New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 150

150 Relevant information to be given

(1) The relevant information about a pollution incident required under section 148 consists of the following--

(a) the time, date, nature, duration and location of the incident,

(b) the location of the place where pollution is occurring or is likely to occur,

(c) the nature, the estimated quantity or volume and the concentration of any pollutants involved, if known,

(d) the circumstances in which the incident occurred (including the cause of the incident, if known),

(e) the action taken or proposed to be taken to deal with the incident and any resulting pollution or threatened pollution, if known,

(f) other information prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The information required by this section is the information known to the person notifying the incident when the notification is required to be given.

(3) If the information required to be included in a notice of a pollution incident by subsection (1) (c), (d) or (e) is not known to that person when the initial notification is made but becomes known afterwards, that information must be notified in accordance with section 148 immediately after it becomes known.