EPA leads Multi Agency Targeted Inspections in Echuca

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has sent a message to all Victorian businesses that if they don’t comply with environmental laws, it will take direct enforcement action.  On...

Skip bin operator fined over illegal dump at Nintingbool

The operator of a Geelong based skip bin hire company has been convicted in the Ballarat Magistrates Court after he pled guilty to charges over an excessive amount of industrial and household waste at...

City of Whittlesea and EPA investigate asbestos dumping

A load of construction and demolition waste containing asbestos found at Wollert has triggered a joint investigation by the City of Whittlesea and EPA Victoria. The load was found by the side of...

Media Statement from EPA Victoria CEO Lee Miezis

EPA welcomes today’s release of the Ombudsman’s report on her investigation into our approval of Environment Management Plans for sites to receive spoil from the West Gate Tunnel Project...

EPA looking for Williamstown dumper

Dumped industrial waste abandoned on a Williamstown roadside has become the subject of a new video with Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) asking for public assistance to track down a man...

Collingwood service station operator fined

A service station operator in Keele St, Collingwood who ignored notices from the Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has been fined in Heidelberg Magistrates Court.   The company...

EPA fines cheese maker

EPA Victoria has fined Yering cheese maker Yarra Valley Dairy Pty Ltd more than $9,000 over a strong odour affecting neighbouring properties in the wine country of the Yarra Valley. The fine is for...

Geelong area man on EPA dumping charges

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has laid two charges against a man living in the Geelong region under the Environment Protection Act , following a comprehensive investigation into the...

Trouble brewing for popular coffee maker

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has issued a new remedial notice to UCC Coffee Australia (trading as Mocopan) over offensive odour and smoke from the Preston coffee roasting facility...

EPA fines Poowong landholder over dairy effluent spill

EPA Victoria has fined a Poowong landholder $1,817 over a spill of dairy effluent that flowed through a neighbouring property and into Pheasant Creek. EPA Gippsland Regional Manager Zac Dornom says...