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Have Your Say about Victoria's Vehicle Emissions

admin — 2011-11-15 10:39:52 +1100

Have Your Say in our online forum about the Environment Protection (Vehicle Emissions) Regulations ('Regulations') Review. Victoria's vehicle emissions Regulations aim to minimise the impact of motor vehicle air emissions, noise and fuel. These Regulations will expire in January 2013.

EPA Victoria ('EPA') and the Department of Sustainability and Environment ('DSE') are examining whether the Regulations should be remade and, if so, what should be in them. We'd like to hear your views on this issue.

Open House 2011

admin — 2011-02-23 09:57:46 +1100

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA Victoria) want to hear from the Victorian community (that's you) about the future of environmental management and protection. So, we are hitting the road and setting up in 13 towns and cities across the state.

If you can't attend in person (or just have more to say) this is the place to let us know your thoughts, concerns and aspirations for the health of Victoria's environment.

Compliance & Enforcement Review Report launched - 15 Feb 2011

EPA Coordinator — 2011-02-15 15:47:45 +1100

Chief Executive Officer John Merritt said the EPA instigated report followed the earlier reviews by the Victorian Ombudsman and the Auditor-General that found its regulatory approach lacking.

"This is about informing us, so we can make the right decisions and choices for the environment and the organisation as we transform to a modern regulator. EPA is accepting all 119 recommendations.

"EPA exists to protect, care for and improve the environment and that should never be forgotten. We cannot fulfil that function unless we are effective as a regulator. This review provides us with a way to become more effective."

Mr Merritt said the review examined the current regulatory model, taking into account the contemporary practice of environment protection regulators interstate and internationally. It also assessed whether the right regulatory tools exist and how they should be used in achieving compliance, while taking into account a number of the recommendations made by both the Victorian Ombudsman and the Auditor-General.

The review also saw EPA's largest ever consultation, with 14 public sessions spanning the state, providing members of the community an opportunity to feed into the review.

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank Victorians - individual community members and groups, business and business associations as well as EPA staff - for their input and assure them that we are committed to putting the recommendations into action and coming out of this review a stronger regulator."

The next stage is to implement the recommendations. EPA is currently working on an implementation plan which will be publicly released.

The review was undertaken by former WorkSafe executive, Stan Krpan. The report is available at www.epa.vic.gov.au

Have your say in EPA's compliance and enforcement review

EPA Coordinator — 2010-08-27 13:55:25 +1000