Prosecution and enforcement
Licensing
Waste
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 3, Division 5 of the Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985 (EHC 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)