Draft antifouling and in-water cleaning guidelines

Public submissions on the draft antifouling and in-water cleaning guidelines closed on 30 November 2011. View submissions.

All submissions are currently being reviewed and further information on the Guidelines and their implementation will be available in mid-2012.

Have your say on proposed ‘Antifouling and In-water Cleaning Guidelines’

The draft ‘Antifouling and In-water Guidelines’ are intended to support the management of environmental effects of the application, maintenance removal and disposal of antifouling coatings at shore-based maintenance facilities; and the in-water cleaning and maintenance of vessels and movable structures.

The guidelines have been jointly developed by Australia and New Zealand in conjunction with industry stakeholders from each country.

The guidelines are intended to replace the ‘Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council Code of Practice for Antifouling and In-water Hull Cleaning and Maintenance, 1997’.

Relevant documents

Making a submission

You are invited to provide your views on the draft guidelines. DAFF is particularly interested in your views on the questions posed in the consultation paper. However feedback on any aspect of the guidelines is welcome.

Conditions of submission

By making a submission, you will be taken to have read, understood and agreed to all conditions set out below.

Requirements

All submissions, whether lodged by email or by post, must be clearly marked ‘submission’ and accompanied by the cover sheet. Submissions sent by post must be typed or written clearly in black ink on single-sided A4 paper. For accessibility reasons, it is preferred that submissions are lodged electronically in Word or RTF format. An additional PDF version may also be submitted.

Publication of submissions

To the extent possible, all submissions will be made available on our website. Personal details other than your name and the state or territory in which you reside will be removed before publishing.

If any information contained in your submission is to be treated as confidential, you must clearly identify the sensitive information and provide justification for treating it in-confidence on the submission cover sheet. If there is no indication of confidentiality requirements, the full submission will be published.

Handwritten submissions received by post may not be published on the website, but will still be considered as part of the consultation process.

Privacy

The personal information collected will only be used for the purposes of informing the Australian Government of your views on the draft guidelines. If a submission contains information relating to a third party individual, the author of the submission will be taken to have obtained the expressed and informed consent of the relevant third party.

Discretion of Australian Government to refuse to publish material

The Australian Government reserves the right to refuse to publish submissions, or parts of submissions, which contain offensive language, potentially defamatory material or copyright infringing material.

Where to send your submission

Electronic submissions are preferred, and should be emailed to IMS-Program@daff.gov.au.

Posted submissions can be sent to

Invasive Marine Species Program
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
GPO Box 858
Canberra City ACT 2601

The closing date for submissions was 5 pm 30 November 2011.

Further information

If you require further information about the guidelines or making a submission, please email IMS-Program@daff.gov.au.


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11 Jan 2012
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