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The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has ordered Orica Pty Ltd to take the next step in the clean-up of arsenic contaminated groundwater at the company’s […]
A quarry operator has been fined $30,000 after pleading guilty in the Land and Environment Court to breaching a condition of its environment protection licence at […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued penalty notices to two companies for failing to minimise dust emissions during construction works at Split Solitary Road […]
Two crew members of a bulk carrier, the MV Bulk Ingenuity, have been fined a total of $125,000 after travelling outside a designated shipping area within […]
A Beechworth developer was one of several companies and individuals that were subject to enforcement action by EPA Victoria last month for breaches of Victoria’s environmental […]
Australia Pty Ltd has been convicted and penalised $768,250 in relation to charges brought by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for pollution incidents at Orica’s […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has imposed an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) on a water corporation following a pollution incident. The pollution incident occurred in January […]
A fuel company has been issued with a Clean-up Notice following an incident in which approximately 17,000 litres of unleaded fuel leaked from a fuel storage […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued penalty notices to an earthmoving business and a Council in relation to the unlawful disposal of waste at […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a penalty notice to a freight company for failing to properly secure liquid waste during transport which resulted […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a penalty notice to an engineering and construction company and a City Council for poor environmental controls along […]
An Interim Report has been released by the Federal Department of Environment into a December 2013 incident where a Leach Tank at the Energy Resources of […]
EPA Victoria has requested that industry in the Brooklyn area take action to mitigate raising dust from their sites. This week, it was reported by EPA […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a Clean-up Notice to a waste storage and sorting facility for yellow bin recyclables based at Somersby after […]
Two Directors and their company have been found guilty in the NSW Land and Environment Court of misleading NSW EPA after they failed to disclose a […]
NSW EPA has fined a company and directed it to undertake a $50,000 trial to improve its air emission monitoring equipment. NSW EPA took the action […]
EPA Victoria is undertaking a round of inspections in June 2014, targeting businesses in the Airport West industrial area. The inspections will focus on compliance, in […]
Stonnington City Council and EPA Victoria will work together to crack down on illegal dumping of construction and demolition waste, as part of EPA’s Illegal Dumping […]
Two Directors and their company have been found guilty in the NSW Land and Environment Court of misleading NSW EPA after they failed to disclose a […]
Illegal rubbish dumpers in Sydney’s inner west will be the target of a new squad, set to hit the streets later this month. The NSW Government […]
Fines issued for breaching environmental conditions will jump tenfold, up to $15,000 in New South Wales from July, 2015. NSW Environment Minister Rob Stokes said the […]
A NSW Council has been issued with two penalty notices by NSW EPA for breaching conditions of its licence and for offensive odours at its waste […]
The first block of Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry public hearings will commence on 26 May 2014 at 20 Hazelwood Road, Morwell. Chair of the Inquiry, Bernard […]
After years of complaints, the NSW EPA has identified the source of odours coming from the Rutherford Industrial Estate. The EPA says it has finalised its […]
A chemical plant operator which has breached or potentially breached its licence 12 times over the past three years must now undergo a mandatory audit. The […]
The NSW EPA has issued four penalty infringement notices to a waste carrier for illegally transporting waste containing asbestos contaminated material earlier this year. In February […]
An independent review of the leaking bund wall at the Port of Gladstone found environmental conditions were too vague to be effective. The review, released on […]
EPA Victoria will commence site inspections throughout the Corangamite Shire Council region, within the next few weeks and will target farmers to ensure they are complying […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined an Inverell man $400 for using pesticides without the proper accreditation. While investigating a spray drift complaint, the […]
EPA Victoria will be inspecting premises that store waste tyres. If premises are not meeting the requirements of the WMP, EPA Victoria will issue a pollution […]
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