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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 21 Best practice environmental management

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 21

Best practice environmental management

21 Best practice environmental management

(1) The
"best practice environmental management" of an activity is the management of the activity to achieve an ongoing minimisation of the activity’s environmental harm through cost-effective measures assessed against the measures currently used nationally and internationally for the activity.
(2) In deciding the
"best practice environmental management" of an activity, regard must be had to the following measures—
(a) strategic planning by the person carrying out, or proposing to carry out, the activity;
(b) administrative systems put into effect by the person, including staff training and monitoring and review of the systems;
(c) public consultation carried out by the person;
(d) product and process design;
(e) waste prevention, treatment and disposal.
(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the measures to which regard may be had in deciding the
"best practice environmental management" of an activity.