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A Dapto man has been fined $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for allegedly dumping asbestos in bushland off Mt Keira Rd, near Wollongong, and failing to follow legal directions to clean it up.

Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme Performance Report 2023-24

Background salinity was relatively high between November 2022 and early 2024, before it started to trend downwards into the normal range.

Environmental water releases occurred over 19 days and stopped due to rainfall triggering high natural flows.

One scheme participant was non-compliant during the 2023-24 period.

The Scheme uses an economic framework consisting of 1,000 ten-year “salt credits” to regulate saline water discharges to the Hunter River.

In the 2023-24 period the communications hardware at each of the WaterNSW river monitoring gauges was upgraded by the Service Coordinator to ensure the gauges stayed capable of communicating via the incoming 5G network.

NSW Government has a best-practice Energy from Waste Framework to guide the development of energy from waste proposals in NSW.

Carolyn Walsh has been appointed to the role as Chair of the Board of the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for a five-year term.

A new study has found there has been a marked reduction in the number of NSW residents and businesses illegally dumping waste compared to six years ago.