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Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) will use WorkSafe’s powers to directly oversee the removal of waste chemicals at the Tottenham fire site. Chief Executive Officer, Dr […]
EPA Victoria is continuing to take action at a Coolaroo glass recycling facility, announcing that it will step in to remove hotspots contained within stockpiles at […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and WorkSafe are demanding the owners and occupiers of last year’s Tottenham fire site clean up the property. EPA and […]
A company and its Director who took over a 9,500 tonne tyre stockpile and failed to reduce its fire hazard, have been ordered to pay almost […]
A Victorian council has been fined more than $8,000 for breaching environmental licence conditions at its former Landfill. EPA Victoria had fined the council $8,261 for […]
A Local Court has fined a NSW council $55,000 for causing water pollution on three separate occasions between March and June 2018 at their Waste Management […]
The Federal Department of the Environment and Energy has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a fuel supplier for supplying diesel that did not comply with the […]
NSW EPA has fined a Waste company $15,000 for an alleged breach of its environment protection licence by processing more waste than permitted. The waste company […]
The WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulations (DWER) has released the draft Compliance and Enforcement Policy for comment. The Compliance and Enforcement Policy details the […]
The Victorian EPA has revoked an official order that banned a Coolaroo recycling facility from accepting combustible recyclable and waste materials. The company was issued with […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined the operator of a quarry $11,500 for allegedly failing to conduct noise monitoring of their activities and providing […]
A failure to comply with notices for an EPA investigation has cost an excavation company $36,000 in fines and costs in the NSW courts. The company […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has for the third time ordered a recycling company to cease accepting combustible recyclable and waste materials. The company was […]
The Victoria EPA has been successful in the prosecution of a company for the release of toxic and highly corrosive sludge into Corio Bay. The company […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has successfully convicted a man in the Land and Environment Court for two waste offences. The man was […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined a recycling company $8,000 for continuing to accept waste despite an EPA order to prohibiting it. The company […]
A father and son who operated an illegal waste depot and abused and threatened South Australian Environment Protection Authority officers when issued with orders to clean […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has ordered another recycling company ordered to stop accepting combustible recyclable waste. The glass recycling company has been issued with […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has lifted a ban stopping a company receiving recyclable waste materials at its site. As reported in this newsletter last […]
EPA Victoria has fined a landfill over $16,000 for two breaches of its Environment Protection Licence. The breaches comprised uncovered waste not on the active tipping […]
The NSW EPA has fined a coal mine $15,000 for an alleged breach of their Environment Protection Licence, relating to coal dust emissions. EPA Regional Director […]
A skip bin operator in South Australia has been convicted and fined $21,000 in the Environment, Resource and Development Court for receiving and storing asbestos without […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fine a recycling facility over $16,000 for breaching the requirements of statutory notices at two of its facilities in […]
This morning’s incident of another chemical fire in Melbourne’s North is a stark reminder to us all of our obligations in relation to the safe and […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has ordered a construction materials recycling facility to stop accepting combustible recyclable and waste material until it implements measures to […]
The Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has allowed a recycling company to resume accepting recyclable waste materials at its second facility. The compliance assessment was made […]
The New South Wales Land and Environment Court has fined an energy company $100,000 after marine fuel oil leaked from a pipe at the company’s fuel […]
EPA Victoria has allowed a recycling company to resume accepting recyclable waste materials at one of its sites. The compliance assessment was made following an inspection […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has issued two fines to power stations totalling $45,000. One power station was fined $30,000 following a […]
The South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued an environment protection order to a recycling company for breaches of its licence in regard to […]
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