Compost licence amendment approved

A licence amendment for the Rural City of Wangaratta’s Byawatha Rd West, North Wangaratta composting facility has been granted by EPA Victoria. The amendment allows council to increase the...

EPA takes Supreme Court action against SBI

EPA Victoria has commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court against SBI Landfill Pty Ltd and its directors, alleging a range of serious non-compliances with Victoria’s environment protection...

Creeks and wetlands are not for paint says EPA

A trail of waste paint led to a hefty fine for a contractor after an EPA Victoria team conducting routine inspections followed it back to a building site at North Torquay, on 28 June. EPA officers...

Concrete in Foster Creek costs a fine

A Korumburra woman has been fined more than $1,100 after the discovery of concrete slurry flowing into Foster Creek.    EPA Victoria investigated in June after receiving a pollution report...

EPA lays charges over industrial waste at Sunshine North

EPA Victoria has laid charges on Glen Ora Estate Pty Ltd and both company directors, Ronald Silverstein and Robert Apostoloff.    The case involves the alleged dumping of industrial waste at...

Lemon Springs update - July 2023

EPA Victoria is nearing the final operational stages of the clean-up of the Lemon Springs site, with dismantling of non-essential building and equipment underway. All waste from the 32 sites has been...

South Gippsland Water faces EPA charges over Foster Creek

EPA Victoria has laid charges against South Gippsland Region Water Corporation over the alleged discharge of partially treated and untreated wastewater into Foster Creek in early 2021. EPA has laid a...

Fine a wakeup call for trucking industry

A Wollert haulage company that failed to properly secure its load has been fined $9,246 by EPA Victoria.   The incident and fine are reminders to the trucking industry to be better prepared. &...

Norstar obstructed EPA officers

Operators of a  metal recycling company who refused EPA officers their legal right to enter its site has been fined, ordered to pay costs and do training.   Norstar Recycling Pty Ltd, will...

Dairy spill should never have happened: EPA

EPA Victoria says some farms are still failing to manage dairy effluent, after it fined a West Gippsland company more than $9,000 for letting a thousand litres of effluent escape into a creek. The...