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29 May 2025
Licences and advice for occupational pesticide users
Do you need to use pesticides as part of your job? You may require a licence from the EPA. When using pesticides, you need to follow the rules to protect people and the environment.
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29 May 2025
Waste levy areas and levy rates
The waste levy applies in the Metropolitan Levy Area (MLA) and Regional Levy Area (RLA), which comprise the Sydney metropolitan area, the Illawarra and Hunter regions, the central and north coast local government areas to the Queensland border, as well as the Blue Mountains, Wingecarribee and Wollondilly local government areas.
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29 May 2025
Mangrove Mountain landfill
Information about our regulation of the Mangrove Mountain Landfill.
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29 May 2025
Disclosure log 2024
The disclosure log sets out information about formal applications released under the GIPA Act that may be of interest to members of the public.
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29 May 2025
Water Quality Monitoring in the Upper Ourimbah Creek Catchment
The EPA and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) have conducted sampling of the upper reaches of Ourimbah Creek and its tributaries since 2016. We have monitored for ammonia which is an indicator of leachate from landfills.
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29 May 2025
EPA issues prevention notice to Mangrove Mountain Landill
The EPA has issued a prevention notice to the operator of Mangrove Mountain Landfill after elevated levels of ammonia were detected onsite.
News
29 May 2025
Holiday Park operator fined for pollution of South Coast creek
The operator of a South Coast caravan park has been fined after discharging untreated sewage into the local creek.
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27 May 2025
Bore water screening program
We are conducting groundwater sampling as part of the NSW per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) screening program.
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23 May 2025
Safe battery recycling
Batteries power many parts of our everyday life but not everyone knows what to do with them once they’re used.