Notices and other regulatory documents

Prosecution and enforcement

• EPA Prosecution Guidelines (PDF 308KB)
• EPA Guidelines for Seeking Environmental Court Orders

Licensing

• Load Calculation Protocol for use by holders of NSW Environment Protection Licences when calculating assessable pollutant loads

Waste

• Notice under section 143 of the POEO Act 1997 (DOC 66KB)
• Waste classification guidelines

Approved methods

• Approved Methods for the Modelling and Assessment of Air Pollutants in NSW (PDF 403KB)
• Approved Methods for the Sampling and Analysis of Air Pollutants in NSW (PDF 1.2MB)
• Approved Methods for the Sampling and Analysis of Water Pollutants in NSW (PDF 1.2MB)
• Approved Methods for the Measurement and Analysis of Environmental Noise in NSW (PDF 792KB) 

Chemical control orders

Chemical Control Orders (CCOs) are created under Part 9.3 E Division 3 of the POEO Act and are used where controls on chemicals or chemical wastes are required beyond current pollution laws to limit their potential or actual impact on the environment.

There are six CCOs in place in NSW:

• aluminium smelter wastes containing fluoride and/or cyanide (PDF 24KB)
• dioxin-contaminated waste materials (PDF 20KB)
• organotin waste materials (PDF 23KB)
• polychlorinated biphenyl compounds (PCBs) (PDF 58KB)
• scheduled chemical wastes (PDF 36KB)
• Minamata Convention on mercury (PDF 178KB)

The EPA may issue a chemical use notice by notice published in the Gazette, which requires users of a specified chemical to provide information to the EPA about their use of the chemical. See Chemical use notices.

Burning of bio-material

• Guidelines for the Burning of Bio-material: Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements for Electricity Generating Facilities (PDF 77KB).