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26 Jun 2024
Compulsory pesticides training: you must also maintain your competency
Pesticides can be dangerous if used or managed incorrectly. Training in the correct use of pesticides helps prevent mistakes at work – keeping you, your family, the community, trade, and the environment safe.
News
26 Jun 2024
Macquarie River pollution costs Dubbo sand quarry almost $250,000
A sand quarry near Dubbo has been fined $210,000 after polluting the Macquarie River with dirty water.
News
25 Jun 2024
Avian influenza alert
The NSW EPA, lead Environmental Services Functional Area under NSW’s emergency management arrangements, is working closely with Department of Primary Industries on the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza.
News
24 Jun 2024
Geta Skip company and director fined $60,000 for abandoned waste
The company and director of a skip bin waste removal business have been fined a total of $60,000 in Parramatta Local Court for leaving 6,000 cubic metres of waste on a Smithfield premises after the lease had ended. This is the equivalent of nearly two and a half Olympic swimming pools of waste.
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21 Jun 2024
Obtaining information under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009
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21 Jun 2024
Complaints, comments, and requests for review
We are accountable to the people of NSW. The EPA welcomes your comments, discussion about concerns you have about a regulatory decision we have made or about the conduct of any of our officers.
News
21 Jun 2024
NSW leading action to prevent battery fires
At the Environment Ministers’ Meeting in Sydney today, Ministers agreed to take urgent action to help prevent potentially deadly battery fires.
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20 Jun 2024
Climate change
Learn about the causes and consequences of climate change, the NSW Government’s response, and how the EPA is strengthening its approaches.