The purpose of this Statement is to communicate how, for the purposes of environmental impact assessment, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)
- considers the object and principles of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (the Act)
- provide the aims of EIA
- uses environmental factors and objectives to guide EIA
- considers significance throughout the EIA process
- takes a holistic view of the environment and a proposal potential impact on the environment
- considers cumulative effects when assessing a proposal potential impact on the environment.
- provide detail on the mitigation hierarchy
In the current version (Version 5.0), the Statement has been updated to reflect the revised Greenhouse Gas Emissions factor objective.
Published Date:
December 13, 2016
Revised Date:
April 5, 2023
Guidelines and procedures: