References and other useful resources

EP Act 2017 / Legislative references

Environmental Laws and Regulations 

Supporting you to comply with the general environmental duty (Publication 1741.1)

Know your duties

Risk management

Assessing and controlling risk: A guide for business (Publication 1695.1 )

Meeting your obligations 

Performance objectives

NOPSEMA – Control measures and performance standards (under Scope of validation for a proposed facility)

WorkSafe – Guidance notes, performance standards and indicators 

Reasonably practicable

Reasonably practicable (Publication 1856)

Miscellaneous

Work with a consultant 

Preparing a decommissioning plan 

Our regulatory approach  

Pre-application engagement guidance

Compliance and enforcement policy (Publication 1798)

Guideline for assessing and minimising air pollution (Publication 1961)

Minimise greenhouse gas emissions from your business (Publication 2048)

Management and storage of combustible recyclable and waste materials (Publication 1667.3)

Urban stormwater management guidelines (Publication 1739)

Biofilter design and maintenance (Publication 1880)

Guidance for field odour surveillance (Publication 1881)

Guidance for assessing odour (Publication 1883)

Guidance for assessing nuisance dust (Publication 1943)

Operating organic waste processing facilities (Publication 1588)

Guideline for onsite wastewater management

Victorian guidelines for water recycling (Publication 1910)

Liquid storage and handling guidelines (Publication 1698)

Solid storage and handling guidelines (Publication 1730)

Managing soil disturbance (Publication 1894)

Landfill licensing (Publication 1323.3)

Biofilter design and maintenance (Publication 1880)

Background levels methodology guidance (Publication 2033)

IChEMS – Industrial chemicals environmental management standard

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