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The Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) is Victoria’s environmental regulator. EPA is an independent statutory authority, established in 1971 under the Environment Protection Act 1970 (EP Act). EPA's role is to prevent and reduce the harmful effects of pollution and waste on Victorians and their environment. [1]
Enhances the powers of EPA: EPA can now issue and grant licenses and permits to frame the pollution emitted by polluters. EPA ensures compliance with the Act and can require action from polluters to manage risks to the environment and human health. [3] This was missing from the 1970 Act as EPA couldn't penalise polluting companies. [6]
EPA staff overseeing the Sunshine landfill in Kealba. Kealba is a north-western suburb of Melbourne where the Sunshine Landfill, operated by Barro Group, had four underground fires burning for three years starting in 2019 which produced a smell described as "rotting carcasses" and was the result of oxygen being in contact with decomposed waste.
This Amendment is major in Victoria as it puts the emphasis on creating preventive measures rather than managing the aftermath of pollutions. [ 5 ] Section 25 of the Amendment, GED states that a person commits and indictable offence if they don't minimise the risks of harm to human health or the environment of their actions as long as it's ...
EPA tests for fuel economy do not include electrical load tests beyond climate control, which may account for some of the discrepancy between EPA and real world fuel-efficiency. A 200 W electrical load can produce a 0.94 mpg (0.4 km/L) reduction in efficiency on the FTP 75 cycle test. [14]
Standards for performing a Phase I site assessment have been promulgated by the US EPA [1] and are based in part on ASTM in Standard E1527-13. [ 2 ] If a site is considered contaminated, a Phase II environmental site assessment may be conducted, ASTM test E1903, a more detailed investigation involving chemical analysis for hazardous substances ...
EPA Victoria and local councils are in charge of regulating and managing the contaminated sites across Victoria. EPA can investigate, require clean up, charge polluters with infringement notices and take them to court if they don't comply with the Environment Protection Act 2017 .
In Nepal, the government's Environmental Impact Assessment Guideline of 1993 inspired the enactment of the Environment Protection Act (EPA) of 1997 and the Environment Protection Rules (EPR) of 1997 (EPA and EPR have been enforced since 24 and 26 June 1997 respectively in Nepal) to internalizing the environmental assessment system.