Temporary emissions licence
Use our forms and fees finder for information on applying for a new environmental authority (EA) or managing your existing EAs.
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).
If the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DETSI) is your administering authority, you can lodge your Application for a temporary emissions licence online.
If the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries is your administering authority, complete the Application for a temporary emissions licence form (DOCX, 187KB) and email it to livestockregulator@daf.qld.gov.au
Enquiries
- During business hours:
- if you have contact details of your local DETSI office, contact that office
- or
- phone 1300 130 372 and select option 4. The Permits and Licensing team will transfer your call to the relevant DESI office.
- Outside business hours phone 1300 130 372 and select option 2.
- For the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (for TELs relating to ERAs 2, 3 or 4):
- phone 13 25 23
- or
- email livestockregulator@daf.qld.gov.au.