Temporary emissions licence

A temporary emissions licence (TEL) is a permit that temporarily allows the release of a contaminant into the environment in response to an event, either natural or caused by sabotage, that was not foreseen (or did not have conditions applied because there was a low probability of it occurring) when particular conditions were imposed on an environmental authority or transitional environmental program (an applicable event).

A TEL is a flexible tool that can be used to appropriately manage the environmental impacts of contaminant releases to the environment as a result of applicable events. Such an event could be considered to be a flood or bushfire that was not reasonably foreseen at the time of the original application.

Learn more from the Temporary emissions licence guideline (ESR/2015/1724) (PDF, 172KB).

When you lodge your Application for a temporary emissions licence, with the Department of Environment and Science (DES), you will need to pay the application fee of $2,929.

Enquiries

• During business hours:
  • if you have contact details of your local DES office, contact that office
  • or
  • call 1300 130 372 and select option 4. The Permits and Licensing team will transfer your call to the relevant DES office.
• Outside business hours call 1300 130 372 and select option 2.

Also consider...

• Find out how to apply for an environmental authority (EA).
• Learn how to change, combine or transfer an EA.
• Find out how to surrender or suspend an EA.