{"id":12206,"date":"2012-09-28T12:22:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T02:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=12206"},"modified":"2024-07-17T16:29:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T06:29:49","slug":"feedback-sought-on-cutting-greentape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/09\/28\/feedback-sought-on-cutting-greentape\/","title":{"rendered":"Feedback Sought On Cutting Greentape"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 28, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State Government is seeking feedback on options to further cut “greentape” for small businesses.<\/p>\n

Environment Minister Andrew Powell said the proposed changes would assist motor vehicle workshops, boilermakers, small-scale manufacturers and metal works as well as removing some regulations for the agriculture sector.<\/p>\n

Farming businesses that could be affected are feedlots with 50-150 cattle and piggeries with between 21-400 “pig units”.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proposing amendments to Environmental Protection Regulation 2008 to further reduce the burden of regulation on our small to medium-sized businesses,\u201d Mr Powell said.<\/p>\n

These include deleting what the State Government has described as “low risk” environmentally relevant activities, which could benefit close to 10,000 businesses now operating with environmental licenses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is the potential to provide savings of up to $6.77 million to businesses in annual fees alone,\u201d Mr Powell said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is on top of reducing start-up costs for new businesses and reducing ongoing licence administration costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Powell said the government wanted to build on the amendments made in the Greentape Reduction Act introduced on July 31, 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of these options will hurt the environment as everyone still has to meet the requirements of the Environmental Protection Act,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking at implementing a risk-based approach which will more freely allow businesses to carry out standard activities that pose little environmental risk, as part of their day to day operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing is responding to businesses who have said time and again that they are sick of being tied up with green tape, administration costs and annual fees.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy streamlining these regulations we can assist business and free up our own resources which can be better directed to actually protecting the environment through compliance and enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Consultation will be carried out over the next month and submissions can be made until October 26. <\/p>\n

Business and the public can comment on proposed amendments to the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008 and find out more information about greentape reduction by visiting the EHP website<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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