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epa.vic.gov.au/about-epa/news-media-and-updates/news-and-updates
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6 Sep 2017
Community projects receive nearly $5million from EPA Program
Community projects worth nearly $5 million have been funded over the 17-year life of the Environment Protection Authority Victoria’s (EPA) Inspiring Environmental Solutions (IES) Program with the latest project seeing land redeveloped and improved for use as a family park in Hobsons Bay.
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5 Sep 2017
EPA website down for maintenance tonight
The EPA website will be unavailable this evening between 6 pm and midnight so we can do some essential maintenance.
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29 Aug 2017
Management and storage of combustible recyclable and waste materials
The Interim Waste Management Policy (IWMP) has been implemented by the Victorian Government as part of its commitment to reduce the risk of fires at Victorian waste and resource recovery facilities.
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29 Aug 2017
Bendigo recycling company fined
Hopley Recycling, a White Hills, Bendigo recycling company and two of its directors have been fined $7,500, ordered to pay costs of $17,000 and the two directors placed on a 12 month good behaviour bond in a Bendigo Court today.
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28 Aug 2017
EPA fines Landfill Operations for licence breach at Ravenhall
EPA has fined Landfill Operations, a subsidiary of Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd, more than $7,900 for breaching a condition of its EPA licence at its Ravenhall landfill.
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22 Aug 2017
EPA fines company for failure to clean up Bairnsdale tyre stockpile
EPA has fined Whelans Group nearly $8,000 for failing to comply with an order to reduce a tyre stockpile equivalent to more than 20,000 waste car tyres at its Bairnsdale site.
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22 Aug 2017
Foam in stormwater drain leads to EPA fine for food company
EPA has fined a Melbourne food company more than $7700 for allowing waste water containing bleach and other chemicals from truck washing to escape to storm water drains.
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22 Aug 2017
Patchwood Holdings out of pocket $63k for illegal dumping
A car park operator in Tullamarine has been fined $4500 and ordered to pay $58,000 in court costs for illegally permitting the deposit of industrial waste following an investigation by Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA).
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21 Aug 2017
EPA fines Winnindoo company for effluent spill
EPA has fined a Winnindoo company more than $7900 for allowing between 10,000 and 50,000 litres of dairy effluent to leave its site and enter a stormwater drain.
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21 Aug 2017
EPA fines company for failure to clean up Bairnsdale tyre stockpile
EPA has fined Whelans Group nearly $8,000 for failing to comply with an order to reduce a tyre stockpile equivalent to more than 20,000 waste car tyres at its Bairnsdale site.
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