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The | The Environmental Permitting regime requires operators of facilities that could harm the environment or human health to obtain permits for these facilities or to register others as exempt. The regime provides for on-going supervision by regulators of which the aim of the environmental permitting regime is to: | ||
*Protect the environment so that statutory and Government policy environmental targets and outcomes are achieved. | *Protect the environment so that statutory and Government policy environmental targets and outcomes are achieved. | ||
*Deliver permitting and compliance with permits and certain environmental targets effectively and efficiently and in a way that provides increased clarity and minimises the administrative burden on both the regulator and the operator. | *Deliver permitting and compliance with permits and certain environmental targets effectively and efficiently and in a way that provides increased clarity and minimises the administrative burden on both the regulator and the operator. | ||