News
10 Aug 2023
EPA issues two penalty notices to Veolia for waste offences
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued two penalty notices to Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd totalling $30,000. The fines follow the alleged detection of waste leaking from containers onto a public road during transport between the Crisps Creek Intermodal Facility and Woodlawn Landfill, Tarago.
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10 Aug 2023
Measures in place to stop Tumut odour issue
In response to the recent ongoing odour issue impacting residents in Tumut and Gilmore, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a prevention notice and is requiring Tumut Waste Pty Ltd to restrict the volume and types of waste that can be accepted at its Bellettes Landfill.
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16 Aug 2023
More councils to recycle food and garden waste
The second round of the NSW Government’s Go FOGO grants is now open for councils to establish food organics and garden organics or ‘FOGO’ recycling services for households across the state.
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18 Aug 2023
Compliant building sites good news for NSW waterways
NSW builders are ‘getting the site right’ with more than half successfully implementing erosion and sediment controls to protect local environments, but councils and regulators still had to hand out $376,789 in fines in May.
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18 Aug 2023
Snowy Hydro Scheme contractor WeBuild fined
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a $15,000 fine to Snowy Hydro Limited contractor WeBuild S.P.A. in relation to its operations in Kosciuszko National Park.
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21 Aug 2023
EPA commences proceedings against Cadia gold mine
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has commenced proceedings in the NSW Land and Environment Court against Newcrest’s Cadia Holdings Pty Ltd’s (Cadia) gold mine in response to an alleged breach of section 128 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (POEO Act) in March 2022.
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24 Aug 2023
NSW EPA invites feedback on how biosolids are managed
Not many people think about what happens to the wastewater that they flush away or send down the laundry drain, but the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is reaching out to stakeholders and the community to ask them to do exactly that.
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25 Aug 2023
EPA to undertake water testing around the Turon River
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) will conduct water sampling in the Turon River and its tributaries in the State’s Central Tablelands to provide the community with information about the water quality in the area.
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30 Aug 2023
EPA issues Stop Work Order on forestry operations in Tallaganda State Forest
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) an immediate Stop Work Order to cease harvesting in parts of the Tallaganda State Forest.
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31 Aug 2023
Illegal pesticide kills two dogs in Uralla
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is investigating the deaths of two domestic dogs who ingested baits poisoned with strychnine on private land near Uralla.