Draft Contaminated Land Management Regulation 2008
The Contaminated Land Management Regulation 1998 is due for automatic repeal on 1 September 2008. It is proposed that a new Regulation be made under the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 (CLM Act) immediately following the repeal of the current Regulation.
The link for the below Regulatory Impact Statement analyses a proposal to replace the current Regulation with a new Regulation, to be known as the Contaminated Land Management Regulation 2008.
- Section 2 of this Regulatory Impact Statement provides the environmental context for contaminated land management in NSW, including relevant legislative and policy arrangements and the objective of the CLM Act.
- Section 3 outlines the options considered including the proposed Regulation and the alternative approaches considered in developing the proposed Regulation.
- Section 4 outlines the proposed Regulation.
- Section 5 considers the costs and benefits of the options.
- Section 6 presents the conclusions of the assessment, while section 8 provides additional information on proposed consultation activities for the regulatory impact statement.
The draft Regulation and this regulatory impact statement are being made available for public comment for a period of 4 weeks from date of posting on the web. The DECC welcomes written submissions from the public and will carefully consider matters so raised before the Regulation is finalised.
Download the draft Regulation: DraftCLMReg2008.pdf (238KB)
Download the Regulatory Impact Statement: CLM_RIS_08.pdf (469KB)
Comments on the draft Regulation and Regulatory Impact Statement should be submitted by close of business on 22 July 2008 to either:
Manager, Contaminated Sites Section
Department of Environment & Climate Change
PO Box A290
SYDNEY SOUTH NSW 1232
OR