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The NSW EPA has issued two penalty notices to a composting facility, located south of Lake Macquarie, for emitting offensive odours and for poor management of […]
NSW EPA has released 2 new guidelines that relate to service station sites and landfarming. They are – ? Best Practice Note – Landfarming outlines the […]
The Whitsunday Regional Council will conduct random checks on businesses that produce trade waste in a bid to reduce pollutants in the outflow from the council’s […]
Queensland’s Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has charged a gas company for allegedly breaching environmental laws and causing serious environmental harm. Minister for Environment and […]
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 […]
NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has begun legal action in the Land and Environment Court against a global mining services company for an alleged ammonia gas […]
Residence and organisations that have been impacted by the Hazelwood Mine fire in Morwell are encouraged to provide their concerns and input into the Inquiry, as […]
EPA Victoria continues its investigation into offensive odours in Melbourne’s western suburbs after receiving complaints from residents in Deer Park and Ravenhall that date back to […]
A council is Sydney’s west has been convicted and fined $165,000 and ordered to pay $47,000 in legal costs after pleading guilty in the NSW Land […]
One of the world’s biggest coal handlers has been ordered to pay more than $38,000 in fines and costs following the escape of coal-contaminated water from […]
EPA Victoria has issued 3 Pollution Abatement Notices (PANs) to a company in Wangaratta that produces natural sausage casings. EPA Victoria confirmed odour emissions beyond […]
NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a $1,500 fine to Sydney Water following an odour incident that occurred at Sydney Water’s Malabar wastewater treatment plant […]
The operator of a waste management and recycling facility at Swanbank in Ipswich, QLD has been fined $70,000 and ordered to pay costs of $5,151 for […]
The director of a Queensland sand quarry company has lost his bid to overturn fines of $76,000 and a conviction for failing to prevent pollution. […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a hazardous waste management plant with a Prevention Notice following a chemical incident in Blayney, near Bathurst late […]
The NSW EPA is continuing to monitor a Chester Hill waste and recycling facility where a fire has been smoldering in a waste stockpile. EPA […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority is overseeing an investigation into traces of a carcinogenic chemical in the groundwater below the former Bluescope Steel site in Port […]
The Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has released updated enforcement guidelines which aim to outline to business and industry – including landowners, company directors […]
A residents’ group has lodged a formal complaint with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and Transport for NSW over alleged coal dust pollution from trains […]
NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued an Enforceable Undertaking notice to Singleton mine operator, Wambo Coal, following a water pollution incident. As part of […]
A Kangaroo Island landowner has been found guilty of contempt of court for failing to comply with an order of the South Australian Environment, Resources and […]
The Federal Department of the Environment had taken legal action against an air-conditioning firm for late reporting of its imports and exports of ozone depleting substances […]
Consumer Affairs Victoria has commenced legal proceedings against a solar and wind energy business for failing to supply paid for goods and services to consumers. […]
The South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has successfully prosecuted a machinery dealer for the discharge of hydrocarbon-contaminated water, a listed pollutant, from its vacant site […]
The NSW EPA is conducting an investigation following numerous complaints of a chemical smell from an industrial site in Moorebank on 5 February 2014. Officers from […]
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 […]
After providing repeated warnings, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has defended its licence suspension of a quarry after the site’s operator breached extraction limits. NSW […]
The SA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has prosecuted a business employee for the disposal of grease-trap waste to land without the landowner’s permission. The employee was […]
On 11 October 2013, the Code of Practice for the Storage and Handling of Dangerous Goods 2013 came into effect. It replaces the old version of […]
NSW EPA CEO Barry Buffier said that tough new regulations to crack down on illegal dumping, including jail terms for repeat offenders and increased fines, have […]
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