National Pollutant Inventory NEPM

The national environment protection goals established by the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) NEPM are to assist in reducing the existing and potential impacts of emissions of substances and to assist government, industry and the community in achieving the desired environmental outcomes of the NEPM.

The NPI NEPM provides the framework for the establishment of the NPI which is an Internet database designed to provide publicly available information on the types and amounts of certain substances being emitted to air, land, and water.

Click here to access the NPI database.

Variation to the NEPM 2008

In June 2007, the NPI NEPM was varied to fulfil the inventory’s potential as a major tool for environmental management and cleaner production. This included mandatory reporting of NPI substances in waste transferred to a destination for containment or final disposal. A further change was the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions reporting as an interim measure, pending the establishment of a national purpose-built greenhouse gas reporting mechanism. The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (Cwlth) was enacted in September 2007.

In April 2008, NEPC commenced the process to vary the NEPM, in order to remove greenhouse gas and energy reporting requirements now covered by the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007.