ASBG prepared a submission for the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) Review of Licensing in NSW.  A key focus is on Environment Protection Licences (EPL) and ways and means in which to improve their efficiency.  Some of the recommendations included:

• Use of a risk index approach which is publically available and calculable to categorise licences in to various levels and set monitoring and licensing frequencies.
• Adopt the Victorian Corporate licence system or similar to improve the administration efficiency for multiple sites operated under one entity.
• Reveiw add-on ad hoc addtional requirements to EPL holders to remove excessive red tape.
• Incorporation of the Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985 licence componants into the Protection of the Environment Operations Act licenses.

The submission provides an number of detailed discussions and examples of red tape in environmental and related licensing.

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ASBG's Submission to IPART - Licensing Review

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