Summer December 2016
Welcome to our final edition of EPA Connect for 2016. It’s been a busy couple of months since our last newsletter with some major initiatives and campaigns underway.
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From the Chair and CEO
Welcome to our final edition of EPA Connect for 2016. It’s been a busy couple of months since our last newsletter with some major initiatives and campaigns underway.
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We need you for a clean air future
In October the NSW Environment Minister Mark Speakman released the Clean Air for NSW Consultation Paper encouraging everyone to have their say on how we can improve air quality in NSW over the next 10-years.
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Have your say on Load Based Licensing
We’ve had an issues paper on Load Based Licensing in NSW open for consultation this month.
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It's now even easier to be Lead Smart in Broken Hill
With some simple changes, residents of Broken Hill can reduce their risk of lead exposure thanks to the NSW Government’s Broken Hill Environmental Lead Program’s new campaign.
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337 Million waste boost for EPA
The NSW EPA’s commitment to improving waste and recycling practices across the state has been given a boost with a $337 million extension to the Waste Less Recycle More grants and funding initiative.
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Outcome focussed
The EPA tabled the latest Annual Report in November. The report, which highlights the EPA’s achievements for the 2015 – 2016 financial year, has a new look, with infographics throughout the text illustrating some of the key outcomes for the EPA’s operations and programs.
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Final report of Botany Mercury Independent Review
The Botany Mercury Independent Review into offsite mercury contamination was one of the most comprehensive investigations of its type in Australia.
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Stakeholder Profile - Dirtgirl
It’s not often that we meet a stakeholder whose best friend is a garden gnome, but that’s dirtgirl.
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Staff Profile - Kate Gilroy Unit Head
“A good website should meet the audience’s requirements and be accessible,” Kate Gilroy explains.