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Minimising particulate pollution at coal mines is a priority for the EPA.

The EPA works in partnership with regional and local communities to minimise air pollution, particularly particle pollution, from a wide range of industries. The EPA collaborates with communities, industry and government to measure air quality through monitoring networks across NSW.

The EPA has investigated the sources and impacts of particle pollution in the Lower Hunter and Newcastle regions where there is community concern about air pollution from industry.

Blue Mountains and Lithgow Air Watch was a year-long air quality monitoring project to provide a better picture of air quality in the region.

The Newcastle Local Air Quality Monitoring Network (NLAQMN) is a network of three monitoring stations located at Stockton, Carrington and Mayfield that monitors the impacts of industrial activity in and around the Port of Newcastle.

The EPA is working with industry and the community to help reduce particle emissions in the Upper Hunter, especially emissions from coal mines.

We are installing new air monitors around Lake Macquarie to provide a better picture of outdoor air quality, help identify areas of concern and to help inform future initiatives to protect the environment and human health.

Through the Namoi Region Air Quality Monitoring Project (NRAQMP), the EPA aims to provide community members with access to baseline ambient air quality data from privately-owned monitoring stations in the Namoi region, while continuing to evaluate the requirement for a public regional air quality monitoring network.