Guidelines
General guidelines
- Best Practice Environmental Management ERA 53(a) Organic material processing by composting – ESR/2021/5670
- Best practice environmental management guideline for scrap metal recycling facilities operating fragmentisers—ESR/2016/3091
- End of waste (EOW) guideline—ESR/2016/3323
- Financial assurance under the Environmental Protection Act 1994—ESR/2015/1758
- Landfill siting, design, operation and rehabilitation—ESR/2015/1627
- Notification criteria for sewage releases to the environment—ESR/2015/1650
- Prevention of fires in waste stockpiles - ESR/2020/5409
- Reef discharge standards for industrial activities—ESR/2021/5627
- Stormwater guideline for environmentally relevant activities—ESR/2015/1653
Assessment guidelines
- Assessment requirements for making a decision for an environmental authority for an environmentally relevant activity—ESR/2015/1725
- Assessing applications for sewage treatment works—ESR/2015/1652
- Odour Impact Assessment from Developments
Technical guidelines
- Wastewater release to Queensland waters—ESR/2015/1654
- Receiving environment monitoring Program—ESR/2016/2399
A Receiving Environment Monitoring Program (REMP) may be required for an activity that releases contaminants to waters. The aim of a REMP is to monitor and assess the potential impacts of contaminants releases to the environment. A REMP will help evaluate whether the conditions on the licence are effectively maintaining or protecting environment values over time. The above guideline provides guidance for implementing a REMP where a proponent is required to do so by the administering authority.
For waste management guidelines and information sheets
Manuals
Noise monitoring is conducted by the Queensland Government to assist in policy and investment decision-making, support environment management decisions by government and industry, and assess the impacts on the community and environment. The Noise Measurement Manual facilitates consistency and reliability of noise measurement by explaining how to:
- Plan a noise measurement
- Take on-site source and background noise measurements
- Determine component levels by removing ambient noise
- Make adjustments to account for tonal and impulsive characteristics
- Report noise measurements.