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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In all cases where any of the above appears in any publication, these have been replaced by the Environment Protection Regulations 2009 from 1 September 2009.
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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)
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 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 Guidelines for stormwater management in Mount Gambier
Document: Water - Guideline (published 01.02.07)
This guideline has been developed in response to the specific environmental setting and the historical stormwater management practices that have been applied in the South East region of South Australia.
National environmental guidelines for piggeries
Document: Industry - Guideline (published 01.08.04)
The National Environmental Guidelines for Piggeries delivers, for the first time, a nationally agreed approach to management of pig production in Australia to achieve environmental goals.
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.
Critter Catalogue - A guide to the aquatic invertebrates of South Australian inland waters.
Document: Water - Report (published 01.06.04)
The Critter Catalogue is an information guide to the aquatic invertebrates of South Australia’s inland waters. This guide is aimed at Waterwatch staff and participants, teachers, secondary students and community groups.
Environment Assessment Guides for Planners: Abrasive blasting
Document: Industry - Guideline (published 17.05.11)
Abrasive blasting can have minimal environmental impact if it is located in an appropriate area and sited, designed and operated properly.
Environment Assessment Guides for Planners: Surface coating (spray painting and powder coating)
Document: Industry - Guideline (published 17.05.11)
Surface coating is an activity that can be established successfully, with minimal environmental impact if located in an appropriate area and provided it is sited, designed and operated properly.
Environment Assessment Guides for Planners: Materials handling
Document: Industry - Guideline (published 01.11.07)
Materials handling can have minimal environmental impact if located in an appropriate area and sited, designed and operated properly.
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)
Wastewater irrigation management plan (WIMP)
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.06.09)
EPA 793/09: This drafting guide is developed to assist licensees develop a wastewater irrigation management plan that meets a standard acceptable to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA). This guide will advise unlicensed facilities in developing a plan for the sustainable application of wastewater to land in accordance with environmental legislation.
Bunding and spill management
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.06.07)
EPA 080/07: This guideline applies to facilities that use or store liquids above ground, and provides information on bunds or spill containment systems to minimise the risk of environmental harm from liquid spills and leaks.
Regulatory monitoring and testing: Groundwater sampling
Document: Water - Guideline (published 01.06.07)
The purpose of this Environment Protection Authority (EPA) guideline is to provide for a consistent approach to sampling groundwater in South Australia.
Regulatory monitoring and testing: Water and wastewater sampling
Document: Water - Guideline (published 01.06.07)
The purpose of this guideline is to set minimum standards and to provide practical guidance on water and wastewater sampling for regulatory purposes in South Australia.
Waste transport certificate
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.05.07)
EPA 415/10: This guideline provides information to help waste producers, transporters and depot owners to comply with environmental legislation when listed wastes are transported within South Australia.
guide_wastetransport.pdf (268.2 kb)
Copper chromated arsenate (CCA) timber waste - storage and management
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.11.04)
EPA 572/04: This guideline offers advice to industry on the on-site management of CCA-treated timber waste.
Pressure water-blasting activities
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.09.03)
EPA 079/03: This guideline replaces EPA Technical Bulletin No. 16, ‘Pressure water-blasting activities’ (July 2000), and provides information on strategies and techniques to enable operators of pressure water-blasting equipment to comply with the general environmental duty by preventing pollutants generated by their activities from entering the environment.
Derivation of disposal criteria
Document: Waste - Public consultation (published 19.07.11)
EPA 658/09: This information sheet provides supporting technical information for the draft publication, Guideline for solid waste: criteria for assessment, classification and disposal of waste, and should be read in conjunction with this guideline.
info_solid_waste.pdf (68.7 kb)
Safe and effective pesticide use: a handbook for lifestyle landholders
Document: Water - Other (published 26.10.09)
This handbook has been developed for use by smaller-scale rural or ‘lifestyle’ landholders who use pesticides on their property to control environmental pests, or pests associated with primary production or domestic gardens.
pesticide_lifestyle.pdf (1.7 mb)
Safe and effective pesticide use: A handbook for commercial spray operators
Document: Water - Other (published 01.09.07)
This handbook has been developed for use by commercial spray operators who use pesticides on private or public land to control environmental pests, or pests associated with primary production.
pesticide_commercial.pdf (934.2 kb)
Assessment of the impact of insecticide spraying of Australian plague locusts
Document: Air - Report (published 01.07.01)
This report is a review of a study commissioned by the Environment Protection Agency to assess the impacts of pesticides on aquatic ecosystems as a result of extensive locust spraying in South Australia in the spring of 2000.
Integrated Waste Strategy for Metropolitan Adelaide 1996-2015
Document: Waste - Report (published 01.06.96)
The Integrated Waste Strategy prepared by the South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) will guide the next two decades of waste management in the Adelaide metropolitan area.
Standard for the production and use of waste derived soil enhancer
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 06.04.10)
This standard describes the information and processes that are required by the EPA to support the beneficial recycling of waste by its application to agricultural land as a soil enhancer.
Standard for the production and use of waste derived fill
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 12.01.10)
This standard describes the information and processes that are required by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to support the beneficial reuse of a range of wastes specifically recovered for use as fill.
Standard for the production and use of refuse derived fuel
Document: Waste - Guideline (published 01.06.09)
This standard describes the information and processes that are required by the South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to support resource efficiency and the beneficial recovery of energy from waste by the combustion of refuse derived fuel (RDF) in an industrial process.
Assessment of underground storage systems
Document: Site contamination - Guideline (published 01.02.05)
EPA 580/05: This document is based on a paper presented by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) at the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination, hosted by Environment Protection & Heritage Council (EPHC) and held in Adelaide in 2002.
Yalumba Accredited Sustainability Licence
Document: Corporate - Other (published 07.02.12)
The Yalumba Wine Company commits to meeting the conditions of their two EPA Accredited Licences and implementing the environmental sustainability agreement.
yalumba_sustainability.pdf (4.8 mb)
EPA Annual Report 2010-2011
Document: Corporate - Report (published 11.11.11)
It is with pleasure that I present you with the Annual Report of the Environment Protection Authority for the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.
