Dr Bruce Kennedy

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National Environment Protection Measures

• Dr Bruce Kennedy
• Environment Protection Heritage
  CouncilNational Environment Protection Council

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• This presentation
• National policy development
• approaches and forums
• Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment
• National Environment Protection Council
• Air Quality Instruments
• including National Environment Protection Measures

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• Policy and Regulation loci
• National - State - Local
• National Response
• consistency for business/national markets
• equivalent environment protection
• State programs - congruency/augmentation
• international competitiveness
• international obligations
• political imperatives

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• National Approaches
• Commonwealth law
• Consistent state and territory law
• National legal instruments - NEPMs
• National Policy - Ministerial Councils
• Agreements - multilateral/bilateral

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• Ministerial Councils
• Australian Environment Council (AEC)
• Australian New Zealand Environment Council
  (ANZEC)
• Australian New Zealand Environment Conservation
  Council (ANZECC)
• National Environment Protection Council
• Environment Protection and Heritage Council

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• Environment Protection and Heritage Council
• Objective
• Ensure protection of the environment and heritage
  of Australia and New Zealand
• Priority Issues
• Air Quality
• Waste Management
• Water Quality
• Eco-efficiency and Sustainability
• Chemicals
• Participation of ATSI People
• Heritage
• Data/Reporting
• Working in Partnership across Government

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• Intergovernmental Agreement on the
• Environment (1992)
• Co-operative national approach
• Better definition of roles of governments
• Reduction in disputes
• Greater certainty of Government and business
  decision making
• Better environmental protection

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• IGAE
• Roles and responsibilities
• Principles of environmental policy
• Implementation
• Schedules
• Resource assessment
• Environmental impact assessment
• National Environment Protection Measures
• Climate change
• Biological diversity
• National estate
• Nature conservation

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• National Environment Protection Council
• Objectives
• to provide equivalent environmental protection
  for all Australians
• to prevent distortion of private sector
  investment across States/Territories
• Functions
• to make national environmental protection
• measures
• to assess and report on the implementation
• and effectiveness of NEPMs

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• National Environment Protection Measures
• Framework setting statutory instruments
• Goals/standards/protocols/guidelines
• Ambient air quality
• Ambient water quality
• Noise (national markets)
• Site Contamination
• Hazardous wastes
• Re-use and recycling
• Motor vehicle noise and emissions

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• National Environment Protection Measures
• Emissions
• National Pollutant Inventory/Diesel Vehicle
  Emissions
• Databases
• National Pollutant Inventory
• Assessment
• Assessment of Site Contamination
• Management
• Movement of Controlled Wastes/Used Packaging
• Materials
• Ambient environmental quality
• Ambient Air Quality/Air Toxics/Diesel Vehicle
• Emissions

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• NEPM Implementation

Implementation of NEPMs by Governments
Information Education
Environmental Protection Policies (EPPs)
Economic Mechanisms
Regulations
Environmental Audits Improvement Plans
Licensing
Environmental Impact Assessment
Research Monitoring Investigation
Enforcement
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• Air Quality - instruments
• Emissions eg Motor Vehicles
• Petrol Diesel
• new vehicles ADR ADR
• in-service vehicles - NRTC standards
• NEPM
• fuel Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 (Cwth)
• Regulations (eg WA, Qld, SA)
• MOUs (eg NSW - vapour pressure)
• LPG/CNG/Renewables

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• Air Quality
• Diesel Vehicle Emissions
• Emission standards - NRTC
• Management approaches NEPM (2001)
• smoky vehicle programs
• inspection/test and repair programs
• audited maintenance programs
• retrofit programs
• engine rebuild programs

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• Air Quality
• Ambient Environment
• Air Toxics NEPM (2004)
• Benzene, toluene, xylenes, PAHs, formaldehyde
• Goal improve the information base to facilitate
  development of standards after 8 years

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• Air Quality
• Ambient Air Quality NEPM (1998)
• Goal achievement of standards within 10 years
• Ambient Standards - NOx, O3, SO2, CO, Pb, PM10
• Future Actions
• Peer Review Committee
• Taskforce risk assessment approach
• Jurisdictional monitoring plans made public
• Annual monitoring reports made public
• By 2001 commence review of PM standard
• Programs for monitoring PM2.5
• By 2003 commence review re SO2 (10 minute)
  standard/photochemical oxidants
• Information to enable SO2 (10 minute) review
• In 2005 commence review of NEPM

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• PM2.5 Variation to AAQ NEPM (2003)
• Advisory Reporting Standards
• Limited data
• Enable data collection review of NEPM 2005
• Risk assessment approach
• Health end points
• Monitoring TEOM, partisol
• Management of PM2.5

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• Air Quality national activities
• Criteria Pollutants/fine particles (PM2.5)
• Air toxics
• Diesel vehicle emissions
• Fuel quality/Fuel additives
• Priority air quality and health related issues
• Time Activity Study
• Expanded SPIRT Study
• PM2.5 Equivalence
• Characterisation and composition of fine
  particles
• Cohort Studies (children and elderly)
• Sensitive indicators for cardiovascular disease
• Linkages with NHMRC and enHealth

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