3 x 1.1 hours
Review recorded version at any time on-line for 6 months

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS:

Keep up to date with your environmental compliance obligations

This recorded three session webinar 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 Benefit?: 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.

Webinar Content:

Session 1: NSW Environmental Law Updates                Facilitator: ASBG CEO, Andrew Doig

• Draft Clean Air Strategy, with Load Based Licensing coming
• Draft Energy from Waste Policy
• Draft Approved Methods Sampling and Analysis: Air, Water & Noise
• Draft Regulatory Strategy
• Draft Construction Noise Policy
• POEO (PFAS firefighting Foam) Regulation
• Preparing Environmental Management Plans for Contaminated Land
• DPIE's Teams approach to site regulation
• Other general waste issues

1: Victorian Environmental Laws Update:

• New Environment Protection Amendment Act and Regulation and its implications
• New waste framework
• New Waste Classification Assessment Protocol
• Landfill acceptance and asbestos waste
• Determination of Use for waste reuse & recycling
• New Victorian Waste Act and Waste Authority
• Victorian CDS
• Trouble with PFAS - the Westgate Tunnel Spoil issue

2: Queensland Environmental Laws Update:

• Updated - Progressive Rehabilitation and Closure Plans (PRCP) Guideline
• Updated - Estimated Rehabilitation Cost (ERC) Guideline
• Guideline – Prevention of fires in waste stockpiles
• Regulated wastes –classification and tracking
• Container Deposit System

2: South Australian Environmental Laws Update:

• McLaren Vale landfill - no to PFAS cell
• Waste Levy collection policy
• Current grants and funding
• Environment Protection (Waste Reform) Amendments

3: Other States and Territories:

• Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Bill with new waste levy
• Western Australia’s Container Deposit Scheme
• Western Australia’s draft thresholds for uncontaminated fill
• Sandy Ridge Class V landfill open

3: National,  Federal & NZ Laws: 

• Ambient Air Quality NEPM - to lower Ozone, NOx and SOx levels
• Review of the Used Packaging NEPM
• National Plastics Plan
• Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020
• SafeworkAustralia’s review of all Workplace Exposure Standards
• New Zealand Climate Change Actions

Live Webinar - Note this webinar will be also recorded for viewing anytime after the event for registered delegates.

The main benefit of viewing it live is to ask questions, receive answers.  The Q & A session will also be recorded for each session.

Time:   Sessions recorded for viewing at any time
            login and password for the webinar - access until at least October 2021
Venue:  At your computer desktop - requires 5 Mbs download rate - best to use Chrome internet browser
Price:    Members $90         Non-Members $115

Register and pay by Credit Card or Register and be invoiced