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16 Apr 2024
Regulating chemicals in NSW
A guide to understanding the laws about chemicals, licences, and Chemical Control Orders.
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16 Apr 2024
National and international regulatory frameworks
National chemical management schemes and international agreements support the framework for regulating potentially harmful chemicals in NSW.
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16 Apr 2024
Radiation protection information for the general public
Learn more about radiation use in medical research, household smoke detectors, CT scans, and lasers.
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16 Apr 2024
Hazardous and liquid wastes
As well as the general regulatory requirements relating to waste, additional regulations apply to generating, storing, transporting, treating and disposing of hazardous and liquid wastes.
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16 Apr 2024
Newsroom
Media releases from the EPA, the Minister's office and news articles.
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15 Apr 2024
Changes to the regulation of industrial chemicals
Changes have been made to the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (POEO Act) to strengthen the regulation of industrial chemicals and align NSW with new national standards for industrial chemicals environmental risk management.
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15 Apr 2024
Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard
The Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard or ‘IChEMS’ was developed collaboratively by Commonwealth, state and territory governments to harmonise industrial chemical environmental risk management across Australia.