Section 480E — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Contents of a remediation determination
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(1) A remediation determination must specify the following: (a) the person (the specified person) referred to in paragraph 480D(1)(a); (b) the action (the specified action) referred to in that paragraph; (c) the civil penalty provision (the specified civil penalty provision) of Part 3 referred to in that paragraph; (d) the action (the remediation action) that the person is required to take. (2) A remediation determination may do all or any of the following in relation to some or all of the remediation action: (a) require action to be taken in a specified place; (b) require action to be taken at, or by, a specified time; (c) require a specified industry standard or code of practice to be complied with in taking action; (d) require the taking of reasonable steps to obtain any Commonwealth, State or Territory approval or authority needed to carry out action; (e) require the preparation, and submission to the Minister for approval, of a plan for taking action, and require action to be taken in accordance with the plan as approved by the Minister; (f) require the spending of a specified amount of money on the taking of action; (g) require the payment to a specified person of a specified amount or money, for the purpose of activities directed towards the protection and conservation of the matter protected by the specified civil penalty provision; (h) require the payment to the Commonwealth of a specified amount of money as security for the due taking of action; (i) provide for monitoring, auditing, or reporting to the Minister, in relation to the taking of action. (3) A remediation determination must contain a statement to the effect that the specified person may apply for a reconsideration of the determination under section 480J.
Official source: Federal Register of Legislation
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