NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS:

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

This seminar will bring participants up to speed on the new and emerging environmental obligations under the Federal  and Australian state environmental law changes. The session is packed with the latest news, requirements and issues affecting environmental management at 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?:

Those with environmental responsibilities or corporate compliance and environmental professionals responsible will find this course useful to cover your national obligations.  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 changes: Waste levy changes, Fire Safety in Waste requirements and Asbestos waste laws
• Recent asbestos regulations and fire controls impact on Recycling and lack of landfill capacity
• Review of SEPP 55 Remediation of Land
• Recovery of Monitory Benefits of illegal activities
• Load Based Licensing – Proposed Changes
• Noise for Industry Policy

Victorian Environmental Laws Update:

• New Environment Protection Amendment Act and its implications
• Hazardous waste fires in Victoria
• Fire standards in waste facilities and their application
• Review of the noise SEPPs
• Variation to the Waste Management Policy (Solid Fuel Heating)

Queensland Environmental Laws Update:

• Queensland’s waste levy and recycling strategy roll out
• Regulated wastes – new classification system
• Revamped Environmental Protection Policies: General (Waste), Air, Noise, Water and Wetland Biodiversity
• Container Deposit System

South Australian Environmental Laws Update:

• Waste Levy collection policy discussion paper
• Environment Protection (Waste Reform) Amendments
• SA Environment Protection (Air Quality) Policy 2016

Other States and Territories:

• 2020 introduction of the Container Deposit Scheme in WA
• Western Australia’s draft thresholds for uncontaminated fill
• Sandy Ridge Class V landfill opening
• Tasmanian waste levy and action plan

National and Federal Laws: National Waste Policy update including

• COAG’s agreement and flow on impacts
• PFAS summary across Australian jurisdictions: PFAS NEMP 2, SA, Victoria, Federal and other states
• Waste levies across Australia - the states which are zero and others going above $100/t
• Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality (ANZG, 2018)
  

Seminar details:

Date: Thursday 26 September 2019
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

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