Answer to Question #209252 in Electrical Engineering for Fibi

Question

Environmental management is becoming a key focus for many engineering organisations; your line manager wants you to explain the key features of the relevant legislation. 

Produce a poster or presentation detailing the key features of the relevant legislation and EU directives with regard to environmental management.

Answer 1

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act was passed in 1999. The EPBC Act establishes a legislative framework for protecting and managing nationally and globally significant flora, wildlife, ecological communities, and heritage sites, which are classified as things of national environmental significance under the Act.

Environmental impact assessment directive (Council Directive 85/ 337/ EEC of June 27, 1985) evaluates the environmental impacts of certain public and private initiatives).

The urban wastewater directive (Council Directive 91/ 271/ EEC on May 21, 1991, on urban waste-water treatment)

Habitats directive (Council Directive 92/43/ EEC of May 21, 1992, on the conservation of natural habitats, wild animals, and plants).

Landfill Directive (Council Directive 1999/ 31/ EC on April 26, 1999, on garbage landfill).

Water framework directive (Directive 2000/ 60/ EC of the European Parliament and the Council on 23 October 2000 provides a community action framework in water policy).

Directive on a strategic environmental assessment (Directive 2001/ 42/ EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 27 June 2001 on evaluating the environmental impacts of specific plans and programs).

Large combustion plant directive (Directive 2001/ 80/ EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 October 2001 on limiting certain pollutant emissions into the atmosphere from large combustion plants).

WEEE directive (Directive 2002/ 96/ EC of the European Parliament and the Council on 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)).

Floods Directive (Directive 2007/ 60/ EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 October 2007 on flood risk assessment and management).

Directive on integrated pollution prevention and control (Directive 2008/ 1/ EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 January 2008 on integrated pollution prevention and control).

Waste framework directive (Directive 2008/ 98/ EC of the European Parliament and the Council on waste, enacted on November 19, 2008).

Birds Directive (Directive 2009/ 147/ EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds).

Directive on industrial emissions (Directive 2010/ 75/ EU of the European Parliament and the Council of November 24, 2010, on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control)).