Environmentalauthority

Fees and charges

2014-15

Fees and charges that do not attract GST are noted with an asterisk(*).
All other fees and charges are inclusive of GST.

Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA)

Application types / Application fee
(each application)
Environmentalauthority for an ERA / *$570
plusamount equal to the renewal fee for the activity
Application to change Environmental authority (other than a minor change) / $286
Amendment application for Environmental Authority / $286
Application to change amendment application for Environmental Authority / $286
Amalgamated Environmental Authority / $286
Transfer application for Environmental Authority for a prescribed ERA / $114

Renewal fees

Note: holders of environmental authorities can apply for a 50% discount on the renewal fee for best practice environmental performance from the first authority expiry date.

Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA) type / Renewal fee
(each year)
ERA 6 - asphalt manufacturing
(a) more than 1,000 tonnes /
*$6640
ERA 12 - plastic manufacturing
(a) more than 50 tonnes per year of plastic product (other than plastic product below)
(b) Five tonnes or more per year of foam, composite plastics or rigid fibre-reinforced plastics /
*$5810
*$11205
ERA 19 - metal forming
Hot forming 10,000 tonnes or more per year /
*$570
ERA 20 - metal recovery
Commercially operating a scrap metal yard or dismantling automotive or mechanical equipment, including debonding brake or clutch components:
(a) recovering less than 100 tonnes / day
(b) recovering more than 100 tonnes / day or more than 10,000 tonnes / year without a fragmentiser /
*$570
*$3942.50
ERA 38 - surface coating
(a) 1 to 100 tonnes of surface coating materials (anodising, electroplating, enamelling or galvanizing) /
*$2075
ERA 49 - boat maintaining or repair facility
Operating, on a commercial basis, a boat maintenance or repair facility for maintaining or repairing hulls, superstructure or mechanical components of boats or seaplanes /
*$3527.50
ERA 61 - waste incineration and thermal treatment
Operating a facility for incinerating:
1) waste vegetation, clean paper or cardboard /
*$570
Copy of ERA / Fee
Copy of Environmental Authority / *$102

OtherEnvironmental ProtectionAct fees and charges

Type / Fee
Consider draft transitional environmental program (TEP) / *$313
(each application)
Monitoring Transitional Environmental Program:
Additional inspection fee for the administering consideration of a draft environmental management program and monitoring of such programs and other programs e.g. environmental protection orders, environmental evaluations
(a) during working hours (7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday)
(b) out of working hours (minimum charge three hours) / *$109 (each hour)
*$154 (each hour)

Waste dumping infringements

Note: As at 1 July 2014, the value of a penalty unit is equal to $113.85. The fine amount must be rounded down to the nearest dollar after the calculation. For example, the fine amount for an infringement of 2 penalty units is: 2 x $113.85 = $227.70; the rounded down fine amount is $227.

Waste dumping infringements / On the spot
penalty
General littering / 2 penalty units
Littering from a vehicle (registered to an individual) / 2 penalty units
Littering from a vehicle (registered to a company / organisation) / 10penalty units
Dangerouslittering / 4penalty units
Quantities of waste greater than 200 litres but less than 2500 litres
(volume exceeding a wheelie bin) / 16penalty units
Quantities of waste greater than 2500 litres
(individual) / 20 penalty units