Environmental Protection (Air) Policy 1997.

This act establishes a policy for the protection and management of the air environment of Queensland, it consists of 31 sections and is divided into 5 Parts. It sets air quality indicators and air quality goals (specified in Schedule 1). Part 3 applies to the procedures to be followed when making environmental management decisions. Part 4 is dedicated to certain sources of contamination and it provides for the abatement of “unreasonable releases” of contaminants to air environment; section 14 defines what is to be intended as unreasonable releases. This Part regulates also the sale of fuel-burning equipment, the concentration of lead and sulphur in leaded petrol and in liquid fuels, and complaints about unreasonable contaminant releases. The regulation is completed by two schedules, one containing a dictionary and one on air quality indicators and goals.