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Environment Protection Act 2019
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9 Meaning of significant environmental harm
Significant environmental harm means environmental harm that:
(a) is of major consequence having regard to:
(i) the context and intensity of the harm; and
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(ii) the sensitivity, value and quality of the environment
harmed and the duration, magnitude and geographic
extent of the harm; or
(b) would, or is likely to, cost more to remediate than the
monetary amount prescribed by regulation.