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EPA SA has reduced the focus of its groundwater and soil vapour testing at Beverley by concentrating on smaller defined areas, following recent data results. Environmental […]
WA Department of Environment Regulatioin (DER) is seeking feedback on the Draft Environmental Standard: Assessing leachates from waste-derived materials. A background paper on the use of […]
The WA Department of Environment Regulatioin (DER) is seeking feedback on the Draft Manufactured Fill: Addendum to the draft Guideline: Submitting an application for the use […]
The Victorian Government has announced a major public inquiry into the EPA Victoria that will commence on 1 June 2015. The Inquiry will investigate the adequacy […]
The Hunter Development Corporation (HDC) is calling for tenders for the remediation of a 10 hectare section of the former BHP steelworks site at Mayfield. HDC […]
EPA SA will soon begin an environmental assessment program to determine the extent of groundwater and soil contamination around two industrial sites at Edwardstown. Groundwater contamination […]
Queensland’s Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) is continuing to investigate the cause and scale of soil contamination in the Hopeland and Chinchilla region. Investigations […]
SA EPA is about to begin an environmental assessment program in the vicinity of the Beverley industrial site. The assessment program will help EPA SA understand […]
EPA Victoria has released a draft position statement – Contaminated soil – treatment and disposal on the treatment and disposal of contaminated soils. The position statement […]
EPA SA chief executive Tony Circelli says the regulator has begun implementing the recommendations of a site contamination review committee, which reported on the management of […]
EPA SA chief executive Tony Circelli says the regulator has begun implementing the recommendations of a site contamination review committee, which reported on the management of […]
EPA SA has released its Site Contamination Review Committee report into the management of legacy site contamination issues in South Australia. Based on a review of […]
WA Environment Minister Albert Jacob has tabled a report in parliament on the review of the Contaminated Sites Act 2003. As part of its response to […]
Soil vapour and groundwater testing of former and existing industrial sites in Beverley, SA extended
South Australia’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has announced it will conduct soil vapour and further groundwater testing of former and existing industrial sites in the Adelaide […]
NSW Environment Minister Rob Stokes has announced $450,000 in grants to assist with contaminated land management in rural and regional communities. The successful grant applicants will […]
The management of site-contamination issues in South Australia will be reviewed by a committee established by the Board of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA). The review […]
EPA Victoria has released its Annual Plan for 2014-15 as part of their commitment and delivery of Year 4 of their 5 Year Plan. The Annual […]
The South Australian Environment Protection Authority has been working in recent months to assess the extent of possible groundwater contamination in the suburb of Hendon. EPA […]
The state opposition has called on EPA SA to increase its monitoring of contaminated sites. SA Opposition Leader Steven Marshall said issues with a range of […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released for public comment updated draft Guidelines on the Duty to Report Contamination under the Contaminated Land Management Act […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is amending Orica’s environment protection licence so the company can finalise Stage 3 of the EPA-directed mercury remediation project. The […]
Under new Sustainable Planning Amendment Regulations introduced by the state government, a compliance permit from an approved contaminated land auditor is now required by developers of […]
The world’s first handheld instrument, RemScan, developed by CSIRO and industry partner Ziltek, which uses an infrared signal to directly measure petroleum hydrocarbons in soil, that […]
The Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has released a draft regulatory impact statement covering technical services for contaminated land. Under the new proposals, developers […]
The South Australian EPA has launched an investigation into the extent of groundwater contamination in the Keswick area. It has written to 1500 residents and property […]
The SA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has conducted a review of its site contamination guidelines following the amendment in 2013 of the National Environment Protection (Assessment […]
An independent review of historical mercury emissions from the site of Orica’s former mercury-cell chlor-alkali plant at Botany, has found off-site soil contamination around the Botany […]
The NSW environment regulator has signed off on the completion of the clean-up of a further 2 allotments on the old BHP Billiton steelworks site at […]
The CSIRO has been commissioned by the Federal Department of the Environment and the Grains Research and Development Corporation to develop a statistically efficient approach for […]
The National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure (the ‘ASC NEPM’) was created in 1999 and updated in 2013. This document provides information relating […]
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