Acronyms and abbreviations

ANZECC 

Australia and New Zealand Environment Conservation Council (now replaced by the Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC)

APHA  

American Public Health Association

AS  

Australian Standard

AS/NZS 

Combined Australian Standard and New Zealand Standard

BOD  

Biological oxygen demand

C:N  

Carbon to nitrogen ratio

DA  

Development application

DC  

Development consent

EIS  

Environmental impact statement

EMP  

Environmental management plan

EMS  

Environmental management system

EP&A Act 

NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

EPA  

New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (now part of Office of Environment and Heritage NSW).

ESD  

Ecologically sustainable development

FML  

Flexible membrane liner

HDPE  

High density polyethylene

IDA  

Integrated development assessment

ISO  

International Organisation for Standardization

LEP  

Local environmental plan

m/m  

Mass per mass

MSW  

Municipal solid waste

NMOC 

Non-methane organic compounds

OEH

PET  

Polyethylene terephthalate

REP  

Regional environmental plan

RPD  

Relative per cent difference

SEPP  

State environmental planning policy

USEPA 

United States Environment Protection Agency

v/v  

Volume per volume