Level: Basic & Essential   CLE Units: 0

Speakers:
Dr Louise Camenzuli, Special Counsel, Planning Environment and Local Government, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Julia Green, Senior Associate, Planning Environment and Local Government, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Peter E King, Barrister, Queen Squares Chambers.

Aims

This paper covers Louise and Julia's portion of the seminar, 'What you need to know about the regulation of contaminated land in NSW: Overview of the Contaminated Lands Management Act 1997 and reporting obligations and regulations relating to the management of underground storage tanks'.

Louise and Julia jointly cover the following, giving practical examples from their professional experience:

• Implementation of the new threshold test under the Contaminated Lands Management Act 1997;
• Management of contaminated land in NSW by the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water;
Reporting obligations for polluters and owners of contaminated land;
• Offences and penalties for breaching the CLM Act; and
• Regulation and management of Underground Storage Tanks in NSW under the Protection of the Environment (Underground Petroleum Storage Systems) Regulation 2008 including compliance, monitoring and auditing requirements and enforcement powers.
• Conservation of Australia’s inland water – rights to ground and surface water

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