EPA accused of over-reaching with offshore consenting powers

EPA accused of over-reaching with offshore consenting powers
Gavin Evans
The Environmental Protection Authority has been accused of using consent conditions to try and fill enforcement “gaps” in the offshore regulations it works under. Beach Energy told a hearing committee yesterday it faces “unforeseen and significant” legal risk due to the way EPA staff are now interpreting some of the conditions in consents it grants. The ASX-listed explorer is disputing efforts by the EPA to have an emergency spill response plan included in the consent it is seeking for deck drainage run-off during drilling it plans off th...

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