Protection of the Environment Operations (Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme) Regulation 2002. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision New South Wales Document type Regulation Date 2002 (2016) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Policy/planning Pollution control Authorization/permit Waste non-domestic sources Effluent waste water/discharge Environmental planning Inland waters Freshwater pollution Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract This Regulation, consisting of 90 sections divided into ten Parts and completed by two Schedules, concerns the management of discharges of saline water into the Hunter River catchment and provides for the establishment of a tradeable emission scheme. The objects of the scheme are to minimise the impact of saline discharges on irrigation, other water uses and on aquatic ecosystems in the Hunter River catchment, and to facilitate sustainable water management by industry in the Hunter River catchment. Full text English Website www.austlii.edu.au References - Legislation Implements Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997. Legislation | Australia | 1997 (2019) Keyword: Framework law, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Environmental audit, Environmental planning, Access-to-information, Authorization/permit, Pollution control, Indigenous peoples, Policy/planning, Classification/declassification, Waste management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution, Groundwater, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX