Victoria today gazetted classification criteria that specify when soils containing extremely low levels of PFAS will be considered suitable for use as fill.
In a case that turned on the definition of industrial waste, a recycling company has lost a Supreme Court bid to have an EPA clean-up notice declared invalid.
Under a worst-case scenario, it will take Engie 35 years to fill the Hazelwood coal mine pit with water, but the company is aiming to do it over 10 to 20 years, new documents show.
Victoria should accredit environmental professionals and strengthen rules on biodiversity offsetting, according to a state parliamentary report released today.
A tribunal has put on hold an EPA notice that would require a council to disclose information on a contaminated site that it owns to developers proposing to build a hotel next door.
The Victorian government today gazetted changes that require planners to prepare for sea level rise of 0.8 metres by 2100, and which explicitly make retreat from the coast a response option.