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Draft guidance on how to prepare a Transport Emergency Response Plan: Comment sought

NSW EPA seeks your feedback on the draft guidance on how to prepare a Transport Emergency Response Plan (TERP) for transporting liquid dangerous goods in tanks. […]

NEW GUIDELINE: New guidance on Powers and Notices for authorised and enforcement officers

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 […]

NEW GUIDELINE: Evaluation distances for effective air quality and noise management guideline: Released

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 […]

Reforms to Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism Guidelines 2023: Comment sought

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 outlines financial risk assessment process for companies

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 […]

Solar Battery Grant Guidelines: Released

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 […]

Draft updated guidelines on Separation distance and landfill buffer: Comment sought

EPA Victoria is seeking your comment on two draft updated guidelines –   Separation distance guideline; Landfill buffer guideline.   These updated guidelines will advise?land use […]

New guidance for managing PFAS: Comment sought

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 […]

New Guideline: Best Practice Organics Recycling

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 […]

Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard: Comments sought

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). […]

NEW GUIDELINE from the Essential Services Commission on Information Gathering Notice Guideline

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 […]

New guidance for industry to identify single-use plastic of food service ware items

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 […]

New guide for suppliers to identify problematic banned plastics: Released

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 […]

NEW GUIDELINE: Background Levels Methodology guidance 2033

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 […]

NEW GUIDELINE to help businesses reduce their greenhouse gas emissions

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 […]

NEW GUIDANCE for Contaminated Land Assessments

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 […]

Guide to Licensing: Released

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 […]

Approved Methods for the Modelling and Assessment of Air Pollutants in NSW Released

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 […]

New SA noise policy: Comment sought

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 […]

New publications from NSW EPA and Department of Planning and Environment re Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Air Emissions

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 […]

NEW GUIDELINE: Revised estimated rehabilitation cost calculators and guideline

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 […]

New Dangerous Goods Publications

The Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has released a number of dangerous good publications: Safety equipment for road vehicles transporting dangerous goods […]

New Guidance for assessing odours

EPA Victoria has released a new Guidance for assessing odours that provides information on how to assess the risk posed by odour emission sources and to […]

Coastal Design Guidelines Review

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment is undertaking a review of the NSW Coastal Design Guidelines.   The updated Guidelines are expected to give councils, communities […]

Review of WA Greenhouse Gas Guidelines: Comment sought

EPA WA is reviewing its Environmental Factor Guideline – Greenhouse Gas Emissions and seeks your feedback on the draft. The purpose of these guidelines, first introduced […]

Draft Greenhouse Gas Guidelines: Comment sought

EPA WA is reviewing its Environmental Factor Guideline – Greenhouse Gas Emissions and invites stakeholders and the public to provide feedback on the draft. The purpose […]

NSW EPA releases ‘Truck Inspection Manual’ to prevent hazardous fires

NSW EPA has released the Truck Inspection Manual  to assist drivers of trucks and businesses on how to identify preventable causes of truck fires. It applies […]

NEW GUIDELINES released for Container Deposit scheme

EPA SA has released the following guidelines that relate to the Container Deposit scheme and intended to assist those participating in the scheme.  The new guidelines […]

Plastic single-use straws – exemptions guidance

From 1 November 2022, the supply of plastic single-use straws will be banned in NSW unless you are an individual with a disability or other medical need, or […]

REMINDER: Managing regulated wastes in QLD

The following information is provided by the QLD Government as a reminder to businesses with operations in QLD:  Under the Environmental Protection Regulation 2019, waste handlers must […]

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