Payment & forms
Environment Licensing Forms (ELF)
You can now apply, renew or pay for an EPA authorisation or licence online.
e-ELF is your single access point for all EPA licences, exemptions and authorisations, and allows you to pay an invoice online with a credit card.
Application forms
If the activity is to take place at a premises, a development approval must already have been granted. This is administered by local government and the Development Assessment Commission. >> More
Waste transporter businesses must use these forms:
Online waste tracking (WasteTracker)
Exemption forms
Works approval
Other
- Surrender of environmental authorisation
- Transfer of authorisation application
- Change to process emissions or waste
- Alterations to plant and equipment
- Changes to vehicle details: Application for approval
- Resource recovery facility approval
- Limited purposes determination
Licence fee system
The EPA's licence fee system is based on 'user pays' and 'polluter pays' principles. In this system, licence fees reflect the EPA's regulatory effort as well as the amount and type of pollutants discharged to the environment.
Radiation
The South Australian radiation licence and registration forms are available via downloading the PDFs below. They may also be obtained by contacting the Radiation Protection Branch on Tel: (08) 8463 7826 or email.
- Application for a licence to operate ionising radiation apparatus (section 31 - Form 3)
- Application to register an ionising radiation apparatus - new apparatus and transfer of ownership (section 32 - Form 4)
- Application for a licence to use or handle a radioactive substance (section 28 - Form 6)
- Application to register a sealed radioactive source (section 30 - Form 7)
- Application to register premises in which unsealed radioactive substances are handled or kept (section 29 - Form 8)
- Application/renewal for a licence to test for developmental purposes - mining or mineral processing (section 23A - Form 9)
- Application for a licence to carry out mining or mineral processing (section 24 - Form 10)
- Application for a licence to operate a facility (section 29A - Form 11)
- Application for a licence to possess an ionising radiation source (section 33A - Form 12)
- Shielding Declaration (section 34 - form 34A)
- Notification to surrender licence or registration (section 40)
Third party certification of diagnostic X-ray apparatus
Apply for accreditation to perform compliance testing in South Australia
Sale
Regulations 53 and 55 require that anyone selling, replacing or disposing of x-ray apparatus or major components must notify the branch in writing within 7 days of the sale or disposal.
Regulations 117, 118, 120 and 121 require that anyone selling or installing a registered device, registered sealed radioactive source or sealed radioactive substances must notify the branch in writing within 7 days of the sale or disposal.
Relocation
Regulation 62 requires that the owner of an X-ray apparatus which is relocated must notify the division in writing within 14 days of the change.
Disposal
Regulations 133 and 134 require that anyone disposing of sealed radioactive source must apply to the branch for approval of the disposal.
Container Deposit Legislation
You can apply for approval of beverage containers or collection depot via our online forms 