Key Points:
The guideline provides more comprehensive information
and instruction to applicants on what the EPA expects in an
application and how it will assess the information
provided.
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority
(EPA) recently released its finalised works
approval guideline (
EPA Publication No. 1307.10) and launched a
new online checklist system, reforming the way works approval
applications are to be prepared and submitted to the EPA. The new
guideline replaces existing guideline (EPA
Publication No. 1307.9) and is designed to reflect the reforms
committed to in the
EPA's Approvals Review Report, released in April 2013.
The new guideline provides much more information to applicants
on the regulatory requirements for a works approval, how to prepare
a works approval application, the level of information required for
different types of proposals and how the EPA will assess
applications under the fast track and standard works
