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EPA agrees $5m financial assurance should be slashed

NSW mining company finally pays environmental security

Sustainability award finalists revealed

• Waste-to-energy plant slapped with fines
  
• EPA approves project opposed by Sustainability Victoria
  
• Stockland earns 'world leader' star ratings

The NSW Department of Planning today released draft guidelines on establishing and operating community consultative committees for major projects.

The NSW Government will expand an open access data "portal" already under development on coal seam gas so that it also includes biodiversity information drawn from multiple sources.

EPA Victoria has replaced its former 14-page works approval guide with a 121-page guideline filled with examples and links to key policies and protocols.

• Intense rain triggers BHPB Groote Eylandt incident reports
  
• NT EPA issues compliance plan, consults on guideline
  
• Engineers Australia issues sustainability guide

Undertaking a cumulative impact assessment is challenging but, as companies contemplating projects at Queensland's Abbot Point deepwater port discovered, do it right and the benefits can be substantial, according to consultant Peter Hemphill.

Assisted by senior regulators, a new association of bankers and investors plans to develop finance industry guidelines to ensure lenders properly scrutinise the environmental credentials of projects seeking funding.

• NSW EPA trumpets court penalties
  
• SA EPA puts licence applications online
  
• EPA Victoria issues new noise management guide

• Government to outline energy efficiency scheme expansion options
  
• SA EPA renews Yalumba's accredited sustainability licence
  
• Consumers shy away from low-carbon water heaters
  
• Ceramic fuel cell delivers in 'Smart Home' trial