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between participating jurisdictions;
 (b) subject to subclause 31(2), be free to the public (access via Internet, libraries, community organisations);
 (c) be nationally available;
 (d) include where practicable a geographic information system to allow information on the National Pollutant Inventory database to be viewed by locality, substance, reporting facility, activity or any combination of these factors;
 (e) identify:

  (i) additional information provided under clause 21;

  (ii) the dates describing the reporting period for particular emission and transfer data, if this is not a reporting year;
 (f) include where practicable, links and references to direct users to further information or databases; and
 (g) clearly differentiate transfer data from emission data.

 (2) The Commonwealth may seek to recover dissemination costs of information derived from the National Pollutant Inventory data but notes that this does not allow the Commonwealth to recover costs for the provision of the emission data, mandatory and voluntary transfer data, supporting data, substance information, aggregated emission data or aggregated transfer data specified in this Measure.

      32 Rights of third parties

 The right of third parties to appeal decisions and enforce obligations with regard to the National Pollutant Inventory will be subject to mechanisms applying from time to time in participating jurisdictions.

      33 Review of this Measure

 (1) This Measure will be subject to a comprehensive review, as determined by the Council and at least every five years, which will consider:
 (a) the likely effectiveness of the Measure in achieving the national environment protection goals set out within it;
 (b) the resources available for implementing the Measure; and
 (c) the need, if any, for amendment of the Measure, including:

  (i) whether substances should be added to or deleted from the reporting list;

  (ii) whether any changes should be made to the thresholds or definitions which determine whether a facility is a reporting facility; and

  (iii) whether any changes should be made to improve the effectiveness of the Measure in achieving the national environment protection goals set out within it.

 (2) Notwithstanding subclause 33(1), the Council may decide to amend the Measure, in accordance with section 20 of the Commonwealth Act, for example to amend Schedule A, prior to the review.

Schedule A

Alphabetically-ordered reporting list of substances for the National Pollutant Inventory (determined by consideration of health and environmental risks in Australia)

    1. In this Schedule:
 (a) the threshold for category 1 acids refers to the amount of the acid compound used (for example, in the case of 'Hydrochloric acid', the threshold refers to the amount of hydrogen chloride used).  This amount can be calculated as a factor of volume and concentration;
          (b) the thresholds for 'Total Nitrogen' and 'Total Phosphorus' refer only to the amounts of those Nitrogen and Phosphorus