ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
(COST RECOVERY) REGULATIONS 2021
369. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I
refer to the fees charged for part IV environmental assessments under the
Environmental Protection (Cost Recovery) Regulations 2021. What
regulatory efficiencies have emerged from the Department of Water and
Environmental Regulation since the fees were first charged?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided by the
Minister for Environment.
In the four and a half months that
cost recovery of part IV environmental assessments has been in effect, the
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation has continued to develop a suite
of regulatory efficiencies resulting from recent amendments to the
Environmental Protection Act 1986, the building of Environment Online and other
Streamline WA initiatives. It is expected that the 18-month review of the part
IV cost recovery program in mid-2023 will capture and reflect these
efficiencies appropriately.