The Environment Protection Authority's purpose is to regulate developments and activities that may impact on environmental quality and to promote best practice, sustainable environmental management. Its goals are clean air, clean water, clean land, acceptable noise levels and sustainable use of resources.

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Residential Noise & Hours of Use

Residential Noise & Hours of Use

Noise regulations allow for noisy activities to be undertaken at reasonable times.

Policy & Legislation

Policy & Legislation

Policies and legislation underpin Tasmania's environmental management and pollution control systems.

Current Air Quality

Current Air Quality

Real-time air quality data for Tasmania from the BLANkET network of monitoring stations.

Assessment

Assessment

The EPA is responsible for assessing the environmental impacts of new development proposals.

Regulation

Regulation

The EPA regulates several hundred industrial and municipal activities of various types and sizes.

Items of Interest

Deckee Crowdsourced Incident Reporting on the Waterways

Reporting incidents made easy through the DECKEE boating app

Users of the app are able to report incidents and hazards including oil spills, navigational safety issues and marine farming debris in real time.

EPA considers proposal for landfilling at cells 10 and 11, Copping landfill

The Environment Protection Authority has concluded its assessment of a proposal by Southern Waste Solutions for disposal of waste (landfilling) into cells 10 and 11 at the Copping Category B landfill at Blue Hills Road, Copping, in the Sorell municipality.

Have your say

Public consultations provide opportunities for the community and stakeholders to have their say on development proposals being assessed by the Environment Protection Authority - visit the Public Consultations page

The Environment Protection Authority acknowledges the Tasmanian Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of lutruwita (Tasmania) and pays respect to their Elders, past and present.