Compliance Framework
Compliance Driver
Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 (NSW)
Classification
Level 2
University-wide requirement. Lower impacts.
Associated Legislation
Associated Standards
None
Associated Codes
None
Associated Information
None
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Administrative Information
Administrative Body
NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
Administrative Name
Local Office
Administrative Address
Physical Address
85 Faulkner Street
Armidale NSW
Australia, 2350
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 494
Armidale NSW
Australia, 2350
Administrative Phone
131 555
06 6773 7000
Administrative Email
info@environment.nsw.gov.au
Administrative Website
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/clm/
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General Introduction
VC Compliance Delegate
Meredith Parry, Chief Operating Officer
Compliance Coordinator
Jo Scanlan, Director Estate and Built Environment
Business Units Impacted
Overview
MADE INACTIVE - refer to D25/39134
The Act promotes the better management of contaminated land, and establishes a process for the EPA to identify, investigate and (where appropriate) order the remediation of land if the EPA considers the land to be significantly contaminated. "Contaminated land" is legally defined as land where a substance is present at a concentration higher than is normally found on land in the same area, where that substance presents a risk of harm to human health or the environment. It includes land where contamination has migrated onto it from another site. As the owner of existing land holdings and possible future land acquisitions, the University is exposed to possible investigation and remediation orders.
Local councils deal with contamination that does not pose an unacceptable risk under the current or approved use of the land, through their planning and development framework.
Compliance Overview