The NT EPA invited the public, community and industry to provide comment and feedback on a number of draft guidelines related to implementation of the Environmental Assessment Act 1982 and the Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998.
What happens next
The draft guidelines will be amended to take into consideration comments received during the comment period. Final versions of the guidelines will be issued in due course.
Documents
Current documents
- Guidelines for the Preparation of an Economic and Social Impact Assessment PDF (181.3 KB)
- Guidelines for the Environmental Assessment of Marine Dredging in the Northern Territory PDF (607.6 KB)
- Guidelines on Environmental Offsets and Associated Approval Conditions PDF (148.5 KB)
- Guidelines for Assessment of Impacts on Terrestrial Biodiversity PDF (407.8 KB)
- Environmental Assessment Guidelines - Acid and Metalliferous Drainage (AMD) PDF (407.5 KB)
- Environmental Assessment Guidelines – Land clearing proposals submitted under the Planning Act; PDF (178.9 KB)
- Environmental Assessment Guidelines – Development proposals submitted under the Pastoral Lands Act PDF (183.5 KB)
- Environmental Assessment Guidelines – Mining exploration or production proposals submitted under the Mining Management Act PDF (187.4 KB)
- Environmental Assessment Guidelines – Onshore petroleum exploration or production proposals submitted under the Petroleum Act PDF (190.6 KB)
- Guidelines on Conceptual Site Models PDF (664.7 KB)
- Guideline for Disposal of Waste by Incineration PDF (433.3 KB)
- Media release: Draft environmental guidelines for public comment PDF (118.5 KB)
Submissions
| Submissions received | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Darwin University | PDF 38.8 KB |
| 2 | Department of Arts and Museums | PDF 624.7 KB |
| 3 | Department of Infrastructure | PDF 617.8 KB |
| 4 | Department of Local Government | PDF 4.5 MB |
| 5 | Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries | PDF 130.8 KB |
| 6 | Environment Centre NT | PDF 3.0 MB |
| 7 | Environmental Defenders Office | PDF 946.2 KB |
| 8 | GHD - Rachael Groom | PDF 40.2 KB |
| 9 | GHD - Catherine Whitehead | PDF 41.8 KB |
| 10 | Housing Industry Association | PDF 42.0 KB |
| 11 | Inpex | PDF 116.0 KB |
| 12 | Mining Explorations Companies | PDF 3.1 MB |
| 13 | Northern Land Council | PDF 785.8 KB |
| 14 | City of Palmerston | PDF 51.0 KB |
| 15 | Plan Action Network | PDF 61.3 KB |
| 16 | Power and Water Corporation | PDF 226.8 KB |
| 17 | SEWPaC | PDF 3.4 MB |