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Published on: 19 Sep 2025
The Broken Hill Environmental Lead Program (BHELP) steering committee commissioned a scientific study into the impacts of mining on blood lead levels ...
Argent St, Broken Hill. Credit: Steve Swayne
Published on: 28 Mar 2025
As the lead agency for the Environmental Services Functional Area (EnvSFA), the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) supports emergency manageme...
flooded road
Published on: 09 Sep 2024
We are seeking feedback from community, industry, business and all interested stakeholders on our proposed actions and timeframes to address unnecessa...
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Published on: 25 Jun 2024
The NSW EPA, lead Environmental Services Functional Area under NSW’s emergency management arrangements, is working closely with Department of Primary ...
Free-range ISA brown chickens in paddock
Published on: 15 Apr 2024
The NSW Government has made changes to the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (POEO Act) to strengthen the regulation of industrial che...
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Bulk storage of industrial chemicals
Published on: 05 Apr 2024
The biggest changes to environment protection legislation in more than three decades commenced on 3 April. There are now higher penalties and stronger...
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Published on: 25 Oct 2023
The NSW Environment Protection Authority is making good progress in the first year of actions from our landmark Climate Change Policy and Action Plan
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Published on: 05 Sep 2023
The EPA has been liaising with the University of Western Sydney, the Department of Education and their contaminated land consultants about per- and po...
Sampling contaminated soil with sample bottle and person in disposable gloves
Published on: 18 Aug 2023
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) continues to regularly inspect the site of a landslip in Helensburgh following the issuing of a Clean-U...
An EPA officer sampling water in Camp Gully Creek