60Discharge policies

60 Discharge policies

60 Discharge policies

(1) For the Act, section 300A(2)(a), Essential Energy’s discharge policy must be approved by the Minister and made publicly available.

(2) The Minister must—

(a) approve the policy in the form in which the policy has been submitted for approval, or

(b) approve the policy with specified modifications, or

(c) refuse to approve the policy.

(3) The discharge policy must include all of the following—

(a) the classification of different categories of substances,

(b) categories of exempt substances for which no discharge approval is required,

(c) categories of prohibited substances for which no discharge approval is to be granted,

(d) the procedures to be followed by the authority in dealing with an application for a discharge approval, including the matters to be taken into consideration when dealing with an application,

(e) the conditions to be met in relation to discharge approvals, including conditions as to the concentration limits of substances to be discharged,

(f) the charging methods for discharge approvals,

(g) other matters as the Minister may determine.