Crackdown on dodgy operators dumping asbestos-riddled soil

EPA and Hume City Council are encouraging members of the public to report dumpers who unload piles of asbestos-contaminated soil in streets or on public land.    EPA Northern Metropolitan...

Court acts on Axcent Apartments

A Richmond company has learned a $500,000 lesson on the importance of managing contamination, following a Melbourne Magistrates Court decision on Monday 20 December 2021.  The court found...

Proposed Port Melbourne cement processing facility

Cement Australia Pty Ltd has applied for an EPA development licence for a ground granulated blast furnace slag grinding facility at Port Melbourne. The proposal includes wharf facilities, a storage...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Media Statement - Environmental Management Plan withdrawn

EPA Victoria has revoked its approval of the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) issued to Maddingley Brown Coal in 2021 for its Western Soil Treatment site.  The company requested the EMP’...

EPA charges Benalla manufacturer over air pollution

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has laid 39 charges each against a company and a former company director under both the Environment Protection Act 1970 and the Environment Protection...

Cherry Creek chemical spill science report

Overview A major spill of detergent in March 2022 led to a large incident response. It occurred in Cherry Creek and Cherry Lake, in the Laverton North and Altona area. An investigation is ongoing into...