Chapter 4 activities
Codes of environmental compliance can apply to those chapter 4 activities — that are carried out subject to well established, standardised routine practices and have been demonstrated to be able to operate under standard conditions for all circumstances, with clear requirements for operators. Each code is a document that contains the standard environmental conditions for an activity and criteria that will determine when (and to what extent) a code applies to an activity. The code also contains advisory notes on action that may be taken to assist in reaching compliance with the standard environmental conditions.
The environmentally relevant activity (ERA) component of development covered by a code is self-assessable development under the Integrated Planning Act 1997. While a development approval is not required for the ERA component, it may be required for other aspects of the development.
Anyone operating under a code is required to have a registration certificate before commencing operations - for more information see the information sheet Requirement to become a registered operator. The fees for registration certificate applications are listed in the information sheet Summary of fees - environmentally relevant activities.
Approved codes are listed in Schedule 6A of the Environmental Protection Regulation 1998.
Refer to the Information sheet: Carrying out an ERA subject to a code of environmental compliance for more information on codes for chapter 4 activities.
The following codes apply to new operators who meet all the criteria listed for the code from the commencement date, and from one year after the commencement date for anyone operating under a development approval that meets all the criteria for that code:
Commencement date: 2 June 2006
Criteria:
1. The activity applies to the extraction of material for the construction and maintenance of roads damaged as a direct result of flooding in the following local government areas:
- Burke Shire Council
- Carpentaria Shire Council
- Cook Shire Council
- Mareeba Shire Council
- Aurukun Community Council
- Bamaga Community Council
- Hopevale Community Council
- Injinoo Community Council
- Kowanyama Community Council
- Lockhart River Community Council
- Mapoon Community Council
- Napranum Community Council
- New Mapoon Community Council
- Pormpuraaw Community Council
- Seisa Community Council
- Umagico Community Council; and
- Wujal Wujal Community Council.
2. The administering authority for the ERA is the EPA.
3. The amount of material extracted from a site is less than 100 000 t per year (i.e. the extraction activities are classed as either ERA 20(a) or 20(b) under the definition for ERA 20, below).
4. There is no release of contaminants to waters from the extraction activities.
5. The extraction activities will not be carried out in a category A environmentally sensitive area.
Commencement date: 1 July 2006
Criteria:
1. The ERA is mobile and temporary, as defined in schedule 3 of the EP Act, and the administration of the ERA is not devolved to local government under the EP Reg.
2. Abrasive blasting activities carried out over water, on land below highest astronomical tide or on land subject to a 1:10 year flood regime are restricted to fixed items of marine equipment such as jetties, piers, bridges and gantries.
Commencement date: 1 July 2006
Criteria:
1. The ERA does not involve car detailing or washing.
2. The ERA does not involve spray painting.
3. The ERA is mobile and temporary, as defined in Schedule 3 of the EP Act, and the administration of the ERA is not devolved to local government under the EP Reg.
Code of environmental compliance for certain aspects of regulated waste transport (ERA 83)—Version 1
Commencement date: 1 July 2006
Criteria:
1. Regulated waste is transported by road vehicles only (not by train, boat, aircraft, pipeline or other means).Last updated: 25 September 2006
