Our policies
The Department of Environment and Resource Management was formed on 26 March 2009 by merging the former Department of Natural Resources and Water and the former Environmental Protection Agency.
In some cases, the documents referred to below relate to these former agencies.
Charging regimes
Information on the charging regimes for many of our products and services is available from the Resource centre. You can access this information according to the type of product or service:
- Maps, imagery, data
- Fact sheets, reports, publications
- Licences, permits, approvals
- Professional and technical services
- Searches and registrations
Additional information of fees and charges
Additional information from fees and charges is also available.
Camping fees
Information on how to obtain a camping permit and pay camping fees before camping in a park, forest or similar reserve.
Development approvals (coastal)
Coastal development approvals.
Ecoaccess
Environmental licences and permits. Pre-design conferencing and application forms, information sheets and guidelines relevant to a range of activities that require an environmental licence or permit.
Environmental and Contaminated Land Register
Information on how to notify a site, conduct a search of the Environmental and Contaminated Land Register or remediation of contaminated land.
Environmentally relevant activities and amounts for annual fees
Prescribed environmentally relevant activities and amounts for annual fees. Environmental Protection Regulation 1998 Schedule 1.
Regulatory fees and charges
The department collects a range of regulatory fees associated with permits for commercial activities in or near parks, the keeping of wildlife, and licensing of the recreational and commercial harvesting of wildlife which are administered by the DERM.
Recreational wildlife licence
The recreational wildlife licence (RWL) service provides online access to apply for certain recreational wildlife licences and receive permits electronically.
Subordinate legislation including regulations
Fees are listed in the Schedules in the relevant subordinate legislation including regulations. Full text of legislation, including Acts and subordinate legislation, administered by the Department of Environment and Resource Management, is provided by the Office the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel.
Waste tracking certificates
The department's waste tracking certificates are used to record the movements of regulated waste from the generator to the treatment, recycling or disposal facility.
Customer service
Compliments, feedback and complaints
We provide a compliments, feedback or complaints service to help us ensure a high level of client service.
Policies and procedures
Information about policies and standards is available from the Resource Centre.
The Resource Centre also contains information about our plans, strategies and agreements.
Last updated: 09 October 2009