Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) is now inviting submissions from the community to its review of the Latrobe Valley brown coal-fired power station EPA-issued licences.
EPA is reviewing the EPA-issued licences of three power stations as part of its routine program of reviewing licences by industry sector once every five years. These power stations are all located in Gippsland:
- AGL Loy Yang A (Loy Yang)
- IPM Loy Yang B (Loy Yang), and
- Energy Australia (Yallourn)
EPA-issued licences aim to control the operation of each premises based on the site’s environmental risk. The current power station licences include conditions covering:
- monitoring and reporting requirements;
- air and water discharge limits;
- land and groundwater protection conditions, and
- waste management conditions.
As part of the review process EPA already intends to focus on monitoring, reporting and pollutant emission limits to ensure compliance with the State Environment Protection Policy (Air Quality Management). EPA would also like to hear the community’s views in relation to the specific licence conditions for these three power stations.
You can make your submission to EPA’s review online, by going to the Review of Latrobe Valley brown coal power station licences on the Engage Vic website engage.vic.gov.au
Public submissions to the review close on Sunday 13 May 2018.
There’s more information about the review process on the EPA website, at: http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/our-work/licences-and-approvals/improving-the-system/licensing-improvement/brown-coal-fired-power-stations-licence-reviews
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