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Title page

Contents

GLOSSARY 5

1. INTRODUCTION 7

1.1. Purpose of this cost recovery implementation statement (CRIS) 7

1.2. Description of the activity to be cost recovered 8

1.2.1. Environmental Impact Assessments 8

1.2.2. Strategic Assessments 9

1.2.3. Design of cost recovery arrangements 10

1.2.4. Basis of charging-fee or levy 10

1.2.5. Who pays the fees 11

1.2.6. Inter/intra governmental charging 12

2. POLICY AND STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO COST RECOVER 13

2.1. Policy and Statutory Authority to cost recover 13

2.1.1. Government policy approval to cost recover 13

2.1.2. Statutory authority to impose cost recovery charges 13

2.1.3. Commencement of charging 13

2.1.4. Transitional arrangements for amended cost recovery arrangements 14

3. COST RECOVERY MODEL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS 15

3.1. Outputs and business processes-environmental impact assessments 16

3.1.1. Description of activity-environmental impact assessments 16

3.2. Costs of environmental impact assessments 19

3.2.1/3.2.2. Referral Costs 20

3.2.2/3.2.3. Evaluation of action management plans costs 21

3.2.3/3.2.4. Contingent Costs 22

3.2.4/3.2.5. Base costs for assessments 25

3.2.5/3.2.6. Complexity costs for assessments 30

3.2.6/3.2.7. Costs of assessments by public inquiry 33

3.3. Charges for environmental impact assessments 34

3.3.1. Set fees 34

3.3.2. Fees for assessments 36

3.3.3. Complexity fees for assessments 38

3.3.4. Reconsideration of fees 40

3.3.5. Summary of fees for each assessment method 41

3.3.6. Fees for assessment by Public inquiry 56

3.3.7. Exemptions (environmental impact assessments) 57

3.3.8. Waivers 58

3.3.9. Refunds 58

4. COST RECOVERY MODEL FOR STRATEGIC ASSESSMENTS 59

4.1. Outputs and business processes-Strategic Assessments 59

4.1.1. Description of activity-Strategic assessments 59

4.1.2. Funding for strategic assessments 59

4.2. Costs of Strategic assessments 61

4.3. Charges for strategic assessments 62

4.3.1. Strategic assessment fees 62

4.3.2. Post approval management plan and contingent activity fees (strategic assessments) 64

4.3.3. Exemptions, refunds and waivers (strategic assessments) 64

4.3.4. Reconsideration of strategic assessment fees 64

5. RISK ASSESSMENT 65

6. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT 66

6.1. Updates to CRIS 66

6.2. Future amendments to cost recovery arrangements 67

7. FINANCIAL ESTIMATES 68

7.1. Volume and/or demand assumptions-environmental impact assessments 68

7.2. Volume and/or demand assumptions-strategic assessments 70

7.3. Projected revenue and expenses 71

8. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 76

9. NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 77

9.1. Non-financial performance indicators 77

9.1.1. Compliance with statutory timeframes 77

9.1.2. Time taken to complete an assessment 79

9.2. Monitoring mechanisms 79

10. KEY FORWARD DATES AND EVENTS 79

11. CRIS APPROVAL AND CHANGE REGISTER 80

APPENDIX A: SCHEDULE OF FEES 81

Set fees 81

Assessment fees 82

APPENDIX B: COMPLEXITY MATRIX-FEES 84

APPENDIX C: COMPLEXITY MATRIX-COSTS 86

Tables

Table 1. Summary of referral costs 20

Table 2. Summary of costs to evaluate an action management plan post approval 21

Table 3. Summary of contingent activities 22

Table 4. Summary of costs of contingent activities 23

Table 5. Summary of base costs for assessment on referral information 26

Table 6. Summary of base costs for assessment on preliminary documentation 27

Table 7. Summary of base costs of assessment by public environment report or environmental impact statement 28

Table 8. Summary of base costs of assessment by bilateral agreement or accredited process 29

Table 9. Complexity drivers 31

Table 10. Summary of assessment fees 36

Table 11. Summary of assessment on referral information fees 41

Table 12. Proportion of fees payable at each assessment stage for an assessment on referral information 41

Table 13. Summary of preliminary documentation fees 44

Table 14. Proportion of fees payable at each assessment stage for an assessment on preliminary documentation 44

Table 15. Summary of public environment report and environmental impact statement fees 48

Table 16. Proportion of fees payable at each assessment stage for an assessment by public environment report or environmental impact statement 48

Table 17. Summary of bilateral agreement/accredited process fees 52

Table 18. Proportion of fees payable at each assessment stage for an assessment by bilateral agreement or accredited process 52

Table 19. Referrals, assessments and post approval management plans-estimated activity volume 69

Table 20. Contingent activities-estimated activity volume 70

Table 21. Referral, assessment and post approval management plan activities (expenses and revenue summary) 72

Table 22. Contingent activities (expenses and revenue summary) 74

Table 23. Total environmental impact assessment activities (expenses and revenue summary) 75

Table 24. Financial performance of EPBC Act cost recovery during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 financial years 76

Table 25. Compliance with statutory timeframes under the EPBC Act for specific types of decisions 78

Figures

Figure 1. Number of EPBC Act referrals by industry from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2016 8

Figure 2. The EPBC Act cost recovery charging model 11

Figure 3. Overview of the environmental impact assessment process 15

Figure 4. The standard referral process for environmental impact assessment 16

Figure 5. The EPBC Act cost recovery charging model for environmental impact assessments 37

Figure 6. Fee stages flow chart for assessment on referral information 42

Figure 7. Fee stages flow chart for preliminary documentation 45

Figure 8. Fee stages flowchart for public environment report and environmental impact statement process 49

Figure 9. Fee stages flowchart for bilateral or accredited assessment process 53

Figure 10. Strategic assessments process 59

Figure 11. Average of calendar days from referral to approval: 2008-2015 79

Examples

Example 1. Highway upgrade (Assessment on referral information) 43

Example 2. Residential development (preliminary documentation) 46

Example 3. Residential development (preliminary documentation) 47

Example 4. Mine, rail & port development with associated offshore dredging (environmental impact statement) 50

Example 5. Mine, Rail & Port with associated offshore dredging (bilateral assessment) 54

Example 6. Strategic assessment 63