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Submission On the 7th Edition Australian Dangerous Goods Code

AEBN’s comments focused on the generic definitions of class 3 flammable liquids, class 8 corrosives and class 9 miscellaneous. AEBN called for simpler means in which to assign a UN NOS number to a...

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Submission On the National Packaging Covenant Mark II

AEBN is a supporter of the National Packaging Covenant (NPC). The Mark II NPC represents a substantial change especially in the required KPIs. AEBN commented on these recommended many changes from...

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Submission On the Assessment of Site Contamination NEPM

AEBN supports some the main issues identified in the discussion paper on the use and abuse of the NEPM. Too often jurisdictions have used the investigation criteria for clean up levels, which in most...

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Submission On the Protection of the Environment Operations Amendment Bill

AEBN recommended keeping the 4 to 5 fold increase in fines levels to a doubling of fines. The 16-fold increase in noise fines should be limited to only where the offensive noise is a health issue. AEBN...

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Submission On the Water and Energy Savings Plans

AEBN recommended that increased flexibility be the main amendments to the new Water and Energy Savings Plans that applies to site that use over 50 ML/year and 10 GWhrs/year of energy at stationary...

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Submission On the Productivity Commission’s Draft Waste Review Report

AEBN’s largely supports the Productivity Commission’s views on the way in which waste is handled by government policy. However, there is too much momentum behind the current poor waste strategies,...

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Submission on the Possible Design for a National Greenhouse Gas Emissions...

This discussion paper proposes a cap and trade greenhouse gas trading scheme for Australia. While AEBN does not support a trading scheme at this stage, the likely hood of its introduction promoted the...

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Submission COAG’s Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Scheme

In a similar process to the NPI COAG is establishing a mandatory greenhouse reporting Scheme. AEBN identified a number of issues for COAG to consider especially the extreme under estimation of the cost...

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Submission National Pollutant Inventory Variation Submission

AEBN supported the proposed name change for the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) to the National Emissions Inventory. The main issue addressed was the proposed inclusion of transfers. Transfers...

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Submission on NSW’s draft Major Hazards Facilities Regulation

AEBN raised concerns over the full cost recovery from MHF sites for the operational costs of the government’s MHF Unit. Fees of over $50,000 p.a. were exposed as being inequitable and undermining NSW...

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Submission on the Protection of the Environment Operations Amendment...

This submission generally welcomes most of the changes. The use of exemptions opens the way for many wastes to be more easily and environmentally responsibly beneficially used. However, the regulatory...

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Submission on the Early Abatement Incentives Discussion Paper

The main issue identified is that for those companies which undertook early action to abate greenhouse emissions, many through the Federal Government’s own Greenhouse Challenge program, will not be...

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Submission on NGER Technical Guidelines for Reporting

AEBN responded to the Federal Government’s Technical Guidelines For The Estimation Of Emissions And Energy At Facility Level Discussion Paper which, details the measurement and estimation techniques...

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Submission on The New Waste Classification Guidelines

AEBN responded to the Department of Environment and Climate Change’s document Waste Classification Guidelines Part 1. Note this document is not being publicly discussed it however, contains a number of...

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Comments on the NSW Energy Efficiency Trading Scheme Discussion Paper

AEBN responded to the NSW Government’s document NSW Energy Efficiency Trading Scheme Discussion Paper. While AEBN accepts that an energy efficiency trading scheme can be useful, it should only be...

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The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper

AEBN responded to the Commonwealth Government’s document Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper. AEBN supports most of the design the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) in principle....

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Submission on NSW’s RIS POEO General Regulation 2008

AEBN responded to the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change’s (DECC) document Regulatory Impact Statement Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2008. AEBN welcomed...

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Submission on Victorian Government’s Draft Environment Protection (Industrial...

AEBN responded to the Victorian Government’s Draft Environment Protection (Industrial Waste Resource) Regulations 2009 on 1 April 2009. AEBN® has made a number of recommendations as provided in the...

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Response to EPA Victoria’s Compliance and Enforcement Review Discussion Paper

AEBN responded to EPA Victoria’s Compliance and Enforcement Review Discussion Paper on 15 October 2010. EPA Victoria presented at AEBN’s Environment Obligations Briefing on the Review whereby feedback...

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Exposure draft of the Clean Energy Bill 2011 (Draft Clean Energy Bill)

On 19 August 2011, the AEBN had forwarded a submission, on behalf of its members, to the Federal Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency on the exposure draft Clean Energy Bill 2011 that was...

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