New South Wales Environment Protection Authority

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environmental protection agency government agency

The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority is the primary environmental regulator in New South Wales, Australia, responsible for overseeing and enforcing laws to protect the state’s air, water, land, and communities from pollution and environmental harm.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Environment Protection Authority (NSW)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	environmental protection agency ⓘ government agency ⓘ
appliesInstrument	clean-up notices ⓘ environment protection licences ⓘ penalty notices ⓘ prevention notices ⓘ prosecutions ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Commonwealth environmental agencies of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ local councils in New South Wales ⓘ other New South Wales government departments ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
dateFounded	1991 ⓘ
enforces	Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 NERFINISHED ⓘ Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pesticides Act 1999 NERFINISHED ⓘ Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 NERFINISHED ⓘ Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 NERFINISHED ⓘ Radiation Control Act 1990 NERFINISHED ⓘ Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001 NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedByStatute	Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalForm	statutory authority ⓘ
mission	to protect, restore and enhance the quality of the environment in New South Wales ⓘ to reduce risks to the community and the environment from pollution and waste ⓘ
oversees	environmental compliance and enforcement in New South Wales ⓘ environmental education and guidance for industry and community in New South Wales ⓘ environmental incident response in New South Wales ⓘ environmental monitoring and reporting in New South Wales ⓘ
parentOrganization	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (New South Wales) NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulates	air pollution in New South Wales ⓘ chemical storage and handling in New South Wales ⓘ contaminated land management in New South Wales ⓘ dangerous goods transport in New South Wales ⓘ industrial emissions in New South Wales ⓘ land pollution in New South Wales ⓘ native forestry operations on public land in New South Wales ⓘ noise pollution in New South Wales ⓘ pesticide use in New South Wales ⓘ radiation practices in New South Wales ⓘ waste management in New South Wales ⓘ water pollution in New South Wales ⓘ
replaced	State Pollution Control Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
shortName	NSW EPA NERFINISHED ⓘ
website	https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liddell Power Station → regulator → New South Wales Environment Protection Authority ⓘ

New South Wales water management framework → regulator → New South Wales Environment Protection Authority ⓘ

this entity surface form: Environment Protection Authority (NSW)