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Environment Protection Act 2019
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notifiable incident means:
(a) an incident that causes or threatens material environmental
harm or significant environmental harm and that occurs at a
site at which:
(i) an action is being carried out under an environmental
(ii) a proposed action or strategic proposal is undergoing
environmental impact assessment; or
(iii) a mining activity is being carried out under an
(b) an incident prescribed by regulation to be a notifiable incident.
operator, in relation to a site at which a recordable incident occurs,
means:
(a) the approval holder for the action; or
(b) the proponent of the proposed action or strategic proposal; or
(c) the mining operator who holds the environmental (mining)
licence to carry out the mining activity.
recordable incident means an incident, other than a notifiable
incident, that:
(a) occurs at a site at which:
(i) an action is being carried out under an environmental
(ii) a proposed action or strategic proposal is undergoing
environmental impact assessment; or
(iii) a mining activity is being carried out under an
environmental (mining) licence; and
(b) causes or threatens environmental harm.
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