Section 55 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

Environment Protection Licence

Licence - 21051

Licence Details
Number: 21051
Anniversary Date: 24-January

Licensee

SNOWY HYDRO LIMITED

PO BOX 332

COOMA NSW 2630

Premises
SNOWY HYDRO TALBINGO AIRSTRIP
MURRAY JACKSON DRIVE
TALBINGO NSW 2720

Scheduled Activity
Helicopter-related activities

Fee Based Activity Scale

Helicopter-related activity > 1500-5000 Annual flight movement
capacity

Region
South East - Queanbeyan
11 Farrer Place
QUEANBEYAN NSW 2620
Phone: (02) 6229 7002
Fax: (02) 6229 7006

PO Box 622
QUEANBEYAN NSW 2620

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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS LICENCE 3

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Dictionary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
Responsibilities of licensee ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
Variation of licence conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
Duration of licence ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
Licence review ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
Fees and annual return to be sent to the EPA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
Transfer of licence ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
Public register and access to monitoring data ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4

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ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A1 What the licence authorises and regulates ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

A2 Premises or plant to which this licence applies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
A3 Information supplied to the EPA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

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DISCHARGES TO AIR AND WATER AND APPLICATIONS TO LAND ---------------------------------------------------------------

P1 Location of monitoring/discharge points and areas -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6

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LIMIT CONDITIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

L1 Pollution of waters --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6

L2 Waste ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6

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OPERATING CONDITIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

O1 Activities must be carried out in a competent manner ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6

O2 Maintenance of plant and equipment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6

O3 Processes and management ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7

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MONITORING AND RECORDING CONDITIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

M1 Monitoring records -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7

M2 Recording of pollution complaints ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7

M3 Telephone complaints line ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

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REPORTING CONDITIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

R1 Annual return documents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8

R2 Notification of environmental harm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

R3 Written report --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

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GENERAL CONDITIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

G1 Copy of licence kept at the premises or plant --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10

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Information about this licence

Dictionary
A definition of terms used in the licence can be found in the dictionary at the end of this licence.

Responsibilities of licensee
Separate to the requirements of this licence, general obligations of licensees are set out in the Protection of
the Environment Operations Act 1997 (“the Act”) and the Regulations made under the Act. These include
obligations to:
 ensure persons associated with you comply with this licence, as set out in section 64 of the Act;
 control the pollution of waters and the pollution of air (see for example sections 120 - 132 of the Act);
 report incidents causing or threatening material environmental harm to the environment, as set out in
Part 5.7 of the Act.

Variation of licence conditions

The licence holder can apply to vary the conditions of this licence. An application form for this purpose is
available from the EPA.
The EPA may also vary the conditions of the licence at any time by written notice without an application
being made.
Where a licence has been granted in relation to development which was assessed under the Environmental
Planning and Assessment Act 1979 in accordance with the procedures applying to integrated development,
the EPA may not impose conditions which are inconsistent with the development consent conditions until
the licence is first reviewed under Part 3.6 of the Act.

Duration of licence
This licence will remain in force until the licence is surrendered by the licence holder or until it is suspended
or revoked by the EPA or the Minister. A licence may only be surrendered with the written approval of the
EPA.

Licence review
The Act requires that the EPA review your licence at least every 5 years after the issue of the licence, as set
out in Part 3.6 and Schedule 5 of the Act. You will receive advance notice of the licence review.

Fees and annual return to be sent to the EPA

For each licence fee period you must pay:
 an administrative fee; and
 a load-based fee (if applicable).

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The EPA publication “A Guide to Licensing” contains information about how to calculate your licence fees.
The licence requires that an Annual Return, comprising a Statement of Compliance and a summary of
any monitoring required by the licence (including the recording of complaints), be submitted to the EPA.
The Annual Return must be submitted within 60 days after the end of each reporting period. See condition
R1 regarding the Annual Return reporting requirements.

Usually the licence fee period is the same as the reporting period.

Transfer of licence
The licence holder can apply to transfer the licence to another person. An application form for this purpose
is available from the EPA.
Public register and access to monitoring data
Part 9.5 of the Act requires the EPA to keep a public register of details and decisions of the EPA in relation
to, for example:
 licence applications;
 licence conditions and variations;
 statements of compliance;
 load based licensing information; and
 load reduction agreements.

Under s320 of the Act application can be made to the EPA for access to monitoring data which has been
submitted to the EPA by licensees.

This licence is issued to:

SNOWY HYDRO LIMITED

PO BOX 332

COOMA NSW 2630

subject to the conditions which follow.

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1 Administrative Conditions
A1 What the licence authorises and regulates
A1.1 This licence authorises the carrying out of the scheduled activities listed below at the premises specified
in A2. The activities are listed according to their scheduled activity classification, fee-based activity
classification and the scale of the operation.

Unless otherwise further restricted by a condition of this licence, the scale at which the activity is carried
out must not exceed the maximum scale specified in this condition.

Scheduled Activity Fee Based Activity Scale

Helicopter-related activities Helicopter-related activity > 1500 - 5000 Annual
flight movement capacity
Note: This licence does not authorise or regulate noise from the operation of aircraft or helicopters as part of
flight activities. Complaints relating to noise from flight activities should be made to Airservices Australia's
Complaints Hotline on 1800 802 584.

A2 Premises or plant to which this licence applies

A2.1 The licence applies to the following premises:

Premises Details
SNOWY HYDRO TALBINGO AIRSTRIP
MURRAY JACKSON DRIVE
TALBINGO

NSW 2720

LOTS 2 & 3, DP 237155, TALBINGO

TALBINGO AIRSTRIP IS ON THE FORESHORE OF JOUNAMA PONDAGE

AT TALBINGO. ACCESSED FROM MURRAY JACKSON DRIVE.

A3 Information supplied to the EPA

A3.1 Works and activities must be carried out in accordance with the proposal contained in the licence
application, except as expressly provided by a condition of this licence.

In this condition the reference to "the licence application" includes a reference to:
a) the applications for any licences (including former pollution control approvals) which this licence
replaces under the Protection of the Environment Operations (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1998;
and
b) the licence information form provided by the licensee to the EPA to assist the EPA in connection with

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the issuing of this licence.

2 Discharges to Air and Water and Applications to

Land
P1 Location of monitoring/discharge points and areas
P1.1 The following utilisation areas referred to in the table below are identified in this licence for the purposes
of the monitoring and/or the setting of limits for any application of solids or liquids to the utilisation area.

3 Limit Conditions
L1 Pollution of waters
L1.1 Except as may be expressly provided in any other condition of this licence, the licensee must comply with
section 120 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.

L2 Waste
L2.1 The licensee must not cause, permit or allow any waste generated outside the premises to be received at
the premises for storage, treatment, processing, reprocessing or disposal or any waste generated at the
premises to be disposed of at the premises, except as expressly permitted by the licence.

4 Operating Conditions
O1 Activities must be carried out in a competent manner
O1.1 Licensed activities must be carried out in a competent manner.
This includes:
a) the processing, handling, movement and storage of materials and substances used to carry out the
activity; and
b) the treatment, storage, processing, reprocessing, transport and disposal of waste generated by the
activity.

O2 Maintenance of plant and equipment

O2.1 All plant and equipment installed at the premises or used in connection with the licensed activity:
a) must be maintained in a proper and efficient condition; and
b) must be operated in a proper and efficient manner.

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O3 Processes and management

O3.1 All above ground tanks containing material that is likely to cause environmental harm must be bunded or
have an alternative spill containment system in place.

O3.2 Bunds must:

a) have walls and floors constructed of impervious materials;
b) be of sufficient capacity to contain 110% of the volume of the tank (or 110% volume of the largest tank
where a group of tanks are installed);
c) have floors graded to a collection sump; and
d) not have a drain valve incorporated in the bund structure,

or be constructed and operated in a manner that achieves the same environmental outcome.

5 Monitoring and Recording Conditions

M1 Monitoring records
M1.1 The results of any monitoring required to be conducted by this licence or a load calculation protocol must
be recorded and retained as set out in this condition.

M1.2 All records required to be kept by this licence must be:

a) in a legible form, or in a form that can readily be reduced to a legible form;
b) kept for at least 4 years after the monitoring or event to which they relate took place; and
c) produced in a legible form to any authorised officer of the EPA who asks to see them.

M1.3 The following records must be kept in respect of any samples required to be collected for the purposes of
this licence:
a) the date(s) on which the sample was taken;
b) the time(s) at which the sample was collected;
c) the point at which the sample was taken; and
d) the name of the person who collected the sample.

M2 Recording of pollution complaints

M2.1 The licensee must keep a legible record of all complaints made to the licensee or any employee or agent
of the licensee in relation to pollution arising from any activity to which this licence applies.

M2.2 The record must include details of the following:

a) the date and time of the complaint;
b) the method by which the complaint was made;
c) any personal details of the complainant which were provided by the complainant or, if no such details
were provided, a note to that effect;
d) the nature of the complaint;
e) the action taken by the licensee in relation to the complaint, including any follow-up contact with the

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complainant; and
f) if no action was taken by the licensee, the reasons why no action was taken.

M2.3 The record of a complaint must be kept for at least 4 years after the complaint was made.

M2.4 The record must be produced to any authorised officer of the EPA who asks to see them.

M3 Telephone complaints line

M3.1 The licensee must operate during its operating hours a telephone complaints line for the purpose of
receiving any complaints from members of the public in relation to activities conducted at the premises or
by the vehicle or mobile plant, unless otherwise specified in the licence.

M3.2 The licensee must notify the public of the complaints line telephone number and the fact that it is a
complaints line so that the impacted community knows how to make a complaint.

M3.3 The preceding two conditions do not apply until one week after the date of the issue of this licence.

6 Reporting Conditions
R1 Annual return documents
R1.1 The licensee must complete and supply to the EPA an Annual Return in the approved form comprising:

1. a Statement of Compliance,
2. a Monitoring and Complaints Summary,
3. a Statement of Compliance - Licence Conditions,
4. a Statement of Compliance - Load based Fee,
5. a Statement of Compliance - Requirement to Prepare Pollution Incident Response Management Plan,
6. a Statement of Compliance - Requirement to Publish Pollution Monitoring Data; and
7. a Statement of Compliance - Environmental Management Systems and Practices.

At the end of each reporting period, the EPA will provide to the licensee a copy of the form that must be
completed and returned to the EPA.

R1.2 An Annual Return must be prepared in respect of each reporting period, except as provided below.

Note: The term "reporting period" is defined in the dictionary at the end of this licence. Do not complete the
Annual Return until after the end of the reporting period.

R1.3 Where this licence is transferred from the licensee to a new licensee:
a) the transferring licensee must prepare an Annual Return for the period commencing on the first day of
the reporting period and ending on the date the application for the transfer of the licence to the new
licensee is granted; and

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b) the new licensee must prepare an Annual Return for the period commencing on the date the
application for the transfer of the licence is granted and ending on the last day of the reporting period.

Note: An application to transfer a licence must be made in the approved form for this purpose.

R1.4 Where this licence is surrendered by the licensee or revoked by the EPA or Minister, the licensee must
prepare an Annual Return in respect of the period commencing on the first day of the reporting period and
ending on:
a) in relation to the surrender of a licence - the date when notice in writing of approval of the surrender is
given; or
b) in relation to the revocation of the licence - the date from which notice revoking the licence operates.

R1.5 The Annual Return for the reporting period must be supplied to the EPA via eConnect EPA or by
registered post not later than 60 days after the end of each reporting period or in the case of a
transferring licence not later than 60 days after the date the transfer was granted (the 'due date').

R1.6 The licensee must retain a copy of the Annual Return supplied to the EPA for a period of at least 4 years
after the Annual Return was due to be supplied to the EPA.

R1.7 Within the Annual Return, the Statements of Compliance must be certified and the Monitoring and
Complaints Summary must be signed by:
a) the licence holder; or
b) by a person approved in writing by the EPA to sign on behalf of the licence holder.

R2 Notification of environmental harm

R2.1 Notifications must be made by telephoning the Environment Line service on 131 555.

Note: The licensee or its employees must notify all relevant authorities of incidents causing or threatening
material harm to the environment immediately after the person becomes aware of the incident in
accordance with the requirements of Part 5.7 of the Act.

R2.2 The licensee must provide written details of the notification to the EPA within 7 days of the date on which
the incident occurred.

R3 Written report
R3.1 Where an authorised officer of the EPA suspects on reasonable grounds that:
a) where this licence applies to premises, an event has occurred at the premises; or
b) where this licence applies to vehicles or mobile plant, an event has occurred in connection with the
carrying out of the activities authorised by this licence,
and the event has caused, is causing or is likely to cause material harm to the environment (whether the
harm occurs on or off premises to which the licence applies), the authorised officer may request a written
report of the event.

R3.2 The licensee must make all reasonable inquiries in relation to the event and supply the report to the EPA
within such time as may be specified in the request.

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R3.3 The request may require a report which includes any or all of the following information:
a) the cause, time and duration of the event;
b) the type, volume and concentration of every pollutant discharged as a result of the event;
c) the name, address and business hours telephone number of employees or agents of the licensee, or a
specified class of them, who witnessed the event;
d) the name, address and business hours telephone number of every other person (of whom the licensee
is aware) who witnessed the event, unless the licensee has been unable to obtain that information after
making reasonable effort;
e) action taken by the licensee in relation to the event, including any follow-up contact with any
complainants;
f) details of any measure taken or proposed to be taken to prevent or mitigate against a recurrence of
such an event; and
g) any other relevant matters.

R3.4 The EPA may make a written request for further details in relation to any of the above matters if it is not
satisfied with the report provided by the licensee. The licensee must provide such further details to the
EPA within the time specified in the request.

7 General Conditions
G1 Copy of licence kept at the premises or plant
G1.1 A copy of this licence must be kept at the premises to which the licence applies.

G1.2 The licence must be produced to any authorised officer of the EPA who asks to see it.

G1.3 The licence must be available for inspection by any employee or agent of the licensee working at the
premises.

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Dictionary
General Dictionary
3DGM [in relation Means the three day geometric mean, which is calculated by multiplying the results of the analysis of
to a concentration three samples collected on consecutive days and then taking the cubed root of that amount. Where one
limit] or more of the samples is zero or below the detection limit for the analysis, then 1 or the detection limit
respectively should be used in place of those samples

Act Means the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

activity Means a scheduled or non-scheduled activity within the meaning of the Protection of the Environment
Operations Act 1997

actual load Has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009

AM Together with a number, means an ambient air monitoring method of that number prescribed by the
Approved Methods for the Sampling and Analysis of Air Pollutants in New South Wales.

AMG Australian Map Grid

anniversary date The anniversary date is the anniversary each year of the date of issue of the licence. In the case of a
licence continued in force by the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, the date of issue of
the licence is the first anniversary of the date of issue or last renewal of the licence following the
commencement of the Act.

annual return Is defined in R1.1

Approved Methods Has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009
Publication

assessable Has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009
pollutants

BOD Means biochemical oxygen demand

CEM Together with a number, means a continuous emission monitoring method of that number prescribed by
the Approved Methods for the Sampling and Analysis of Air Pollutants in New South Wales.

COD Means chemical oxygen demand

composite sample Unless otherwise specifically approved in writing by the EPA, a sample consisting of 24 individual samples
collected at hourly intervals and each having an equivalent volume.

cond. Means conductivity

environment Has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

environment Has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991
protection
legislation

EPA Means Environment Protection Authority of New South Wales.

fee-based activity Means the numbered short descriptions in Schedule 1 of the Protection of the Environment Operations
classification (General) Regulation 2009.

general solid waste Has the same meaning as in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act
(non-putrescible) 1997

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flow weighted Means a sample whose composites are sized in proportion to the flow at each composites time of
composite sample collection.

general solid waste Has the same meaning as in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Protection of the Environmen t Operations Act
(putrescible) 1997

grab sample Means a single sample taken at a point at a single time

hazardous waste Has the same meaning as in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act
1997

licensee Means the licence holder describe d at the front of this licence

load calculation Has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009
protocol

local authority Has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

material harm Has the same meaning as in section 147 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

MBAS Means methylene blue active substances

Minister Means the Minister administering the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

mobile plant Has the same meaning as in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act
1997

motor vehicle Has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

O&G Means oil and grease

percentile [in Means that percentage [eg.50%] of the number of samples taken that must meet the concentration limit
relation to a specified in the licence for that pollutant over a specified period of time. In this licence, the specified period
concentration limit of time is the Reporting Period unless otherwise stated in this licence.
of a sample]

plant Includes all plant within the meaning of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 as well as
motor vehicles.

pollution of waters Has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
[or water pollution]

premises Means the premises described in condition A2.1

public authority Has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

regional office Means the relevant EPA office referred to in the Contacting the EPA document accompanying this licence

reporting period For the purposes of this licence, the reporting period means the period of 12 months after the issue of the
licence, and each subsequent period of 12 mo nths. In the case of a licence continued in force by the
Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, the date of issue of the licence is the first anniversary
of the date of issue or last renewal of the licence following the commencement of the Act.

restricted solid Has the same meaning as in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act
waste 1997

scheduled activity Means an activity listed in Schedule 1 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

special waste Has the same meaning as in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act
1997

TM Together with a number, means a test method of that number prescribed by the Approved Methods for the
Sampling and Analysis of Air Pollutants in New South Wales.

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Means total suspended particles

TSP
Means total suspended solids
TSS
Means the elements antimony, arsenic, cadmium, lead or mercury or any compound containing one or
Type 1 substance more of those elements

Type 2 substance Means the elements beryllium, chromium, cobalt, manganese, nickel, selenium, tin or vanadium or any
compound containing one or more of those elements

utilisation area Means any area shown as a utilisation area on a map submitted with the application for this licence

waste Has the same meaning as in the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

waste type Means liquid, restricted solid waste, general solid waste (putrescible), general solid waste (non -
putrescible), special waste or hazardous waste

Mr Matthew Rizzuto

Environment Protection Authority

(By Delegation)
Date of this edition: 24-January-2018

End Notes

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