Appendix 1
NSW Environment Protection Authority
Business Case Advisory Service Application
Major Resource Recovery Infrastructure Grants Program
General information
Applicants who are applying for funding under the Major Resource Recovery Infrastructure grants program
can also apply to the EPA for support in preparation of a business case that demonstrates the feasibility of
the proposed new infrastructure both before and after it is commissioned. Preparation of the business case
will assist the applicant in preparing their grant application and justifying their own investment in resource
recovery infrastructure.
This advisory service will be provided at the discretion of the EPA based on the information provided in this
application. If assistance is approved a maximum of 10 hours advice will be provided for the preparation of
EOI and up to 20 hours for the detailed application at no cost to the applicant. For more details please refer
to Part 4 of the Guideline for Applicants.
You may cut and paste from the grant application, relevant sections to complete this form
1.
Project title (maximum of 68 characters including spaces)
2.
Organisation’s details:
Name of organisation
What is your ABN?
Registered for GST
Yes
or No
Postal address
Suburb
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4.
State
Postcode
What is the legal status of your organisation? (Select only ONE box)
Local Government Organisation
Regional Organisations of Councils
Other Local-government controlled organisation
Not-for-Profit Organisation
Private Business/Industry
Other (please specify)
Management structure
Name
Position Title
Details of key
individuals
(Attach CV. To be
no more than 2
pages per person)
Years trading
No. of years trading
Number of
employees
Full-time employees
Years trading under current owner
Total full-time equivalent (FTE)
Part-time employees
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5.
Project category - what is it that the project is undertaking?
Select only ONE box from the following choices. (Please refer to guidelines for definitions of each category)
Processing facility for source separated waste
Materials Recovery Facility
(paper, cardboard, plastics, glass, metals or wood/timber)
Residual waste treatment
Residual waste treatment (energy from waste)
(mechanical/biological treatment)
Transfer Station
6.
Project location
Other (Please specify):
(please specify where your project will be located)
Name of Site:
Address:
Town/Suburb:
Post Code:
State:
Main local government area/s
State electorate/s
Will your project receive
waste primarily from a waste
levy paying region?
Yes
or No
Note: Projects do not receive waste primarily from a waste levy paying region will not be eligible for funding.
7.
What current Environmental Protection Authority Licence/s do you currently hold (include all
licenses held for Resource Recovery operations you hold in NSW)
8.
In the last five years have you, or any alliance/partner organisations received any
penalty notices, clean up notices, prevention notices, license suspensions,
licence revocations, convictions or prosecutions under NSW environment
protection laws including National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, Protection of the
Environment Operations Act 1997 and the Native Vegetation Act 2003?
Yes
or No
If you answered yes to the above, please provide details below and what improved processes you have
implemented to correct these breaches (attach additional supporting information if needed).
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9.
Have you contravened any provision of the POEO Act with the result of
avoiding, minimising or undermining the requirement to pay any waste
contributions required under section 88 of the POEO Act? See Guidelines for
more information on relevant sections of the Act and the Regulation.
Yes
or No
If you have answered yes to the above, please answer ALL questions below:
The date(s) of the contraventions
The sections or clauses contravened
The person or person(s), including the full
names of any relevant directors or managers,
who contravened the sections or clauses
The nature of the contravention
The waste activities being undertaken at the
time of the contravention
The amount in tonnes and types of waste
(including by waste classification) involved
10.
Have any of the applicants transported waste for disposal generated in the
regulated area out of NSW where, at that time, there was a lawful recycling
or disposal facility for that waste within NSW, where that transport
commenced on or after 7 March 2014?
Yes
or No
If you have answered yes to the above, your organisation is not eligible to apply for funding and not eligible
for support under the Business Case Advisory Services Program.
11.
Has your organisation already purchased any of the equipment/
infrastructure for which you are applying for in this application?
Yes
or No
If you have answered yes to the above, your organisation is not eligible to apply for funding and not eligible
for support under the Business Case Advisory Services Program.
12.
What type of business support do you wish to receive? (Tick all that apply)
Market analysis
Cost benefit analysis
Technical analysis
Planning and licensing analysis
Project planning
13.
Project description
Please describe your Resource Recovery Facility Expansion and Enhancement project in 100 words
or less. (What is it that you are wanting to do)
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14.
15.
Please provide information as to why this project would not go ahead without external grant funding?
Materials recovered or subject to energy recovery
Please list the materials you intend to recover identifying any priority materials as detailed in the guidelines.
Proportion of total
recovered sent for energy recovery
(%)
Commercial
Municipal
and industrial
Proportion of total
recovered for recycling (%)
Material type
Municipal
Commercial
and industrial
Mixed dry recycling
Separated paper or cardboard
Separated plastics
Separated glass
Separated wood/timber
Separated metals
Mixed, residual municipal waste
Separated tyres
Other (Please specify):
16.
Quantity of waste diverted – municipal waste stream
(include table as an attachment with tonnes over 10 FYs 2014/15 to 2024/25)*
Tonnes per annum
Municipal waste
stream
Mixed
dry
recycling
Paper/
cardboard
Plastics
Glass
Wood/
timber
Metals
Mixed
residual
waste
Tyres
Other
(Please
specify)
Resource recovery
capacity of the new
facility
Estimated quantity of
waste diverted 6 months
after commissioning
Estimated quantity of
waste diverted two years
after commissioning
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Quantity of waste diverted – Commercial and industrial waste stream
17.
(include table as an attachment with tonnes over 10 FYs 2014/15 to 2024/25)*
Tonnes per annum
Commercial and
industrial waste stream
Mixed
dry
recycling
Paper/
cardboard
Plastics
Glass
Wood/
timber
Metals
Mixed
residual
waste
Tyres
Other
(Please
specify)
Resource recovery
capacity of the new
facility
Estimated quantity of
waste diverted 6 months
after commissioning
Estimated quantity of
waste diverted two years
after commissioning
Submission details
E-mail to: (preferred method)
ravi.ravichandra@epa.nsw.gov.au
DO NOT FAX
Application is to be emailed as a
WORD document
Note:
OR
Post to:
Waste & Recycling Infrastructure Unit
NSW Environment Protection Authority
PO Box 668
Parramatta NSW 2124
Requests for support under the Business Case Advisory Service are available between:
Wednesday, 18 November 2013 and 5.00 pm Monday, 3 March 2014
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