MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                     Environmental Protection Act 1994
                                             Chapter 2 Environmental protection policies

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              (c)    a technology or process;
              (d)    an environmental value;
              (e)    waste management;
              (f)    contamination control practice;
              (g)    land, air or water quality;
              (h)    noise;
              (i)    litter.

28       Contents of policies
        (1)   An environmental protection policy must—
              (a)    state that the policy applies to the environment generally
                     or to an aspect or part of the environment specified in
                     the policy; and
              (b)    identify the environmental values to be enhanced or
                     protected under the policy.
        (2)   An environmental protection policy may—
              (a)    state the objectives to be achieved and maintained under
                     the policy; or
              (b)    state indicators, parameters, factors or criteria to be used
                     in measuring or deciding any quality or condition of the
                     environment; or
              (c)    establish a program by which the stated objectives are to
                     be achieved and maintained, including, for example, the
                     following—
                     (i)       quantifying ambient conditions;
                     (ii) the qualities and maximum quantities of any
                          contaminant permitted to be released into the
                          environment;
                     (iii) the minimum standards to be complied with in the
                           installation or operation of vehicles, plant or
                           equipment for the control of contaminants or waste
                           from stated sources or places;
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