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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