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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]
The removal cost EPA Victoria A$4.5 million. [21] 2019: Approximately half a million tyres that weighed 5000 tonnes were removed over 10 weeks from a site in Numurkah that posed a fire risk. [22] [23] [24] The removal cost EPA Victoria A$2 million. [23]
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]
In December 2019, EPA Victoria took over the management of the site according to its powers given by the Environment Protection Act of 1970 and started the clean up of all sites. This clean up had a budget of 20 million dollars [ 11 ] and the recovery cleaning cost will be pursued to be paid by the property owner.
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.
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In 2006, the EPA conducted air quality designations in all 50 states, denoting areas of high pollution based on criteria such as air quality monitoring data, recommendations submitted by the states, and other technical information; and reduced the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for daily exposure to particulates in the 2.5 micrometers ...
EPA staff monitoring the Sunshine landfill in Kealba. The penalty faced in 2022 was up to $1.8 million for the company and $360,000 for each individual director. [3] Both EPA Victoria and Barro Group monitored the air quality and concluded that the long-term risk to health from the smell was low. [4]