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Environmental Protection Authority
Manaaki taiao - manaaki tāngata (Care for the environment – care for the people)
About Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA; Māori: Te Mana Rauhī Taiao) is New Zealand's national, independent environmental regulator and a Crown entity. It regulates hazardous substances and chemicals, new and genetically modified organisms, marine activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone, and fast-track/national consenting, and it administers the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. The EPA also carries out compliance, monitoring and enforcement of New Zealand's environmental regulations.
Industry
Government administration / environmental regulation
Headquarters
Wellington, New Zealand
Company size
200-499
Founded
2011
What we do
Hazardous substances and chemicals regulationNew and genetically modified organisms regulationEmissions Trading Scheme administrationExclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) marine consentsFast-track / national consentingCompliance, monitoring and enforcement
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