Environmental authority
Fees and charges
2014-15
Fees and charges that do not attract GST are noted with an asterisk(*).
All other fees and charges are inclusive of GST.
Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA)
Application types
Application fee
(each application)
Environmental authority for an ERA
*$570
plus amount equal to
the renewal fee for the
activity
Application to change Environmental authority (other than a minor
change)
$286
Amendment application for Environmental Authority
$286
Application to change amendment application for Environmental Authority $286
Amalgamated Environmental Authority
$286
Transfer application for Environmental Authority for a prescribed ERA
$114
Renewal fees
Note: holders of environmental authorities can apply for a 50% discount on the renewal fee for best
practice environmental performance from the first authority expiry date.
Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA) type
ERA 6 - asphalt manufacturing
(a) more than 1,000 tonnes
ERA 12 - plastic manufacturing
(a) more than 50 tonnes per year of plastic product (other than
plastic product below)
(b) Five tonnes or more per year of foam, composite plastics or rigid
fibre-reinforced plastics
ERA 19 - metal forming
Hot forming 10,000 tonnes or more per year
ERA 20 - metal recovery
Commercially operating a scrap metal yard or dismantling
automotive or mechanical equipment, including debonding brake or
clutch components:
(a) recovering less than 100 tonnes / day
Renewal fee
(each year)
*$6640
*$5810
*$11205
*$570
*$570
*$3942.50
Renewal fee
(each year)
Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA) type
(b) recovering more than 100 tonnes / day or more than 10,000
tonnes / year without a fragmentiser
ERA 38 - surface coating
(a) 1 to 100 tonnes of surface coating materials (anodising,
electroplating, enamelling or galvanizing)
ERA 49 - boat maintaining or repair facility
Operating, on a commercial basis, a boat maintenance or repair
facility for maintaining or repairing hulls, superstructure or
mechanical components of boats or seaplanes
ERA 61 - waste incineration and thermal treatment
Operating a facility for incinerating:
1) waste vegetation, clean paper or cardboard
Copy of ERA
Copy of Environmental Authority
*$2075
*$3527.50
*$570
Fee
*$102
Other Environmental Protection Act fees and charges
Type
Consider draft transitional environmental program (TEP)
Monitoring Transitional Environmental Program:
Additional inspection fee for the administering consideration of a
draft environmental management program and monitoring of such
programs and other programs e.g. environmental protection orders,
environmental evaluations
(a) during working hours (7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday)
(b) out of working hours (minimum charge three hours)
Fee
*$313
(each application)
*$109 (each hour)
*$154 (each hour)
Waste dumping infringements
Note: As at 1 July 2014, the value of a penalty unit is equal to $113.85. The fine amount must be rounded
down to the nearest dollar after the calculation. For example, the fine amount for an infringement of 2
penalty units is: 2 x $113.85 = $227.70; the rounded down fine amount is $227.
Waste dumping infringements
General littering
On the spot
penalty
2 penalty units
Waste dumping infringements
On the spot
penalty
Littering from a vehicle (registered to an individual)
2 penalty units
Littering from a vehicle (registered to a company / organisation)
10 penalty units
Dangerous littering
4 penalty units
Quantities of waste greater than 200 litres but less than 2500 litres
(volume exceeding a wheelie bin)
16 penalty units
Quantities of waste greater than 2500 litres
(individual)
20 penalty units