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EPA deploys mobile air quality monitoring to Cheltenham fire
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has deployed mobile air quality monitoring equipment to the scene of a fire in Cheltenham.
For the latest community advice from Emergency Management Victoria the community should visit: https://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/warning/15853/moreinfo
EPA has been in attendance at the site since 3am this morning (Thursday 4 March) to provide advice to the incident controller, Fire Rescue Victoria, about any possible human health or environmental risks.
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If you need medical advice for exposure to smoke, seek medical advice or call Nurse on Call on 1300 606 024.
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EPA charges lead to $150k rehabilitation project by Coliban Water
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has successfully argued in a Kyneton Magistrates’ Court today (2 March) that Coliban Water must make a significant contribution to rehabilitating damage it caused to Snipes Creek when it discharged treated wastewater to the creek in breach of its EPA licence in 2019.
Coliban Water will pay $150,000 towards the rehabilitation project to the ecosystem of Snipes Creek, which is a tributary of the Campaspe River, and will also be placed on a two-year bond and pay costs of $10,000 to EPA.
In December 2020, at the Kyneton Magistrates Court, Coliban Water pleaded guilty to EPA charges of causing or permitting an environmental hazard and pollution of waters. The Court also recorded convictions on those charges.
Court reacts hard to concrete dumper
Building waste dumped along roadsides on the Mornington Peninsula.
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A POLLUTER has been fined $50,000 in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for illegally dumping tonnes of concrete along roadsides, many on the Mornington Peninsula.
Kashyap Shingari, who pleaded guilty, was also placed on a two year corrections order to perform 300 hours of community service, Tuesday 23 February. He was also ordered to pay costs Mornington Peninsula Shire’s $9295 cost and Casey Council’s $1610 to remove the concrete, as well as Environment Protection Authority Victoria’s legal costs.
Magistrate Richard Pithouse described the offending as “extraordinary” and commented, “If there was a power under the Act … I would jail you for an extended period of time. The message has to get out to the community that you do not dump rubbish.”