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ACLCA NSW Young Achiever Award 2020

11/08/2020

Our ACLCA NSW Young Achiever Award presentations were held on Wednesday 29th July, in a new online format, and this was very well attended with over 80 members logging in to watch the presentations.  Thank you so much to those who attended […]

NSW EPA Guidelines Updated

11/07/2020

NSW EPA has advised that some minor amendments to two NSW EPA Contaminated Land Guidelines have been made and the two guidelines have been republished.  The notice relating to the publishing of the amended guidelines was issued in the NSW […]

PFAS NEMP 2.0

11/05/2020

Version 2 of the PFAS National Environmental Management Plan (PFAS NEMP 2.0) has now been published. The updated PFAS NEMP is available at the website of the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment here: https://www.environment.gov.au/protection/chemicals-management/pfas. All states, territories and […]

Updated Guidelines for Consultants Reporting on Contaminated Land

11/04/2020

The Guidelines for Consultants Reporting on Contaminated Land form part of a series of statutory guidelines made or approved by the EPA to support the administration of the CLM Act.  The newly updated guidelines were released on 4th April 2020 and came […]

ACLCA NSW response to COVID-19

10/04/2020

NSW Health response and company responses to the spread of COVID-19 are rapidly evolving.

NSW EPA is seeking feedback on updated guidelines

02/10/2019

NSW EPA is currently seeking feedback on updated components of the Contaminated Land Guidelines

Consultation on Draft of Version 2 of PFAS NEMP – EPA VIC

01/10/2019

The PFAS National Environmental Management Plan (NEMP) was published in February 2018 following agreement by all Australian Environment Ministers. The Heads of EPAs (HEPA) National Chemicals Working Group (NCWG) has been working since to clarify and expand on the guidance in the NEMP. […]

NSW EPA – UPSS Stakeholder Briefing and Discussion Forum

11/09/2019

On 1 September 2019, the regulation of underground petroleum storage systems (UPSS) in NSW will become a shared responsibility between the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and local councils. The NSW EPA is holding a briefing and discussion forum for the […]

Consultation of draft of version 2 of the PFAS National Environmental Management Plan

11/04/2019

The PFAS National Environmental Management Plan (NEMP) was published in February 2018 following agreement by all Australian Environment Ministers. The Heads of EPAs (HEPA) National Chemicals Working Group (NCWG) has been working since then to clarify and expand on the […]

2018 Changes to the EP&A Act – Planning Certificates

27/09/2018

In November 2017 the NSW Government passed legislation to update the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act). The changes to the Act commenced on Thursday 1 March 2018. The Department of Planning and Environment have created a Guide to […]