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• Victoria's home insulation plans criticised
  
• ACCC inquiry misdirected, says electricity industry
  
• Court allows open-air stockpiles, with 'plan B' proviso

A Glencore zinc and lead mine plagued by smouldering rock dumps releasing plumes of sulphur dioxide and contaminated water seepages has revealed new management plans.

• NSW Chief Justice to speak at PFAS summit
  
• Productivity Commission to inquire into water reform
  
• Incitec clocks up fines totalling $30,000

Coal-fired generators have told the NSW EPA they should be exempt from licence charges that are based on the volume of pollutants they emit, and have warned fee increases could trigger 'disorderly' plant closures.

The NSW EPA has issued a prevention notice to OneSteel, after an audit of its Sydney steel mill identified 'code red' problems.

The SA EPA has instructed Flinders Power to revise closure and dust management plans for a massive ash dam to adequately cope with extreme weather.

• SA to introduce energy efficiency subsidy scheme
  
• New federal law on engine emission standards under development
  
• Coal company fights disclosure of reports made to EPA
  
• Ministers agree transmission investments must consider emission goals

• EPA issues air orders to meatworks, plasterboard company
  
• Mining company standardises permit conditions
  
• Geothermal company changes tack to energy efficiency, R&D

• Time's up for composter, court rules
  
• EPA to update auditor guidelines, fuel vapour controls
  
• Regulator finalises more prosecutions

The NSW EPA has ended a program that obliged the state's four coal terminals to monitor spills from loaded rail wagons during transit from mines.