EPA LICENSING

The licensing status of all projects is subject to regular reviews. These reviews may be initiated as a result of:

●	complaints from neighbours
●	regulatory agencies, in response to annual reports which the project is normally required to submit
●	project initiation, as a result of expansion of the project or other process changes
●	the need to upgrade an Authority to a full License for existing projects.

At any of these stages, it is critically important that the project can sustain one or more of the following positions:

●	that the project has operated in the past within its license/authority requirements
●	that the project can operate within the benchmarks which apply to other industries of a similar type
●	that, where a project fails in either of the above cases, the causes have been identified and the solutions to the failure have a reasonable expectation of being sustainably implemented.

These licensing scenarios occur in most projects at some stage. The successful resolution of these scenarios is largely dependent on the credibility of the project, the data it has to support its position and the relationship established with the EPA and its referral agencies.

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