The amendment agreement also contains expanded provisions allowing proponents of the use of the NSW Biodiversity Offset Scheme to assess and meet all their biodiversity balance requirements, including the use of the Biodiversity Protection Fund. The current agreement improves the rationalization of the benefits of the single window ahead of an approved bilateral agreement. The current agreement aims to promote effective, thorough and transparent environmental regulation while minimizing duplication. The current agreement replaces the existing agreement, which was in service from December 20, 2013 to February 25, 2015. Currently, there is no bilateral authorization agreement. The bilateral agreement is under the Australian government`s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC). It allows NSW to assess development applications on behalf of the Australian government, allowing for a separate assessment and a reduction in duplicate processes. In 2015, NSW and the Australian government concluded a bilateral environmental impact assessment agreement. In March 2020, NSW and the Australian government signed Amendment No. 1 (the amendment agreement). The result is minor changes to the 2015 bilateral assessment agreement to respond to changes to biodiversity legislation and NSW planning legislation and improve the functioning of the agreement. The review was published by the Australian government in August 2017 and describes the success of the agreement as well as areas where the operation of the agreement could be improved. The bilateral evaluation agreement applies only to large projects (the NSW government being the approval authority), as it is an agreement between the NSW and the Australian government.
In order to streamline the benefits for all NSW supporters who need to use the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme (BOS) and who must be approved in accordance with the EPBC Act, the Australian government has approved the BOS as part of the EPBC Act`s enforcement policy. This means that any NSW supporter who requires an EPBC-Act authorization can use NSW BOS to assess and meet its biodiversity compensation requirements. The Australian government has reached a new agreement with New South Wales – Amendment No. 1. It amends the bilateral agreement signed in 2015 (the initial agreement). This agreement was reached pursuant to Section 45 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 1999 (EPBC) (EPBC Act) relating to environmental assessment. The legal public notice on the Proposed NSW Approval expired on Friday, June 13, 2014. On this page you will find all recent documents relating to bilateral environmental assessment and licensing agreements under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) between the Commonwealth and the State of New South Wales. The amended bilateral agreement has begun. All eligible new projects will be evaluated under the updated provisions of the revised bilateral agreement. The bilateral agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of New South Wales on environmental assessment (the bilateral assessment agreement) allows the Commonwealth Minister of the Environment to use certain procedures for assessing the environmental impacts of the State of New South Wales to assess the measures under the EPBC Act. The proposed bilateral approval agreement provides for the accreditation of procedures in New South Wales for approval of proposed measures that would otherwise be reviewed by the Australian government for approval under the EPBC Act.
Only a decision that determines the granting of the authorization is made by New South Wales, which is responsible for national environmental issues and issues. The final bilateral agreement will contain a list of processes in New South Wales accredited by the Federal Environment Minister.
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