National Environment Protection (National Pollutant Inventory) Measure 1998 (Cth)

National Environment Protection (National Pollutant Inventory) Measure 1998

as varied

made under subsection 14(1) of the

National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 (Cwlth), National Environment Protection Council (New South Wales) Act 1995 (NSW), National Environment Protection Council (Victoria) Act 1995 (Vic), National Environment Protection Council (Queensland) Act 1994 (Qld), National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Act 1996 (WA), National Environment Protection Council (South Australia) Act 1995 (SA), National Environment Protection Council (Tasmania) Act 1995 (Tas), National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 (ACT), and the National Environment Protection Council (Northern Territory) Act 1994 (NT)

This Measure was made on 27 February 1998. This compilation was prepared on 13 November 2008 by the NEPC Service Corporation taking into account amendments up to Variation 2008 (No 1).

Contents

Introductory Note

Part 1 Preliminary 1 Name of Measure 2 Commencement 3 Definitions 3 (a) Meaning of 'operational control' 4 Meaning of 'reporting period'

Part 2 National Environment Protection Goals 5 Desired environmental outcomes 6 National environment protection goals 7 Establishment of National Pollutant Inventory 8 Nature of National Pollutant Inventory

Part 3 National environment protection protocols 9 Collection of data from reporting facilities 10 Reporting threshold – category 1, category 1a and category 1b substances 11 Reporting threshold – category 2a and category 2b substances 12 Reporting threshold – category 3 substances 14 Commencement of reporting 15 Emission and transfer estimation techniques 16 Accuracy of information 17 Assessment of integrity of data 18 Data — Commonwealth requirement 19 Information from reporting facilities supplied to the Commonwealth 20 Emission and transfer data from sources other than reporting facilities 21 Additional information supplied to the Commonwealth