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The Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) has released its Approach to Risk-based Environmental Compliance for the Resource Industry, following a report […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority has released Guidance for environmental and human health risk assessment of wastewater discharges to surface waters. The purpose of the guidance […]
An updated Noise Guide for Local Government is now available to help councils manage common neighbourhood noise issues. The updated guide will assist Local Government. Noise […]
WA EPA has published its revised Environmental Factor Guideline – Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The purpose of the guideline is to communicate how the factor Greenhouse Gas […]
EPA SA has released the following publications that relate to site contamination, air quality, radioactive material, equipment and its transportation: Evaluation distances for effective air quality […]
EPA Victoria has released the Better Environment Plans Guideline that explains the statutory and administrative requirements of a Better Environment Plan (BEP). It also sets out […]
From 21 February 2023, NSW EPA will conduct a 3 day blitz to engage with farmers on proper pesticide use. The blitz will take place in […]
The EPA has begun consultation on 2 draft guidelines that deal with PFAS in South Australia. As part of the EPA’s regulatory strategy for PFAS management, […]
EPA Victoria has released a new guideline – Hydrogeological assessment guidelines for groundwater quality that provides the preferred practice for hydrogeological assessment (HA) to understand groundwater quality […]
NSW EPA seeks your feedback on the draft guidance on how to prepare a Transport Emergency Response Plan (TERP) for transporting liquid dangerous goods in tanks. […]
NSW EPA has released a guideline – ‘Powers and Notices’ that is designed to help regulatory authorities, authorised officers and enforcement officers understand and use their […]
EPA SA has released the Evaluation distances for effective air quality and noise management guideline. Effective management of air and noise emissions across interfaces between activities […]
The Federal Government is seeking feedback on reforms to the Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism (ADGSM) that are expected to commence on 1 April 2023. The […]
NSW EPA has released information for Assessing financial capacity: Procedure on financial risk assessment. The publication explains how NSW EPA performs a financial risk assessment of […]
The Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has announced a $200 million Community Batteries for Household Solar program that will enable the […]
EPA Victoria is seeking your comment on two draft updated guidelines – Separation distance guideline; Landfill buffer guideline. These updated guidelines will advise?land use […]
EPA SA is seeking feedback on two new PFAS-related guidelines for site suitability and the re-use of PFAS-contaminated waste soils – Draft PFAS-contaminated waste disposal site suitability […]
A new Better Practice Organics Recycling guideline has been released for WA to enable better environmental management in the organics recycling industry by setting out how […]
The Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is seeking input on proposed scheduling decisions under the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard (IChEMS). […]
The Victorian Essential Services Commission has published a new Information Gathering Notice Guideline to support individuals and businesses to understand and comply with compulsory information gathering […]
NSW EPA has released the single-use plastics guide for food service ware items for industry. The guide is intended to assist suppliers to assess whether a […]
The NSW Government has banned the supply of some problematic and single-use plastic items. NSW EPA has released a guide to help suppliers identify if their […]
EPA Victoria has released a new guideline on the Background levels: Identifying naturally occurring chemical substances. The guidance sets out a method and approach for identifying […]
EPA Victoria has released a practical guide, Guideline for Minimising Greenhouse Gas Emissions to help businesses of all sizes to minimise their greenhouse gas emissions.The new […]
EPA Victoria has released new guidance methodology for determining background levels of contaminants when assessing contaminated land. The new guidance, Background Levels: Identifying naturally occurring chemical […]
NSW EPA has released a Guide to Licensing to assist you to determine if you need to hold an environment protection licence under the Protection of […]
NSW EPA has released the Approved Methods for the Modelling and Assessment of Air Pollutants in New South Wales (Approved Methods) that lists the statutory methods […]
EPA SA has released the new SA noise policy for the final phase of the consultation process. The development of the new policy is part of […]
The NSW EPA and NSW Department of Planning and Environment has released the following new publications in the areas of greenhouse gases, air quality and sustainable […]
The Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES) has advised that the calculators and guideline used to determine the estimated rehabilitation costs (ERC) associated with resource […]
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