Dear Mitchel

The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (the department)
has received your Freedom of Information request of 29 May 2022 (attached)
for access to:

I am seeking access, under the FOI act, to the document(s) identified as:
DR 07920, On-site domestic wastewater management.

To assist you in locating this document:

* The document was issued in draft form for comment as DR 07920

* The document may be identified as, or as a draft of, AS 1547 or AS/NZS
1547:2012.

* The document may be identified as "On-site domestic wastewater
management"

* The document was subsequently published as AS/NZS 1547:2012 on 27th
February 2012.

* The document was prepared by "Joint Technical Committee WS-013, On-site
Domestic Wastewater Management" or "Joint Technical Committee WS-013,
On-set Domestic Wastewater Management"

* AS/NZS 1547:2012 identifies the department "Australian Building Codes
Board" was represented on "Joint Technical Committee WS-013, On-set
Domestic Wastewater Management"

* The document may have been published on the 21/12/2007.

* The document was a revision of AS/NZS 1547:2000.

This email is to acknowledge receipt of your request Your reference is LEX
71209. Please note you submitted two requests, they will be combined into
one as the ABCB sits within the Department.

Currently a decision is due to you by 28 June 2022. However, this timeline
may be effected by the requirement to undertake consultation with affected
third parties or if the department determines you are liable to pay a
charge in relation to your request. You will be notified by the department
if charges are liable or if third party consultation is required.

Processing Your Request

To assist us to streamline the processing of your request we ask you to
consider the following:

1.       Requesting Personal Information:

Confirmation from you that you are not seeking ‘personal information’ (ie.
the names and contact details of any individuals, or any information that
could reasonably identify an individual) may enable a more timely and cost
effective processing of your request.

Therefore, could you please clarify if you are seeking access to personal
information in the documents relating to:

·         third parties; and

·         Commonwealth staff.

If you are not seeking access to any personal information, you can simply
reply to this email with ‘no personal information requested’.

If you are seeking access to specific types of personal information, could
you please specify.

If you specify you are seeking the personal information of Commonwealth
staff, please be advised the following is unlikely to be released:

·         the names, signatures and contact details of junior staff; That
is:

o   Commonwealth staff who are not in the Senior Executive Service (SES);
and

o   Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff; and

·         the mobile phone numbers of SES officers.

2.       Duplicate Documents:

Under section 4(1) of the FOI Act, the definition of a document includes
‘any copy, including an part of any copy, of a reproduction or duplicate’.

In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, the following
will be excluded from your request unless you advise otherwise:

·         Duplicate documents;

·         early parts of email chains that are captured in later email
chains.

We look forward to your response at your earliest convenience but no later
than 6 June 2022.

If you have any questions, please contact the FOI team.

Regards

Freedom of Information

Information Law Team

Legal Branch | Corporate & Digital

GPO Box 2013 Canberra ACT 2601 | [1][email address]

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Dear Mitchel

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request of 29
May 2022.

Should you have any queries regarding this matter, please contact the FOI
team.

Regards

Freedom of Information

Information Law Team

Legal Branch | Corporate & Digital

GPO Box 2013 Canberra ACT 2601 | [1][email address]

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