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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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Current Air Quality

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

Assessment

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

Regulation

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

Residential Noise & Hours of Use

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

Policy & Legislation

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

Items of Interest

Deployment of booms at Emu River near Burnie

Working together on the clean-up at Emu River, Burnie

Last Friday 24 March, a team of staff from the EPA, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service and the Burnie City Council conducted a clean-up at Emu River.

Environment Protection Notices

As developments and land use progress there may be reasons to change the originally proposed delivery of a project, particularly for complex projects such as those regulated by the Environment Protection Authority.

Future focus for the EPA Air Monitoring Service

The EPA has engaged KPMG to assist in preparing a business case to ensure our current air quality monitoring service is sustainable and fit for purpose into the future.

EPA issues direction to Recycal Pty Ltd

The EPA has issued a direction to Recycal under section 92(1)(l) of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994.

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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.