The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has announced proposed organisational changes aimed at strengthening its regulatory capability and ensuring a financially sustainable operating model.
According to EPA Chief Executive Officer Tony Chappel, the changes are designed to align the agency’s structure with its expanding responsibilities under recently strengthened environmental protection laws. These include enhanced powers to prevent environmental harm, undertake prosecutions, and deliver new product stewardship initiatives.
The proposed reforms seek to rebuild specialist and high-risk regulatory capabilities, increase frontline compliance capacity, and enable field staff to focus on core inspection and enforcement functions. The changes are also intended to ensure that the EPA can continue to meet community expectations while operating within government budget requirements.
The EPA has indicated that it will work closely with staff throughout the process and provide support as the organisational changes are implemented.
