The Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC) invited submissions on the largest change in over 10 years on the Assessment of Contaminated Sites National Environment Protection Measure (ACS NEPM).  The changes are a doubling of the current ACS NEPM which is the most comprehensive and complex NEPM.

ASBG raised a number of issues which are summarised as: 

• Consultation on the NEPM its Schedules and supporting documentation
• Overview of the impact of the total changes on businesses including:
  *  Sampling and investigation implications
  *  Risk assessment
  *  Auditor implications
• Aesthetics its reference and usage.

ASBG's main recommendations focused on improved education about the NEPM, the expected increased demand for site auditors and clarity issues in the application of asethetics in site assessment.

Attachments:

ASBG Submission on the ACS NEPM

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