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reporting facilities supplied to the Commonwealth

 On or before 31 December each year, each participating State or Territory shall provide to the Commonwealth the following information in an agreed format for each reporting facility located within that State or Territory:
 (a) supporting data provided under clause 9;
 (b) emission data, mandatory transfer data and voluntary transfer data provided under clause 9;
 (c) the relevant ANZSIC code for the facility based on the main activity of the facility (where available);
 (d) the latitude and longitude of the facility to the nearest second or the equivalent map grid reference.

20 Emission and transfer data from sources other than reporting facilities

 (1) Jurisdictions shall cooperate to develop, or cause to be developed, aggregated emission and transfer data for particular substances specified in the reporting list, in specific regions within their jurisdictions at particular times, as agreed between participating jurisdictions.

 (2) The data developed under subclause 20(1) shall be submitted in an agreed format to the Commonwealth on or before the date agreed between participating jurisdictions.

21 Additional information supplied to the Commonwealth

 (1) A jurisdiction may accept any emission or transfer data estimated in accordance with clause 15, or other data relating to the emission or transfer of substances from an occupier of a facility, whether or not that facility is a reporting facility, and submit that data to the Commonwealth for inclusion in the National Pollutant Inventory.

 (2) A jurisdiction may submit other data to the Commonwealth for inclusion in the National Pollutant Inventory (e.g. ambient concentrations of specified substances on the reporting list for a particular region within that jurisdiction).

 (3) Data under subclause 21(1) or (2) is to be submitted to the Commonwealth in a format agreed between the Commonwealth and the relevant jurisdiction.

Part 4 National Environment Protection Guidelines

      22 Amending the reporting list

 Processes for consideration of any amendments to the reporting list will (in addition to meeting the requirements of section 20 of the Commonwealth Act and equivalent provisions of the corresponding Acts of participating jurisdictions) comprise the following:
 (a) processes to amend the reporting list be transparent;
 (b) a process to allow for any persons, without incurring a fee, to make submissions recommending variations to the reporting list;
 (c) a technical advisory panel comprising technical experts representing a range of scientific expertise to provide recommendations to the Council on the addition or deletion of nominated substances to or from the reporting list;
 (d) available information from other relevant Australian and overseas risk assessment processes.

      23 Confidentiality – national security

 Claims by an occupier of a reporting facility that information should be treated as confidential on the grounds of national security will be dealt with as follows: