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Environment Protection Licences issued
in New South Wales under
Section 55 of the
Protection of Environment Operations Act 1997
(POEO Act) are pretty technical and
complicated for companies
with limited environmental engineering
expertise.
Quite often, these companies just
pay the prescribed licence fee and submit an annual Statement
of
Compliance that is not fully substantiated.
Such a practice may be very costly, as a breach of licence requirement may result in
the maximum penalty of:
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in the case of a corporation - $250,000 and, in
the case of a
continuing offence, a further penalty
of $120,000 for each day the
offence continues, or
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in the case of an individual - $120,000 and, in
the case of a
continuing offence, a further penalty
of $60,000 for each day the
offence continues.
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If you have ANY
PROBLEMS with handling your Environment Protection Licence,
let Pollution
Control Consultancy
and
Design manage it for you.
Our
comprehensive management of NSW Environment
Protection Licences includes:
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1. |
explanation of complex (difficult to understand) parts of your licence
in simple terms;
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2. |
independent verification of compliance with:
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2.1. |
generic licence conditions,
which require that you maintain and operate all
your plant and equipment "in a proper
and efficient manner";
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2.2. |
your site-specific licence
conditions;
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design and implementation of pollution reduction programs (PRP) to achieve compliance
with licence conditions that you
currently breach, if any;
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examination of your licence conditions in
terms of their practicality, and negotiation with
the EPA to vary all
unachievable and/or unreasonable conditions; and
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analysis of your licence load-based fee, if any, to:
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5.1. |
ensure that your fee is not excessive, and
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5.2. |
minimize the cost of your licence.
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It
is common and quite wise
that compliance with an EPA licence
is verified at least once by external experts
(experienced environmental consultants). |
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Licences
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