Caloundra Environmental offers a comprehensive range of environmental management services, including:
With some approvals processes lasting 2-3 years, an important component of this work is project management – including scheduling timeframes to ensure the right people are involved at the right times and managing processes.
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Caloundra Environmental can assist in developing an Environmental Management Plan appropriate for your business or in line with the ISO14000 series of standards.
The aim is always to develop EMPs from policies, procedures and standards that are practical and feasible, while ensuring they provide ongoing protection to the client.
Director Stephen Kent has experience drafting up EMPs related to topics such as:
Environmental management plans are developed to meet regulatory requirements.
Caloundra Environmental can take the hassle out of environmental reporting, whether drafting or reviewing reports required by legislation that is often incomprehensible to those with the reporting obligation. This is particularly beneficial for small and medium businesses who do not have an environmental manager.
Our environmental reporting services include:
Hellyer Mine groundwater and mill creek monitoring in northwest Tasmania.
Environmental approval is a pre-requisite of most development opportunities and usually requires a formal EIA.
The EIA process involves the coordination and scheduling of multiple specialist inputs. This includes liaison with cross-discipline project teams, stakeholders and regulatory authorities as well as interpreting legislative requirements.
With broad detailed knowledge of environmental aspects, high-level written communication skills including describing environmental issues, risks and management protocols while distilling complex arguments into simple context, Caloundra Environmental can assess the environmental aspects and risks of a proposal, pull together the necessary technical expertise, then coordinate and draft the final EIA for subsequent project approval.
Approval is granted or rejected by the relevant authorities based on all perceived positive or negative project impacts, with the local, state or federal legislation, guidelines and policies taken into account.
Effective environmental and project approvals require:
In assisting with gaining environmental project approvals for the planning, construction and operational phase of developments within Australia, Caloundra Environmental’s extensive experience with approvals and licence requirements is combined with a reputation for providing practical, cost-effective solutions.
Services in this area extend to liaising with key stakeholders, including government agencies such as the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) – or their equivalent – and conservation groups. Stephen’s approach in gaining the support of stakeholders is one of transparency and developing trust, including consistent communication and education around how impacts are to be mitigated.
In terms of understanding your environmental risk, Caloundra Environmental can help with a gap analyses, a site audit or a due diligence. These can be undertaken at desktop, scoping study or up to DFS level or to suit regulatory requirements, depending on your needs.
Need assistance with an environmental impact assessment?Approval for the Huon salmon nursery in Tasmania Approval involved developing models to assess nutrient loads, wastewater treatment criteria and mitigating impacts from noise, residual ground contamination and stormwater.
A group tour of an old tailings dam.
Identifying AMD flow path using GIS.