EPA licences and approvals
Scheduled premises
The Environment Protection (Scheduled Premises and Exemptions) Regulations 2007 designate certain industrial or commercial activities (scheduled categories) which may require an EPA works approval before they are built or modified, and subsequently licensed by EPA to operate.
Works approvals
A works approval permits work to be undertaken which will result in discharge of waste to the environment, increase in, or alteration to, an existing discharge, change in the way waste is treated or change in the way waste is stored.
Licences
Licences are required for all scheduled premises, unless the premises is exempted in the regulations.
Corporate Licences
Following amendments to the Environment Protection Act 1970, companies holding two or more EPA licences can now voluntarily combine these into a single ‘corporate licence’.
Accredited licences
The accredited licensee system is designed to provide companies having sound technical and environmental management systems, together with the commitment to good environmental performance, to be freed from the standard prescriptive approach to works approval and licensing.
Public participation and appeal rights
Appeal rights are provided to enable aggrieved people to seek an independent review by the Administrative Appeal Tribunal of EPA's decisions in respect of works approvals and certain licences.
Second party appeal rights
A second party (the party applying for a works approval or licence/works approval or licence holder) may appeal against EPA's decisions in respect of works approvals and certain licences.
Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) Approvals
Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) Approvals cater for projects that are typically limited in scale, duration and environmental impact.
Fee changes - 1 July 2007
The new fees were published in the Victorian Government Gazette for the 2007-08 financial year.