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The Guide to licensing is a general guide to EPA’s environment protection licensing requirements and provides information to help you determine if you are required to hold an environment protection licence and the steps to be followed to obtain a licence.

Download licence forms, or you can use eConnect EPA online licensing tool for a number of processes relating to environment protection licences.

All licences attract annual administrative fees and some licences will also require payment of annual load-based fees.

The EPA's risk-based licensing system aims to ensure that all environment protection licensees receive an appropriate level of regulation based on the level of risk they pose. Moving to a risk-based system is an important and positive change to environment protection licensing in NSW.

Information about the risk-based licensing risk assessment process.

This is an application to request an internal review of a risk level allocated to a premises-based activity licence issued under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (‘POEO Act’).

The EPA takes in to account the type and nature of emissions from licensed activities, pollution control measures in place, proximity to and sensitivity of the environment and receptors, including residents, to determine the licence environmental risk level.

Information about the Environmental Calculation Protocol.