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    Autumn April 2017

    28 June 2017

    In January, we welcomed the Hon Gabrielle Upton as the new Minister for the Environment, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Heritage. Minister Upton is the Member for Vaucluse. In this edition we cover Minister Upton’s launch of the Hey Tosser! Autumn campaign, including the launch of 40 GPS-tracked bottles across the state’s waterways, to raise awareness of litter impacts

    1. Helping a small community when their water supply was affected by a petrol leak

      Photo of a tap

      A leak from an underground fuel tank at the local store into the town’s groundwater supply in February last year has meant residents in the small community of Woolomin, north of Tamworth, have had to make significant changes to their home water use. Read more

    2. From the Chair and CEO

      Photograph of Barry Buffier, the Chair and CEO of NSW EPA

      In January, we welcomed the Hon Gabrielle Upton as the new Minister for the Environment, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Heritage. Minister Upton is the Member for Vaucluse. In this edition we cover Minister Upton’s launch of the Hey Tosser! Autumn campaign, including the launch of 40 GPS-tracked bottles across the state’s waterways, to raise awareness of litter impacts. Read more

    3. NSW EPA takes part in national PFAS Summit

      HEPA PFAS Summit 2017 logo

      The NSW EPA took part in the national PFAS* regulators summit in early April in Melbourne. Read more

    4. Tracking for change - Hey Tosser! takes to the water

      Minister for the Environment, Local Government and Heritage Gabrielle Upton tossing a GPS tracker bottle into the Parramatta River

      From the Murrumbidgee to the Hunter, Parramatta River to Lake Illawarra, the Hey Tosser! branded bottles are being tracked and updates shared daily on social media to raise awareness about the distance litter travels. Read more

    5. Watch out for "Dirtbags"

      Free land-fill signage

      If the ‘free dirt’ deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. That warning from the NSW EPA to treat offers of clean land fill carefully is resonating with renovators and landscapers in south west Sydney, with reports of contaminated soil all too frequent across the region. Read more

    6. EPA Pacific Highway team creating new wetland habitats

      EPA and Partner representatives with a tree stump

      The EPA’s Pacific Highway Upgrade team has been working closely with five of the upgrade project’s partners to re-use tree roots and logs for stream bank rehabilitation and other projects to rehabilitate and improve wetland health. Read more

    7. New conditions protect the Wollangambe River and Blue Mountains World Heritage

      Colo River

      The EPA has imposed strict new limits on the environment protection licence for the Clarence Colliery to improve water quality in the Wollangambe River, which runs into the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney Read more

    8. You can now manage your EPA radiation user licence online

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      If you’re one of 14,500 professionals in NSW who operate radiation equipment, including dentists, GPs, scientists and vets, you can now renew and manage your licence online through the EPA’s eConnect portal. Read more

    9. Nominations for the 2017 Green Globe Awards open soon

      Green globe award winners

      The Green Globe Awards celebrate excellence in environmental sustainability, showcasing businesses, community groups and individuals who are leading the way in building a cleaner and greener NSW. Read more

    10. The EPA Connect Newsletter is changing - have your say

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      The EPA Connect Newsletter is your regular way of keeping in touch with what’s happening across the NSW EPA and our stakeholders have told us they enjoy receiving it. Over the next few months we will be looking at how we can improve the stories and topics we bring to you and ensure they continue to be interesting and relevant Read more

    11. Environment Commissioner and EPA working across Sydney’s ‘three cities’

      Roderick Simpson

      Rod Simpson describes Sydney as not one, but three cities. "In Sydney, there’s the existing city, the emerging city and the future city." Read more

    12. EPA welcomes Asela Atapattu Director Hazardous Materials, Chemicals and Radiation

      Asela Atapattu

      At the start of February Asela Atapattu joined the NSW Environment Protection Authority as Director Hazardous Materials, Chemicals and Radiation. Read more

    13. EPA's regulatory action

      The EPA has many regulatory tools it uses to achieve environmental compliance. The following table provides a tally of the regulatory actions undertaken by the EPA across the state from 1 January to 31 March 2017. Read more

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