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NSW EPA Underground Petroleum Storage Systems Update No. 8
09 Sep 2019
On 1 September 2019 NSW Councils resumed responsibility for regulating most underground petroleum storage systems (UPSS) in their local areas.
The EPA remains the regulator for around 1000 UPSS sites which hold a EPA licence, are operated by a public authority, are in unincorporated areas of the state or are subject to a regulatory notice that we have already issued to a UPSS site.
Renewal of exemption order for UPSS used for back-up generators, heating oil and waste oil (Class 1 Exemptions)
The exemption for persons responsible for UPSS that are used to store heating or waste oil, or fuel for a back-up generators has been extended to 31 August 2021. An exemption for these types of UPSS sites has existed since the commencement of the original regulation on 1 June 2008.
The ongoing exemption allows for the transition of responsibility for other types of UPSS to councils from 1 September 2019 and to allow the EPA to conduct a review and risk assessment of these types of UPSS to better inform any future decision making to best manage and/or regulate them. The exemption order was published in the NSW Government Gazette No 98 on
30 August 2019
.
Who do I contact for more information?
You can visit the EPA’s
Underground petroleum storage systems
webpage to keep up to date, or contact the EPA’s UPSS team by email on
[email protected]
with any queries.
If you wish to be added to the EPA’s communication database to receive these newsletters, please let us know by emailing
[email protected]
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