Scoping

The purpose of these instruction and form is to assist a proponent in transferring responsibility for a proposal to another person.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) (or the EPA Chair or Deputy Chair as delegate) is the decision-maker for transferring responsibility of a proposal during assessment.

The instruction and form outline the information that is required for requests to transfer responsibility of a proposal.

An Environmental Scoping Document (ESD) is required when the EPA decides an ESD is the most appropriate way to prescribe the additional information required for an assessment. While an ESD will usually be prepared by the EPA, in some limited circumstances an ESD will be prepared by the proponent. The purpose of this document is to instruct proponents in how to provide the necessary information to prepare an Environmental Scoping Document (ESD) if they are requested to do so under section 40(2)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act).

The purpose of these instructions is to ensure proponents provide the necessary information with their request for EPA consent to undertake minor or preliminary work. A form is also provided to assist proponents.

These instructions are provided to assist proponents to prepare Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) submitted under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986. EMPs may be provided at referral, during an assessment by the EPA, or required as an implementation condition under a Ministerial statement. The term ‘Environmental Management Plan’ is used generically to refer to documents that set out the above information. Documents may be referred to in various ways, e.g. ‘Fauna Management Plan’ or ‘Groundwater Monitoring and Management and Plan’ or ‘Greenhouse Gas Management Plan’.

The purpose of these instructions is to provide proponents with relevant information regarding the release of their draft Environmental Scoping Document (ESD) or Environmental Review Document (ERD) for public review during an assessment.

A template for the format and content of an advertisement of a document for public review is attached to these instructions