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National Environment Protection (National Pollutant Inventory) Measure 1998

as varied

made under subsection 14(1) of the

National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 (Cwlth), National Environment Protection Council (New South Wales) Act 1995 (NSW), National Environment Protection Council (Victoria) Act 1995 (Vic), National Environment Protection Council (Queensland) Act 1994 (Qld), National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Act 1996 (WA), National Environment Protection Council (South Australia) Act 1995 (SA), National Environment Protection Council (Tasmania) Act 1995 (Tas), National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 (ACT), and the National Environment Protection Council (Northern Territory) Act 1994 (NT)

This Measure was made on 27 February 1998.
This compilation was prepared on 13 November 2008 by the NEPC Service Corporation taking into account amendments up to Variation 2008 (No 1).

Contents

Introductory Note

Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Measure
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
3 (a) Meaning of 'operational control'
4 Meaning of 'reporting period'

Part 2 National Environment Protection Goals
5 Desired environmental outcomes
6 National environment protection goals
7 Establishment of National Pollutant Inventory
8 Nature of National Pollutant Inventory

Part 3 National environment protection protocols
9 Collection of data from reporting facilities
10 Reporting threshold – category 1, category 1a and category 1b substances
11 Reporting threshold – category 2a and category 2b substances
12 Reporting threshold – category 3 substances
14 Commencement of reporting
15 Emission and transfer estimation techniques
16 Accuracy of information
17 Assessment of integrity of data
18 Data — Commonwealth requirement
19 Information from reporting facilities supplied to the Commonwealth
20 Emission and transfer data from sources other than reporting facilities
21 Additional information supplied to the Commonwealth

Part 4 National Environment Protection Guidelines
22 Amending the reporting list
23 Confidentiality – national security
24 Commercial confidentiality
25 Enforcement provisions
26 Legal status of data supplied to the National Pollutant Inventory
27 Security of data
28 Storage information
29 Access and provision of National Pollutant Inventory data to the public
30 Summary of information to be included in annual report
31 Way that Commonwealth will disseminate information
32 Rights of third parties
33 Review of this Measure

Schedule A
Table 1
Notes to the National Environment Protection (National Pollutant Inventory) Measure 1998
Table of Instruments
Table of Amendments
Introductory Note
Section 14 of the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 and the equivalent provision of the corresponding Act of each participating State and Territory provides for the making of Measures by the National Environment Protection Council and the matters to which they may relate.  This Measure relates to the matters set out in paragraphs 14(1)(a), (b), (e), (f) and (g).

The Measure is to be implemented by the laws and other arrangements participating jurisdictions consider necessary: see section