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Electronic environment licensing forms (e-ELF)

New licence fee structure

Accredited licences

Environment

Container deposit legislation

Radiation

New licence fee structure

Ozone

Water

 

electronic Environment Licensing Forms (e-ELF)

You can now apply, renew or pay for an EPA authorisation on line—www.elf.sa.gov.au.

e-ELF is your single access point for all EPA licences, exemptions and authorisations, and allows you to pay an invoice on-line with a credit card.

New licence fee structure

The EPA is implementing the new licence fee structure between July 2008 and June 2009. This new licence fee structure was developed in consultation with industry and the community and is based on 'user pays' and 'polluter pays' principles. In this new structure licence fees reflect the EPA's regulatory effort as well as the amount and type of pollutants discharged to the environment.

Accredited licences

The accredited licence system is designed to provide companies having a high level of environmental performance, together with an ongoing commitment to such performance, to be freed from the standard prescriptive approach to licensing.

An accredited licensee must demonstrate a high level of environmental performance and an ongoing capacity to maintain and improve this performance.

An applicant for accreditation must be the holder of an EPA licence, have an Environmental Management System and an Environmental Audit and Compliance Program approved by the EPA.

Before applying for accreditation, applicants should arrange to discuss their proposals at an early stage with their licence coordinator.

Licensing

To view the following forms you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, freely available from Adobe. (Click on the graphic on the right).

Environment licences are governed by the Environment Protection Act 1993 (the Act).

The Act determines that an environmental authorisation is required before undertaking certain prescribed activities, as outlined in Schedule 1 of the Act.

Radiation Protection licences are governed by the Radiation Protection and Control Act 1982.

The EPA licensing fax number has changed. You should now fax your completed forms to (08) 8204 2020.

Licences

There are a number of licence forms relevant to prescribed activities. As of 1st July 2008, the following forms are to be used:

If you are a waste transporter business only, the following three forms can be used:

(If the activity is to take place at a premises, a development approval, required by the Development Act 1993, must already have been granted; this is administered by local government and the Development Assessment Commission.)

EPA to introduce long-term licences

The Environment Protection Authority Board has resolved to implement five-year licences under the Environment Protection Act as a default tool, and allow up to ten-year licences on application by licensees.

It is expected that these changes will commence for all licence renewals and applications after 1 February 2006 and will assist companies to conduct their business without compromising the environment.

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Exemption forms

Works approval

Other

Container deposit legislation

Approval of containers:

Approval of collection depots:

Radiation

The SA radiation licence and registration forms are available online at www.elf.sa.gov.au.

The forms are also available via downloading the PDFs below or contacting the Radiation Protection Division, EPA on (08) 8130 0700.

Sale
Regulations 54 and 55 require that anyone selling, replacing or disposing of x-ray apparatus or major components must notify the division in writing within seven days of the sale or disposal.

Relocation
Regulation 63 requires that the owner of an X-ray apparatus which is relocated must notify the division in writing within fourteen days of the change.

Ozone

Ozone protection licensing (excluding fire protection) is now the responsibility of the Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Heritage. ARCtick, as the approved industry board, will issue licences on behalf of the department.

The Commonwealth regulations regarding licences for fire protection systems took effect on 1 March 2005.

Water

Water licensing is now the responsibility of the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation.

This page was last modified 01-07-2008
 

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