Pursuant to the Contaminated Sites Act 2003 , the Committee is responsible for:

• deciding appeals from eligible persons against classifications allocated to sites by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC);
• deciding appeals from eligible persons against the issuing of, or a requirement of, investigation or clean up notices given by the CEO of DEC;
• determining responsibility for remediation of sites when requested to do so by an "interested person" (as prescribed in regulation 23 of the Contaminated Sites Regulations 2006 );
• receiving and assessing disclosure statements and deciding whether the criteria for issuing exemption certificates are met;
• determining whether or not to cancel, amend or transfer exemption certificates; and
• determining responsibility for remediation to facilitate recovery of State costs incurred at orphan sites.