (PPC) permit, waste management licence, registered exemption or other environmental authorisation, such as a trade effluent consent, radioactive substance registration or authorisation or hazardous waste pre-notification.
You can be fined or even sent to prison if you don't have the correct permit, licence, authorisation or exemption.