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The following regulations have been updated:
- Environment Protection (Fees and Levy) Regulations 1994
- Environment Protection (General) Regulations 1994
- Environment Protection (Exempt Classes of Persons and Activities) Regulations 2001
- Environment Protection (Site Contamination) Regulations 2008
- Environment Protection (Beverage Container) Regulations 2008
In all cases where any of the above appears in any publication, these have been replaced by the Environment Protection Regulations 2009 from 1 September 2009.
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Guidelines for groundwater investigation and monitoring for landfills - draft for public consultation
Document: Waste - Public consultation (published 01.01.08)
This guideline has been produced to advise proponents, developers, operators and licensees of landfill sites (and their environmental consultants) on methods to be used to monitor groundwater at landfill sites.
guidelines_landfill.pdf (212.4 kb)
EPA Board Landfill Subcommittee Report - EPA Landfill Guidelines
Document: Waste - Report (published 01.05.06)
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Landfill Guidelines are intended to provide guidance to landfill operators, developers, planning authorities and regulatory bodies on the site selection, development, design, construction, operation, closure and post-closure management of municipal solid waste and commercial and industrial general waste landfill facilities so that they can comply with Environment Protection (EP) Act 1993.
landfill_guidelines.pdf (91.8 kb)
Guidelines for construction specifications and reports: landfills, leachate ponds, composting facilities and wastewater lagoons - draft for public con
Document: Waste - Public consultation (published 24.11.09)
This guideline has been prepared to assist project proponents, consultants, engineers, construction companies and others in preparing Technical Specifications and the ACR for landfills, leachate ponds, composting pad liners and wastewater lagoons.
guide_construction_specs.pdf (139.3 kb)
Environment Protection (Waste to Resources) Policy 2010: Guidelines on handling wastes banned from landfills
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 07.05.12)
This document informs the waste and resource recovery industry on what must be done to determine when banned wastes may be disposed of to landfill.
guide_banned_waste.pdf (157.5 kb)
Environmental management of landfill facilities (municipal solid waste and commercial and industrial general waste)
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.01.07)
This guideline is intended to provide guidance to landfill operators, developers, planning authorities and regulatory bodies on the site selection, development, design, construction, operation, closure and post-closure management of municipal solid waste, and commercial and industrial (C&I) general waste landfill facilities so that they can comply with the EP Act.
Landfill gas and development near landfills–advice for planning authorities and developers
Document: Waste - Information sheet (published 21.02.12)
EPA 969/12: This information sheet provides planning authorities, developers and landfill owners and operators with clarification of EPA advice relating to the risks presented by landfill gas, and the basis on which the EPA will respond to development applications.
info_landfill_gas.pdf (108.9 kb)
Guideline for Stockpile Management - Waste and Waste Derived Products for Recycling and Reuse
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.09.10)
This guideline outlines the potential risks associated with the stockpiling of wastes and waste derived products and provides guidance on the appropriate and relevant controls to reduce those risks.
guidelines_stockpile.pdf (586.6 kb)
Guidelines for the site contamination audit system
Document: Site contamination - Guideline (published 01.05.10)
The guideline is intended to assist auditors and others in understanding and complying with the legislative requirements of the Act and Regulations in relation to the audit system.
guidelines_sc_audit.pdf (595.3 kb)
Guidelines for the use of the Environment Protection (Noise) Policy 2007
Document: Noise - Guideline (published 01.06.09)
These guidelines provide a clause-by-clause explanation, and include examples to assist in understanding and using the Policy. The guidelines are referred to in clauses 3(1), 4(1) ‘characteristics’ and 14(1)(b)(ii) of the Policy.
guidelines_noise_epp.pdf (560.8 kb)
Draft South Australian biosolids guidelines (2009)
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.05.09)
The guidelines are for the safe handling and use of biosolids.
guidelines_biosolids.pdf (609.4 kb)
Guidelines for the assessment and remediation of groundwater contamination
Document: Site contamination - Guideline (published 01.02.09)
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has prepared this guideline to provide details about the assessment and remediation of groundwater contamination to ensure the protection of human health and/or the environment.
sc_groundwater assessment.pdf (475.5 kb)
Explanatory note for landfill sites closing before July 2010
Document: Waste - Report (published 01.03.08)
Closure and post-closure management of landfills minimises the generation and uncontrolled emission of leachate and landfill gases, which may have adverse impacts on human health or the environment.
Guidelines for separation distances
Document: Industry - Guideline (published 01.12.07)
The Guidelines for separation distances are for the use of the Environment Protection Authority (the EPA), planning authorities, developers, planning consultants and the community as a tool in the development application processes for new or expanding developments.
Environmental regulation using a risk-based approach: A guideline for EPA staff
Document: Licensing - Guideline (published 01.10.07)
This document guides South Australian Environment Protection Authority staff when making decisions about regulating the activities of people who are licensed under the Environment Protection Act 1993. It also helps the community and business understand how the EPA makes these decisions.
EPA Guidelines for Responsible Pesticide Use
Document: Water - Guideline (published 01.12.05)
This guideline brings together in one document the requirements that regulate the responsible use of pesticides.
guide_pesticides.pdf (641.6 kb)
Consultancy report: SA rural landfill waste audit 2001
Document: Waste - Report (published 01.03.02)
In 2001, the South Australian Environment Protection Agency commissioned Waste Audit and Consultancy Services to undertake a disposal based waste survey of selected South Australian regional landfills.
Guidelines for resource recovery and waste transfer depots
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.11.01)
These guidelines have been formulated to assist those establishing depots in South Australia for resource recovery (resource recovery depots) and/or for the treatment of waste (waste transfer depots) before its transfer for disposal.
Consultancy report: South Australia landfill audit
Document: Waste - Report (published 01.02.00)
In August 1998 the South Australian Environment Protection Agency commissioned Waste Audit and Consultancy Services (Aust) Pty Ltd and C.R. Hudson & Associates Pty Ltd to undertake a disposal based audit of waste disposed to landfills within the Adelaide metropolitan area.
Guidelines for establishment of intensive piggeries in SA
Document: Industry - Guideline (published 01.03.98)
These guidelines have been published by The Department for Primary Industries and Resources, The Environment Protection Authority, South Australian Farmers’ Federation and the Murraylands Regional Development Board to assist in the uniform development of an economically and environmentally sustainable intensive pig industry in South Australia.
South Australian biosolids guidelines (1997)
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.07.97)
These guidelines have been published to ensure that beneficial reuse of biosolids from municipal wastewater
can be safely and sustainably practised in South Australia.
Guidelines for wastewater lagoons
Document: Corporate - Public consultation (published 19.03.10)
EPA 509/10: This guideline replaces EPA Guideline 509/04, Wastewater and evaporation lagoon construction. It advises those proposing to construct wastewater lagoons or similar infrastructure on construction techniques that should assist in meeting obligations under the Environment Protection Act 1993 and the Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy 2003.
wastewater_lagoons.pdf (322.4 kb)
Community consultation for waste management and recycling facilities
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 29.09.10)
EPA 328/10: This guideline replaces EPA Technical Bulletin No. 19, ‘Community consultation for waste management and recycling facilities’ (July 2000). The facilities covered by the guidelines include landfills, transfer stations, recycling centres, material recovery facilities (MRF) and composting facilities.
guide_consultation.pdf (74.3 kb)
Environment Protection (Waste to Resources) Policy 2010: Guidelines on the assessment of resource recovery facilities
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 07.05.12)
This document provides guidance to the waste and resource recovery industry and other activities undertaking resource recovery on when approval is required under clause 11 of the Environment Protection (Waste to Resources) Policy 2010.
guide_resource_assessment.pdf (107.4 kb)
Environment Protection (Waste to Resources) Policy 2010: Guidelines on resource recovery processing requirements
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 07.05.12)
This document provides guidance to the waste and resource recovery industry when undertaking resource recovery.
guide_resource_processing.pdf (103.4 kb)
Radiation protection guidelines on mining in South Australia: Mineral exploration
Document: Radiation - Guideline (published 02.02.10)
The following occupational radiation protection and waste management guidance is provided to assist explorers planning to undertake drilling operations conducted in areas of known radioactive mineralisation, and when exploring for new uranium/thorium deposits in South Australia.
guidelines_mineral.pdf (303.2 kb)
Environment Assessment Guides for Planners: Composting
Document: Industry - Guideline (published 01.11.07)
Composting can have minimal environmental impact if located in an appropriate area and sited, designed and operated properly.
Review of the landfill disposal risks and potential for recovery and recycling of preservative treated timber
Document: Waste - Report (published 01.11.99)
As part of future strategy, the South Australian Environment Protection Agency (SA EPA) determined that it was appropriate to consider the potential risks which may arise from the disposal of preservative treated timber.
Waste tyres
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 07.09.10)
EPA 183/10: This guideline replaces EPA Information Sheet No. 15, issued in May 2001. Note: for the purposes of this guideline, ‘waste tyres’ are defined as used, discarded or rejected tyres that are either whole or in pieces greater than or less than 250 mm in width or length.
Waste definitions
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 08.09.09)
EPA 842/09: This guideline provides definitions for a range of terms commonly used within the waste industry.
guide_waste_definitions.pdf (193.9 kb)
Wastes containing asbestos: Removal, transport and disposal
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.07.09)
EPA 414/09: This guideline sets out the EPA’s minimum requirements for the management, safe handling and disposal of asbestos waste and asbestos-containing materials.
