Licensing and regulation

Our permissions include licences, permits and registrations. We also issue authorisations and exemptions. The type of permission you need depends on the type of activity and the level of risk to human health and the environment.

Managing industrial waste is a part of doing business. If your business produces, generates, transports, receives, stores, processes or disposes of industrial waste, you have duties and obligations to meet under the law.

We regulate laws to protect human health and the environment from pollution and waste.

We can issue fines or apply penalties to enforce the law. This includes orders, notices and directions.

You have legal duties and obligations to protect human health and the environment from pollution and waste.

Apply to have an EPA decision reviewed by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).

Search our public registers for information on EPA's permission decisions and other regulatory activities.

Opportunities to be involved in our decisions about protecting the environment and human health from pollution and waste.