Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 (Qld)

Queensland Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 Subordinate Legislation 2007 No. 133 made under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 Contents Part 1 1 Part 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Environmental Protection Regulation 1998 Regulation amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 3F (EIS assessment report—Act, s 59(e)) . . . . 3 Omission of pt 3 (Ozone depleting substances). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 44AB (Application fee not payable if prior application for development approval made) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Omission of s 61 (Approved training courses and qualified persons) ....................................... 4 Amendment of s 62 (Review of decisions and appeal) . . . . . . . . 4 Insertion of new pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Part 5 Transitional provision for the Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 64 Transitional provision for amended sch 1, item 16 . . . 5 Amendment of sch 1 (Prescribed environmentally relevant activities and amounts for annual fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of sch 1A, s 6 (Criteria for environmental authority (mining lease)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Part 3 20 21 2 Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 No. 133, 2007 Amendment of sch 1A, s 7 (Criteria for other environmental authority (mining activities)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Omission of schs 2–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacement of sch 8A (Prescribed organisations for contaminated land matters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule 8A Prescribed organisations for contaminated land matters Omission of sch 8C, s 6 (Decision period—Act, s 181) . . . . . . . . Renumbering of sch 8C, divs 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new sch 8C, div 3, heading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 8C, s 9 (Assessment period for EM plan assessment report—Act, s 205) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 8C, s 10 (Decision to refuse or allow to proceed—Act, s 207) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Regulation2000 Regulation amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 2 (Environmental legislation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 11

s1 3 s4 Environmental Protection and Other Legislation No. 133, 2007 Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 . Part 2 Amendment of Environmental Protection Regulation 1998 2 Regulation amended in pt 2 This part amends the EnvironmentalProtectionRegulation 1998. 3 Amendment of s 3F (EIS assessment report—Act, s 59(e)) (1) Section 3F(1)(c) and (d), ‘description’— omit, insert— ‘summary’. (2) Section 3F(1)(e), ‘a statement of conditions’— omit, insert— ‘to the extent practicable, a recommendation for any conditions’. (3) Section 3F(1)(f)— omit. 4 Omission of pt 3 (Ozone depleting substances) Part 3— omit.

s5 4 s7 Environmental Protection and Other Legislation No. 133, 2007 Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 5 Amendment of s 44AB (Application fee not payable if prior application for development approval made) (1) Section 44AB(1)(a), after ‘chapter 4 activity’— insert— ‘(the development approval activity )’. (2) Section 44AB— insert— ‘(3) Subsection (4) applies if— (a) the application for the registration certificate also includes an activity (the code activity ) to which a code of environmental compliance applies; and (b) the annual fee component of the application fee for the code activity is higher than the annual fee component of the application fee for the development approval activity. ‘(4) Despite subsection (2), an application fee for the registration certificate is payable in an amount equivalent to the difference between the annual fee component for the code activity and the annual fee component for the development approval activity.’. 6 Omission of s 61 (Approved training courses and qualified persons) Section 61— omit. 7 Amendment of s 62 (Review of decisions and appeal) (1) Section 62(1)(a)— omit. (2) Section 62(1)(b) to (h)— renumber as section 62(1)(a) to (g).

s8 5 s8 Environmental Protection and Other Legislation No. 133, 2007 Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 (3) Section 62(2)(a), ‘(1)(a)(i) or’— omit . (4) Section 62(2)(b)— omit. (5) Section 62(2)(c) to (i)— renumber as section 62(1)(b) to (h). 8 Insertion of new pt 5 After section 63D— insert— ‘Part 5 Transitional provision for the Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 ‘64 Transitional provision for amended sch 1, item 16 ‘(1) Subsection (2) applies if— (a) before the commencement of the amending provision— (i) an activity was being carried out; and (ii) schedule 1, item 16 did not apply to the carrying out of the activity; and (b) on the commencement the activity becomes an activity to which schedule 1, item 16 applies. ‘(2) Despite the commencement of the amending provision, schedule 1, item 16 does not apply in relation to the activity until 1 July 2008. ‘(3) In this section— amending provision means the Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Regulation (No. 1) 2007, section 9.

s 9 6 s 10 Environmental Protection and Other Legislation No. 133, 2007 Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 Note — Section 427 of the Act will not apply to the person carrying out the activity until 1 November 2008. See section 73T of the Act.’. 9 Amendment of sch 1 (Prescribed environmentally relevant activities and amounts for annual fees) Schedule 1, item 16— omit, insert— ‘16 Water treatment—treating 20ML or more of water a day in a way that releases treated or untreated waste into the environment, other than by— (a) a treatment involving the disinfection of the water only; or (b) a treatment associated with an environmentally relevant activity mentioned in schedule 1, item 15, 75, 76, 81, 84 or 85; or (c) discharging trade waste into a local government’s sewerage infrastructure under a trade waste approval given under the Water Act 2000 , section 469 2 nil’. 10 Amendment of sch 1A, s 6 (Criteria for environmental authority (mining lease)) (1) Schedule 1A, section 6, heading, after ‘(mining lease)’— insert— ‘ —Act, s 151 ’. (2) Schedule 1A, section 6(1), ‘apply’— omit, insert— ‘are prescribed for the Act, section 151(1)(a) and (2)(b)(i)’. (3) Schedule 1A, section 6(1)(c), ‘, or within 2km of,’— omit.

s 11 7 s 13 Environmental Protection and Other Legislation No. 133, 2007 Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 (4) Schedule 1A, section 6(1)(d), ‘, or within 1km of,’— omit . 11 Amendment of sch 1A, s 7 (Criteria for other environmental authority (mining activities)) (1) Schedule 1A, section 7, heading, after ‘(mining activities)’— insert— ‘ —Act, s 151 ’. (2) Schedule 1A, section 7, from ‘apply’ to ‘other’— omit, insert— ‘are prescribed for the Act, section 151(1)(a) and (2)(b)(i) for mining activities allowed, or to be allowed, under an environmental authority (mining activities), other than’. 12 Omission of schs 2–5 Schedules 2 to 5— omit. 13 Replacement of sch 8A (Prescribed organisations for contaminated land matters) Schedule 8A— omit, insert— ‘Schedule 8A Prescribed organisations for contaminated land matters section 63C 1 Australasian Radiation Protection Society 2 Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology 3 Australian Institute of Environmental Health

s 14 8 s 16 Environmental Protection and Other Legislation No. 133, 2007 Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 4 Australian Institute of Geoscientists 5 Australian Society of Soil Science 6 Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand 7 Institute of Explosives Engineers 8 Institution of Chemical Engineers Australia 9 Institution of Engineering and Mining Surveyors Australia 10 Planning Institute of Australia 11 South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association 12 The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 13 Engineers Australia 14 The Institution of Surveyors Australia 15 The Royal Australian Chemical Institute’. 14 Omission of sch 8C, s 6 (Decision period—Act, s 181) Schedule 8C, section 6— omit. 15 Renumbering of sch 8C, divs 3 and 4 Schedule 8C, divisions 3 and 4— renumber as schedule 8C, divisions 4 and 5. 16 Insertion of new sch 8C, div 3, heading Schedule 8C, after section 8— insert— ‘Division 3 Environmental authority (mining lease) applications ’.

s 17 9 s 19 Environmental Protection and Other Legislation No. 133, 2007 Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 17 Amendment of sch 8C, s 9 (Assessment period for EM plan assessment report—Act, s 205) (1) Schedule 8C, section 9(1), ‘205(2), subject to subsection (2),’— omit, insert— ‘205(3), subject to subsections (2) and (3),’. (2) Schedule 8C, section 9— insert— ‘(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), if the EM plan assessment report is, under section 205(4) of the Act, included in an EIS assessment report, the period is the period applying to the EIS assessment report under section 57(2) of the Act.’. 18 Amendment of sch 8C, s 10 (Decision to refuse or allow to proceed—Act, s 207) (1) Schedule 8C, section 10, ‘later’— omit, insert— ‘last’. (2) Schedule 8C, section 10— insert— ‘(d) if an EIS assessment report or EM plan assessment report states that a submitted EM plan does not comply with section 203 of the Act—an EM plan assessment report is given to the applicant about the submitted EM plan, after it has been amended, stating that it complies with section 203 of the Act.’. 19 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 9, definitions aerosol product , AFCAM , approved training course , certificate of approval , CFC , commercial or industrial airconditioning equipment , commercial or industrial refrigeration equipment, commission , controlled article , controlled substance , decommission , domestic airconditioning equipment , domestic refrigeration equipment ,

s 20 10 s 20 Environmental Protection and Other Legislation No. 133, 2007 Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 fixed halon system , fixed HCFC system , halon , HCFC , industry code of practice , install , miscellaneous controlled substance , motor vehicle airconditioning equipment , portable halon fire extinguisher , portable HCFC fire extinguisher , qualified person , reclaim , schedule 3 activity , service and sterilisation equipment— omit. (2) Schedule 9— insert— ‘ bed , of any waters, for schedule 1, item 19— (a) includes an area covered, permanently or intermittently, by tidal waters; but (b) does not include an area of dry land that is occasionally covered by flood waters. dredging , for schedule 1, item 19, does not include any of the following— (a) dredging of underground waters; (b) removing less than 250m 3 of material from a site; (c) constructing canals or drains from dry land; (d) removing accumulated sediment from concrete lined drains or sediment traps; (e) removing sediment from a site, that is not under water, to help storm water flow over land.’. Part 3 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2000 20 Regulation amended in pt 3 This part amends the StatePenaltiesEnforcementRegulation 2000.

s 21 11 s 21 Environmental Protection and Other Legislation No. 133, 2007 Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 21 Amendment of sch 2 (Environmental legislation) Schedule 2, entry for EnvironmentalProtectionRegulation1998 , column 1 and 2 entries for sections 7(1) to 38(2)— omit. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 21 June 2007. 2 Notified in the gazette on 22 June 2007. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Environmental Protection Agency. © State of Queensland 2007