Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region
1978 – 1994
Renamed Supervising Scientist in 1994.
Statutory office, with a supporting office and research institute, that supervised and researched the environmental effects of uranium mining in the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory, including the Ranger and Nabarlek mines.
Names over time
- Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region1978–1994
- Supervising Scientist1994–present
How it came into existence
Established under the Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978, implementing a recommendation of the Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry. It had no predecessor body.
Legislation: Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978
How it ended
Retitled the Supervising Scientist in about 1994 when amendments to the Act broadened the office's role.
Main functions
- Supervision of environmental protection at uranium mines
- Environmental research in the Alligator Rivers Region
- Coordination of environmental monitoring requirements
- Advice to the Commonwealth on uranium mining impacts
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories.
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Sources
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