National Environmental Standards

What is the content of national environmental standards?

National environmental standards may contain (section 43(2)):

• Qualitative or quantitative standards
• Discharge standards
• Methods for classifying a resource
• Methods, processes or technologies to implement standards
• Exemptions from standards

They may also incorporate standards, requirements or recommended practices of international organisations and any other written material that deals with technical matters and is too large or impractical to include in the standard (section 43G).