[no bill text published] Environmental Monitoring Schemes and Higher Licence Fees for Gas Plants
Environment Legislation Amendment (Safe Air) Bill 2026
Assembly
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Regulations can now establish schemes to monitor environmental quality; this includes monitoring impacts on human health.
Regulations can set the operational details for these monitoring schemes; this includes appointing administrators and setting reporting requirements.
People who pay for monitoring schemes may be required to contribute costs.
Onshore gas plant licence holders must pay an annual fee based on the tonnes of hydrocarbons the NT EPA expects the plant to handle.
Annual licence fees for certain waste management and pollution control activities rise from $0.00115 to 0.01 revenue units starting 1 January 2027.
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environment environmental monitoring gas plants hydrocarbons licence fees pollution control waste management