Load-based licensing

• The EPA's on-line licence fee calculator makes calculation of licence fees easy and enables forecasting of future fees under various pollution reduction scenarios.
• The Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009 sets out the licence fee system and lists assessable pollutants (those pollutants that attract load-based fees).
• Licensees who must pay load-based fees must calculate their emission load using the Load Calculation Protocol.
• Each licensee must submit an annual return at the end of each 12-month licence fee period.
• LBL training workshops were held during 2002 to help licensees understand and comply with environment protection licence requirements.
• Licensees may enter load reduction agreements to obtain fee savings in return for future pollutant load reductions.
• Load-based Licensing - A Fairer System that Rewards Cleaner Industry (lblbooklet.pdf 298kb) provides an overview of the new system and explains how it works.

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