Environment and Resource Management

Operational policies

NOTE: This list includes publications that are specific to mining or petroleum activities.

Environmental Protection Act 1994

Section
s.23

Ensuring orders/notices/directions do not result in unsafe conditions or a breach of other legislation
s.89H & 215 What is substantial compliance with the public notice requirements?
s.75 Material change in intensity or scale for an Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA)
s.129 & 290

What is a clerical or formal error?
s.131 & 293 Defining suspension of an environmental authority or registration certificate
s.142 How should applicant suitability be assessed
s.147 Licensing mine sites for quarrying and screening
s.149 Defining a mining project
s.241 & 245 Changing level of Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA) by amendment
s.252 When should an amendment application be refused on the grounds that a replacement authority is more appropriate?
s.273 When is landowner input required?
s.364 & 367 Circumstances for requiring financial assurance on a development approval
s.426

When should a contractor hold a registration certificate?
s.490(7)

What is an "appropriately qualified person (analyst)"?
s.521

Application for a review of an original decision when sufficient information has not been supplied
s.521

Which officers review original decisions
Sch 3 Who can operate under a development approval for a mobile and temporary environmentally relevant activity (ERA)?

Waste water discharge to Queensland waters

Draft Procedural Guide - Procedural Information for the Operational Policy Waste Water discharge to Queensland Waters (pg 1-34) (PDF, 1.7M)*

Draft Procedural Guide - Procedural Information for the Operational Policy Waste Water discharge to Queensland Waters (pg 35-83) (PDF, 3.2M)*


Environmental Protection Regulation 1998

s.40B

Environmental Nuisance - devolution to local governments
s.52

Transitional Environmental Program (TEP) fees
Sch 1 & 7 Conditions under which certain sugar industry by-products are not regulated waste
Sch 1 & 7 Use of waste materials in agricultural activities
Sch 1, item 15

Is greywater considered to be sewage?
Sch 1, item 15

Approval of sewage treatment plants including options for use of reclaimed water
Sch 1, item 16 What is a municipal water treatment plant?
Sch 1, item 18 Monitoring stack emissions from natural gas-fired power stations
Sch 1, item 19 What activities are included in Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA) 19 (dredging)?
Sch 1, items 21-21D Disposal and storage of scrap tyres at mine sites
Sch 1, item 69

Maintenance and repair of boats in water
Sch 1, item 75 When will liners and gas collection be required for landfills?
Sch 1, item 75 Licensing requirements for construction and demolition (C&D) wastes
Sch 1, item 83 Regulated waste transport
Sch 7

The use of waste oil
Sch 7

Management for beneficial reuse of biosolids from sewage treatment plants (STP)
Sch 8B Grease trap waste management

Waste water discharge to Queensland waters

Draft Procedural Guide - Procedural Information for the Operational Policy Waste Water discharge to Queensland Waters (pg 1-34) (PDF, 1.7M)*

Draft Procedural Guide - Procedural Information for the Operational Policy Waste Water discharge to Queensland Waters (pg 35-83) (PDF, 3.2M)*

Environmental Protection (Waste Management) Regulation 2000

s.37 Approval of a waste handler's way of giving information - fees payable

Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy 1997

Road noise complaints

Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 1997

Licensing wastewater releases from existing marine prawn farms in Queensland

Waste water discharge to Queensland waters

Draft Procedural Guide - Procedural Information for the Operational Policy Waste Water discharge to Queensland Waters (pg 1-34) (PDF, 1.7M)*

Draft Procedural Guide - Procedural Information for the Operational Policy Waste Water discharge to Queensland Waters (pg 35-83) (PDF, 3.2M)*

Integrated Planning Act 1997

s.1.3.5 Material change in intensity or scale for an Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA)
s.3.8.1 Who can operate under a development approval for a mobile and temporary environmentally relevant activity (ERA)?

Waste water discharge to Queensland waters

Draft Procedural Guide - Procedural Information for the Operational Policy Waste Water discharge to Queensland Waters (pg 1-34) (PDF, 1.7M)*

Draft Procedural Guide - Procedural Information for the Operational Policy Waste Water discharge to Queensland Waters (pg 35-83) (PDF, 3.2M)*

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Last updated: 17 June 2009

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