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Breaking News:
Draft NPI Variation documents available for public comment

National Packaging Covenant complementary reports

Tyres draft NEPM public consultation meeting dates are now available

VOCs from Surface Coatings - Request for Tender

Tyres draft NEPM released for public consultation

Water Recycling - MAR & Storm Water Guidelines - released for public comment

Plastic bags RIS and plastic bags consumption report released

EPHC / NEPC Filter Criteria for Environment and Heritage released

NEPC Service Corporation Statement of Intent released

NEPC response to second review of the NEPC Act

EPHC Communique - 17 April 2008

NEPC Annual Report 2006-07 available

Draft Water Recycling Guidelines Phase 2: Drinking Water released

Diesel NEPM Review Report released

Report of the Second Review of the NEPC Acts released

Greenhouse gas emissions

National Water Quality - Documents released

Plastic Bags - Reports from ACG released

EPHC Strategic Plan for 2006-08 released

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC)

About the EPHC

The Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC) was formed following changes to natural resource and environment related Ministerial Councils agreed by the Council of Australian Governments in June 2001.

EPHC was created by amalgamating the National Environment Protection Council (NEPC), the environment protection components of the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC), and Heritage Ministers' Meetings. The natural resource management components of ANZECC were transferred to the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council.

In October 2003, EPHC was renamed the Environment Protection and Heritage Council of Australia and New Zealand, but continues to be known as the Environment Protection and Heritage Council.

As it is a statutory body the NEPC will continue to exist and will operate under the umbrella of the EPHC.

All information previously accessible from the NEPC web site (www.nepc.gov.au) is now available at this web site.

Thus, this web site incorporates information previously provided on the NEPC web site including National Environment Protection Measures (NEPMs).

The NEPMs which have been made and/or currently under review are;

NEPMs which are currently under development;

The EPHC also addresses natural, Indigenous and historic heritage issues. Prior to the formation of the EPHC, the Heritage Ministers’ Meetings addressed only historic heritage places. The creation of the EPHC has provided a valuable opportunity to consider heritage in a much broader context.

More information on the heritage responsibilities of the Council, and its priority projects of developing an Integrated National Heritage Policy and a plan to address participation by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can be found at this site.