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Six Chemical Control Orders (CCOs) are in place in NSW for managing chemicals and chemical wastes that require extra regulation.

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The NSW Government has made changes to the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (POEO Act) to strengthen the regulation of industrial chemicals and align NSW with new national standards for industrial chemical environmental risk management.

Chemical control orders (CCOs) create extra rules and restrictions for chemicals and chemical wastes that are particularly hazardous.

We are aware of a naturally occurring algal bloom in Tantangara Dam which is known to occur in the region following warm weather.

Five councils will help to reduce food waste in NSW, sharing in $10.4 million to deliver new food organics and garden organics (FOGO) recycling services to more than 260,000 NSW households.

The NSW Government is extending the waste levy waiver to another ten areas to further support communities grappling with the aftermath of heavy rainfall and flooding.