Plans to slash 75 jobs from the NSW environment watchdog are being slammed by union leaders and conservation groups.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has announced it is considering a new operating model, designed to save the regulator an estimated $20 million per year.

The EPA said it anticipated 69 ongoing job losses and the reduction of six senior positions.

About 20 per cent of the EPA's current 885 staff would be impacted, with 113 existing roles changing to fill vacancies in the proposed new structure.

The regulator said the changes were "not targeted at frontline or regional workers".

Cuts to frontline workers disputed

But the Public Service Association's industrial manager Julie-Ann Bond said the union had been contacted by members who had frontline roles at the

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