Consultation
The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation is committed to improving the implementation and effectiveness of its programs and strategies.
Public consultations help us understand the views of stakeholders, communities and interested parties and inform a transparent and accountable decision-making process.
Current consultations
- Draft guideline on air emissions (closes 3 January 2020)
- Climate change issues consultation (closes 29 November 2019)
Closed consultations
- Draft Compliance and Enforcement Policy
- Legislative framework for waste-derived materials
- National Environment Protection (Ambient Air Quality) Measure standards
- Mandatory use of weighbridges to calculate leviable waste
- Approaches to reduce single-use plastic items
- Draft of Version 2 of the PFAS National Environmental Management Plan
- Approved methods for mandatory reporting under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008
- Draft customer service standards for collection network
- Recreation within public drinking water source areas on Crown land - policy implementation 2012 - 2017 Discussion paper for draft updated policy
- Review of thresholds for uncontaminated fill - Consultation paper
- Planning for entertainment noise in the Northbridge area
- Discussion Paper on cost recovery for Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
Environmental consultations
To view the full list of current, closed and upcoming environmental consultations, please click here.
Water consultations
Making a submission
All feedback provided from public consultations is treated as a public document and may be published on our website and included in reports and other publications.
If you do not consent to your submission being treated as a public document, you should mark it as confidential, specifically identify those parts which you feel need to be kept private, and include an explanation.
We reserve the right to delete any racially vilifying, derogatory, or defamatory content (to an individual or an organisation).
Please take careful note of the deadline for comment, as no late submissions will be accepted.
Assistance for customers with special needs
To ensure that customers who want to provide feedback are not disadvantaged as a result of language barriers, interpreters can be organised on behalf of customers to assist and documents can be translated into an appropriate language upon request.
If you need help as a result of a hearing or speech impairment the National Relay Service can assist by telephoning 13 36 77 (free call).
Publications are available online, or for those with special needs they can be made available in alternative formats such as audio, large print, or Braille.