Notices and other regulatory documents

Prosecution and enforcement

• EPA Prosecution Guidelines (PDF 153KB)
• 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 297KB)
• Approved Methods for the Sampling and Analysis of Water Pollutants in New South Wales (PDF 42KB)

Chemicals

• Chemical Control Orders (CCOs) - for an up-to-date list of CCOs, consult the Historical Notes section of the Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985 from the NSW Legislation website. As at 2 September 2004, the following five CCOs are in force and were published in the Government Gazettes referred to below

1. Dioxin contaminated waste materials (Government Gazette No 44 of 14.3.1996, p 1182)
2. Aluminium smelter wastes containing fluoride and/or cyanide (Government Gazette No 49 of 21.3.1986, p 1293)
3. Organotin wastes (Government Gazette No 25 of 24.2.1989, p 1148; see also correction notice Government Gazette No 32 of 17.3.1989, p 1431)
4. Scheduled chemical wastes (Government Gazette No 139 of 30.4.2004, p 2283)
5. Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) (Government Gazette No 66 of 20.6.1997, p 4686)

For more information, including electronic copies of the CCOs, see Chemical Control Orders.

Burning of Bio-material

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