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National Parks and Wildlife Service
43 Bridge St
HURSTVILLE NSW 2220
Attn: Acting Director-Genera

The Environment Protection Authority (the EPA) considers that stormwater runoff from resort areas adversely impacts on the quality of the environment in New South Wales and believes that the preparation of Stormwater Management Plans will provide for more effective management of stormwater from resorts, thereby contributing to environment protection.

The EPA therefore directs under Section 12 of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 the NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SERVICE to prepare a Stormwater Management Plan (the Plan) for resort areas within the Kosciuszko National Park, namely:

1. Thredbo
2. Perisher
3. Smiggin Holes
4. Guthega
5. Blue Cow
6. Mt Selwyn
7. Charlotte Pass

The Plan is to be prepared in accordance with the following conditions:

1. The Plan must be prepared in cooperation with other Stormwater Managers within the catchment;
2. The Plan must be prepared in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, including the community, any relevant Catchment Management Committees or Trusts, the Environment Protection Authority and the Department of Land and Water Conservation;
3. The Plan must take into consideration the findings and recommendations of any relevant catchment, estuary or floodplain management plan, or Healthy Rivers Commission report;
4. The Plan must contain, but need not be limited to, the following:

1. A brief description of the catchment, including climate, topography, water quality, streamflow, aquatic ecosystems and habitats, riparian vegetation, point sources of pollution (including road salting activities), major sewer overflows and bushland areas impacted by stormwater runoff;
2. Clearly defined stormwater management objectives for both existing and proposed resort areas;
3. Identification of stormwater management problems and issues;
4. An evaluation of potential stormwater management practices (both non-structural and structural) to address the identified problems and issues ;
5. An Implementation Strategy, which includes prioritisation of specific management actions to be implemented by each stormwater manager in the catchment and a tentative timeframe for their implementation;
6. A monitoring program to assess the effectiveness of the Plan, and identify any necessary refinements;
7. A mechanism for reporting the effectiveness of the Plan to stakeholders, including the community; and
8. A program for revising the Plan and linking its implementation to the National Parks and Wildlife Service's budgetary planning process.

6. The Plan must be submitted to the EPA within 2 years of the date of this direction;
7. For the purposes of this direction:

1. the definitions of "Catchment Management Committee" and "Catchment Management Trust" are to be taken as those in the Catchment Management Act 1989;
2. "Stormwater Manager" includes local councils and State Government agencies or trading enterprises with a significant responsibility for stormwater or land management within the catchment;

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21 June 1998