NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS:

Keep up to date with your environmental compliance obligations across
Australian jurisdictions

This seminar provides a cost-effective and efficient way of learning the latest environmental law developments. It is also designed to ensuring legal risk registers within your Environmental Management System (EMS) are brought up to date. You will learn about key changes and emerging developments in state and federal environmental legislation relevant to environmental aspects and risks of your business operations.

Purpose:

Businesses and organisations need keep up to date with new environmental legislation to avoid costly surprises. Also those operating an ISO 14001 EMS must establish, implement and maintain procedures to identify and access legal requirements applicable to their environmental aspects and risks. The Environmental Legislative Update webinar helps your businesses achieve this.

Who Should Attend?:

Environmental managers and professionals responsible for national compliance will find this course useful to cover your national obligations. The webinar is scheduled to be viewed live over lunch, so you can eat and learn. Also useful for ensuring your ISO 14001 legal registers are up to date and meet auditor’s requirements.

Content:

NSW Environmental Law Updates Facilitator: ASBG CEO, Andrew Doig

• Changes to waste legislation:Waste Regulation proposed changes: Waste levy reduction changes, China’s Green Sword Impact on Recycling, C&D and Scrap metal recyclers standards and the Container Deposit Scheme
• Load Based Licensing – Proposed Changes
• Clean Air for NSW - impacts for businesses
• Drone use by EPA and protocol
• Noise and Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Regulations Changes

Victorian Environmental Laws Update:

• Prescribed Industrial Waste transport interstate - changes made
• Environment Protection (Scheduled Premises and Exemptions) Regulations 2017
• Industrial Waste Resource Regulation Review
• Proposed E-Waste Landfill Ban
• Other reviews →  Noise, Water and PIW Regulations

Queensland Environmental Laws Update:

• Cross border volumes of wastes in to Queensland
• Chain of Responsibility Guidelines and what they mean
• New Financial Assurances
• Ban on Underground Coal Seam Gasification
• Waste Reform Regulatory Impact Statement
• Water monitoring and sampling manual

South Australian Environmental Laws Update

• Environment Protection (Waste Reform) Amendments
• Local Nuisance and Littering Act and Regulations
• Energy Security Target and actions
• SA new Environment Protection (Air Quality) Policy 2016

Other States and Territories

• Western Australia’s Draft Odour Guidelines
• ACT’s Climate Strategy and Carbon Tax

National and Federal Laws

• PFAS summary across Australian jurisdictions
• National Energy Guarantee
• Waste levies across Australia the states which are zero and others going above $100/t
• NEPC Update: Ambient Air NEPM and waste policies

Seminar details:

Date: Thursday 22 March 2018
Time: 8.20am (Registrations) for 8:30 am to 12.20 pm
Venue: The Chatswood Club, Level 1, 11 Help Street, Chatswood
Cost: $285 (ASBG members) or $340 (Non Members)

Register and pay by Credit Card or Register and be invoiced