National Environment Protection Council (South Australia) Act 1995. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision South Australia Document type Legislation Date 1995 (2007) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the establishment of a National Environment Protection Council, and for related purposes. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Institution Data collection/reporting Access-to-information Climate change Cultural heritage Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract This Act provides for the establishment of the National Environment Protection Council, which shall make national environment protection measures and to protect from air, water or soil pollution and from noise. The national environment protection measures may concern inter alia: (a) ambient air quality, (b) ambient marine, estuarine and freshwater quality; (c) general guidelines for the assessment of site contamination; (e) environmental impacts associated with hazardous wastes; (f) re-use and recycling of used materials. Full text English Website www6.austlii.edu.au References - Legislation Implements Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment. Legislation | Australia | 1992 Keyword: Sub-national agreement, EIA, Climate change, Cultural heritage, Biodiversity Source: FAO, FAOLEX