This submission complements AEBN’s earlier submission on the on the Clean Air (Plant and Equipment) Regulation 1997. The DEC is proposing considerable strengthening of the air emissions standards and requiring industry to replace older equipment with more expensive newer equipment, breaking a long standing grandfathering arrangement.
There are many issues with the Regulatory Impact Statement, which AEBN considers is biased and does not reflect industry costs and inflates health costs.
