Thank you for your feedback on our proposed approach to environmental regulation. Consultation closed on the 31 March 2021.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) received 315 submissions on the Regulatory Strategy between 9 February to 31 March 2021. We also collected feedback from council and industry representatives at the EPA Roadshow forums. Your views on our purpose, principles and approach to improving environmental regulation are highly valued and will inform how we will implement the Regulatory Strategy.

The Regulatory Strategy has been finalised and can be found on the EPA website.

The Regulatory Strategy sets out what we do, why we do it and how we do it. It includes our proposed approach to regulating new and existing environmental challenges.

The EPA consulted with business, government and the community to gain valuable input into the proposed approach to environmental regulation.

We sought your feedback on:

Please note, your feedback on Regulatory Strategy may include ‘personal information,' including your name, address, email, internet protocol address and any other personal information contained in your feedback.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (the EPA) must comply with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998. Visit the EPA’s privacy page and the Privacy Policy for further information on its online consultation platform.

The EPA may publish all or part of your feedback on its website, on its online consultation platform or in a consultation report. In providing us with your feedback, you consent to the EPA publishing all or part of your submission. If you would like all or part of your feedback to be withheld from publication, please let us know when making your feedback.

If you send us an email, we will record your email for the purpose of responding to you.

All information held by the EPA is subject to the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.