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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 21
Best practice environmental management
(1) The
"best practice environmental management" of an activity is the management of
the activity to achieve an ongoing minimisation of the activity’s
environmental harm through cost-effective measures assessed against the
measures currently used nationally and internationally for the activity.
(2)
In deciding the
"best practice environmental management" of an activity, regard must be had to
the following measures— (a) strategic planning by the person carrying out,
or proposing to carry out, the activity;
(b) administrative systems put into
effect by the person, including staff training and monitoring and review of
the systems;
(c) public consultation carried out by the person;
(d) product
and process design;
(e) waste prevention, treatment and disposal.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not limit the measures to which regard may be had in
deciding the
"best practice environmental management" of an activity.
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