Service · RMMP
RMMPs built for EPA review.
If you hold an EPA Victoria operating licence, condition OL_G5 requires a Risk Management and Monitoring Program that shows how you're meeting your General Environmental Duty. We build RMMPs the regulator can follow — and your site team can run.
What it is
Your licence's risk framework, in writing.
A Risk Management and Monitoring Program (RMMP) is the compliance framework EPA Victoria expects from businesses operating under an operating licence — activities licensed precisely because they carry real risk to human health and the environment. Under the Environment Protection Act 2017, licence condition OL_G5 requires you to develop and maintain one.
A credible RMMP does three things: identifies and ranks your site's environmental risks, sets out the controls and monitoring that manage them, and documents the reporting and review cycle that proves your General Environmental Duty is being met — not just on paper, but in practice.
Written for the regulator — and for your crew
An RMMP has two audiences: the EPA officer reviewing it, and the people running your site day to day. Ours are structured for the first and written in plain English for the second, so the document survives both an audit and a Monday morning.
LICENSED FACILITY · SITE INSPECTION
The deliverable
What an EPA-ready RMMP contains.
01 · RISK
Risk identification
Every pathway from your licensed activities to human health and the environment, mapped from your operations — current and historical — not a generic hazard list.
02 · RANKING
Consequence & likelihood ranking
Each risk ranked so effort lands where it matters — and so the EPA can see the reasoning behind every control decision.
03 · MONITORING
Monitoring program design
What gets measured, where, how often and against what triggers — a monitoring regime proportionate to the ranked risks.
04 · PROOF
Reporting & review
The records, performance indicators and review cycle that demonstrate OL_G5 and GED compliance whenever the regulator asks.
Process
Structured, so nothing gets argued twice.
Site data is captured digitally and flows straight into assessment and drafting on our platform — senior time goes into the risk calls, and the document reaches the EPA sooner.
Desktop review & site inspection
We analyse your licensed activities, operating history and site setting against EPA Victoria guidance and the EP Act 2017, then walk the site to identify hazards and compliance gaps first-hand.
RMMP development & documentation
Risk identification, consequence ranking, monitoring strategies and environmental performance indicators assembled into a document aligned with EPA Victoria's expectations — and with how your operation already runs.
Implementation & ongoing monitoring
A practical RMMP that integrates with your existing policies and procedures, with periodic reviews and updates as regulations and your operations evolve.
Digitised follow-through OPTIONAL
Routine site inspections captured digitally with dashboard access — ongoing performance tracked against the program, designed around your existing risk management structure.
Why it matters
Why an RMMP is worth doing properly.
COMPLIANCE
Keeps your licence clean
An inadequate or missing RMMP is a licence breach. Under the EP Act 2017 that exposes you to remedial notices, fines — and in serious cases, shutdown of the operation.
GOVERNANCE
Puts you ahead of the risk
A well-structured program deals with environmental risks before they become incidents — lower liability, fewer surprises, and a stronger position in every EPA conversation.
OUTCOMES
Protects what actually matters
Hazards identified and managed early prevent harm to human health and the environment — and protect the reputation your business trades on.
Licence renewal or EPA correspondence looming?
Don't wait until the EPA asks where your RMMP is. An early conversation usually reveals a faster, simpler path than you'd expect — book a free consultation or start with our guide to RMMP requirements for licence holders.
FAQ
Common RMMP questions.
What is an RMMP?
A Risk Management and Monitoring Program — the document EPA Victoria requires of operating licence holders. It identifies the environmental and human-health risks of your licensed activities, ranks them, and sets out the controls, monitoring and reporting that manage them. In short: how your business demonstrates its General Environmental Duty under the EP Act 2017.
Who needs an RMMP?
Businesses operating under an EPA Victoria operating licence. Licence condition OL_G5 requires you to develop and maintain an RMMP covering your licensed activities. If you hold an operating licence and don't have one — or yours hasn't been reviewed in years — that's a gap worth closing before the EPA finds it.
What's the difference between an RMMP and an EMP?
An RMMP is a specific document tied to an EPA operating licence via condition OL_G5. An EMP is the broader instrument for planning conditions and general GED compliance — most businesses without a licence need that instead. Our EMP vs RMMP guide walks through which one applies to you.
What does the EPA actually look for in an RMMP?
Substance, not volume. Reviewers want a structured, site-specific risk assessment with clear reasoning; a monitoring program proportionate to the ranked risks; and evidence of a genuine review cycle — the document being maintained and acted on, not filed. Our RMMP checklist covers what EPA Victoria expects, section by section.
Related reading
Plain-English RMMP guides.
Get an RMMP that satisfies your licence — and runs your site better.
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