News
01 Sep 2023
Response to Chief Scientist report on fish deaths
The NSW Government welcomes the findings of the Independent Review by the Office of the Chief Scientist & Engineer (OCSE) into the deaths of millions of fish along the Darling-Baaka River near Menindee earlier this year.
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04 Sep 2023
EPA continues investigation of the Hazelbrook Creek Crayfish Kill
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is continuing its investigation into a major crayfish kill in a tributary of Hazelbrook Creek on Wednesday 23 August 2023.
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06 Sep 2023
EPA prosecutes Delta over Vales Point fish kill
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has commenced a prosecution against Sunset Power International Pty Ltd trading as Delta Electricity (Delta) in the Land and Environment Court in relation to a fish kill occurring near the Vales Point Power Station at Lake Macquarie in September 2022.
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08 Sep 2023
NSW EPA takes action against Metro Collieries
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is prosecuting Metropolitan Collieries Pty Ltd after two significant pollution incidents at Camp Gully Creek, which flows into the Hacking River in the Royal National Park.
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15 Sep 2023
10 billion containers returned and $1 billion earned
The NSW Return and Earn scheme is on the verge of reaching the milestone of 10 billion recycled cans and bottles at return points.
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14 Sep 2023
EPA launches the Bust the Dust Campaign
Coal mines in the Hunter region are again on notice as NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) officers head out to monitor air quality as part of its ongoing Bust the Dust campaign conducted over drier weather months.
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20 Sep 2023
Ampol to pay over $700,000 after oily water spill in Kurnell
Ampol must pay $700,000 towards four community projects in a legally binding agreement with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA). This comes after more than 9,000 litres of diesel mixed with floodwaters and spilled from its Kurnell fuel transfer terminal in April last year.
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20 Sep 2023
EPA investigates bird deaths in Tuncurry
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is appealing for information after the discovery of a number of dead native birds in a reserve at the end of Bramble Parade, Tuncurry.
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22 Sep 2023
Insecticide caused Hazelbrook Creek crayfish kill
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has identified the pollutant which caused a major crayfish kill in a tributary of Hazelbrook Creek in the Blue Mountains last month.
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26 Sep 2023
EPA begins $5 million water quality monitoring program for Darling Barka
Water quality monitoring in the Darling Barka River will get a boost under a $5 million NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) disaster recovery program as part of its ongoing response to fish kills in and around Menindee Lakes earlier this year.