EPA completes two major clean up projects

EPA has finalised two of the most significant clean up projects in Victoria’s history with the completion of works at 300-400 Broderick Road, Lara and the removal of chemical waste from a...

Charges laid for illegal dumping and hindering an EPA officer

EPA has laid 10 charges against an individual under the Environment Protection Act 2017, following a comprehensive investigation into the dumping and burning of industrial waste on an unlicensed...

Dumped dead stock cost dairy company a fine

A local dairy company has been fined more than $5,000 over a dozen dead cattle left out in the open on its property at Simpson, in southwest Victoria. EPA issued Sunday Ridge Dairies Pty Ltd with a $5...

Unloading a lit cigarette costs transport company $2,200

A lit cigarette dropped from a company car at Hallam has cost a transport company more than $2,200. EPA Victoria issued the company with a fine in February 2022, after a member of the public made a...

EPA drops in for a chat at Hamilton, Beaufort and Ararat

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) says local businesses at Hamilton, Ararat and Beaufort need to better understand their responsibilities to the environment, following a June inspection...

EPA fines Lovely Banks company over not-so-lovely mess

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has fined a local skip bin business more than $5,000 for stockpiling industrial waste at Lovely Banks, on the outskirts of Geelong. The company had...

Victorian regulators visit work sites during Latrobe Valley safety blitz

Four Victorian regulators carried out more than 120 inspections across Latrobe Valley work sites as part of last week’s Build Aware campaign. Inspectors from Energy Safe Victoria (ESV), WorkSafe...

Lemon Springs June Update

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) is continuing the clean up and remediation works at the Lemon Springs site in the state’s north west. The discovery of liquid waste has...

Burning cigarette costs smoker nearly $2000

A man from the Whittlesea area has paid $1,975.40 in fine and costs after tossing a burning cigarette butt into a car park at South Morang. The Magistrate fined him $300 and ordered him to pay $1,675...

Make sure your wood burning heater is maintained

Winter weather is here already, and Victorians are already turning up the heat. Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) is encouraging households with wood heaters to consider their neighbours...