Table E-1 – Reform options summary recommendations Reform option description Recommendation for Reform inclusion in option Primary international obligation Title Reform option purpose Cost Benefit Analysis regulatory relating to the reform option status a) Power to require Correct an information Annual reporting on hazardous Legislated. Assess. provision of information gap or asymmetry. waste. Do not assess. Promote the A regulatory system applying to Legislated or b) Recognise bans imposed environmentally sound cases where transboundary (i.e. Consider outside of a regulatory by other countries management of international) movements are framework as a quasi-regulatory hazardous wastes. permissible. reform. Improve Australian Promotion of environmentally c) Updating compliance and hazardous waste sound management of hazardous Legislated. Assess. enforcement provisions regulation and/or wastes, wherever the place of reduced red tape. disposal. Restriction of transboundary Address a competition movements of hazardous wastes, failure by supporting a d) Taking economic except where it is perceived to be Legislated. competitive market or Assess. efficiency into account in accordance with the principles managing a continuing of environmentally sound monopoly situation. management. Improve Australian e) Updating cost recovery hazardous waste Reduction of hazardous waste Legislated. Assess. arrangements regulation and/or generation. reduced red tape. Do not assess. Improve Australian Promotion of environmentally f) Increased transparency hazardous waste sound management of hazardous Consider outside of a regulatory on the operations of the regulation and/or wastes, wherever the place of framework as it is a Act reduced red tape. disposal. reform. Promotion of environmentally g) Information on Legislated or Correct an information sound management of hazardous hazardous waste Assess. gap or asymmetry. wastes, wherever the place of infrastructure disposal. Legislated, Do not assess. h) Information on Promotion of environmentally hazardous waste Correct an information sound management of hazardous Consider outside of a regulatory or generation and gap or asymmetry. wastes, wherever the place of framework as it is a management disposal. reform. Promotion of environmentally i) Power to establish Address the market sound management of hazardous agreements targeting Co-regulatory. inability to deliver a Assess. wastes, wherever the place of particular wastes public good. disposal. Do not assess. j) Nationally consistent arrangement on hazardous Correct an information Annual reporting on hazardous Consider outside of a regulatory waste data collection and gap or asymmetry. waste. framework as it is a reporting reform.
Table E-1 – Reform options summary recommendations Reform option description Recommendation for inclusion in Cost Benefit Analysis Title Reform option regulatory status Reform option purpose Primary international obligation relating to the reform option a) Power to require provision of information Legislated. Correct an information gap or asymmetry. Annual reporting on hazardous waste. Assess. b) Recognise bans imposed by other countries Legislated or Promote the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes. A regulatory system applying to cases where transboundary (i.e. international) movements are permissible. Do not assess. Consider outside of a regulatory framework as a quasi-regulatory reform. c) Updating compliance and enforcement provisions Legislated. Improve Australian hazardous waste regulation and/or reduced red tape. Promotion of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, wherever the place of disposal. Assess. d) Taking economic efficiency into account Legislated. Address a competition failure by supporting a competitive market or managing a continuing monopoly situation. Restriction of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes, except where it is perceived to be in accordance with the principles of environmentally sound management. Assess. e) Updating cost recovery arrangements Legislated. Improve Australian hazardous waste regulation and/or reduced red tape. Reduction of hazardous waste generation. Assess. f) Increased transparency on the operations of the Act Improve Australian hazardous waste regulation and/or reduced red tape. Promotion of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, wherever the place of disposal. Do not assess. Consider outside of a regulatory framework as it is a reform. g) Information on hazardous waste infrastructure Legislated or Correct an information gap or asymmetry. Promotion of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, wherever the place of disposal. Assess. h) Information on hazardous waste generation and management Legislated, or Correct an information gap or asymmetry. Promotion of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, wherever the place of disposal. Do not assess. Consider outside of a regulatory framework as it is a reform. i) Power to establish agreements targeting particular wastes Co-regulatory. Address the market inability to deliver a public good. Promotion of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, wherever the place of disposal. Assess. j) Nationally consistent arrangement on hazardous waste data collection and reporting Correct an information gap or asymmetry. Annual reporting on hazardous waste. Do not assess. Consider outside of a regulatory framework as it is a reform.
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