Browsing: Site contamination

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After its first attempt ran into legal problems, EPA Victoria has again approved a landfill to accept PFAS-contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel project.

The NSW government today gazetted a regulation that will ban the use of PFAS fire-fighting foams.

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A couple were entitled to back-out of a contract to buy land next to a RAAF base, because the vendors didn't disclose it was in a PFAS investigation zone, South Australia's highest court has ruled.

An NT government decision to significantly reduce the environmental bond that Glencore must provide for its McArthur River lead and zinc mine has prompted a Supreme Court review.

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EPA Victoria has rescinded its approval for three landfills to accept PFAS-contaminated wastes from the West Gate Tunnel project.

The NSW EPA is prosecuting the former director of a waste oil company that is under external administration, and has launched debt recovery proceedings against him.

The Victorian Supreme Court has made an important ruling on the circumstances in which companies need to obtain planning permits for works they undertake in response to EPA clean-up notices.