Benjamin Millar
Western suburb councils have slammed the state environmental watchdog’s decision to give the green light for toxic West Gate Tunnel soil to be treated in Ravenhall.
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) announced on Friday it had approved an Environment Management Plan (EMP) for Cleanaway’s Spoil Management and Reuse Facility to accept and process the contaminated soil.
The proposed location of the facility is adjacent to Melbourne Regional Landfill in Ravenhall and is part of Cleanaway’s application to receive tunnel boring machine spoil from the West Gate Tunnel Project.
It follows recent approvals for dumping at Maddingley Brown Coal in in Bacchus Marsh and the Hi Quality site in Bulla.
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Alarming admission: Call for urgent review of proposed toxic soil site
City of Melton Mayor, Kathy Majdlik is calling for an urgent review of the State Government approval for Ravenhall landfill to accept the toxic West Gate Tunnel soil, following an alarming admission from the Environmental Protection Authority this week.
The EPA has admitted that it did not have the legal grounds to approve plans for Melbourne Regional Landfill in Ravenhall or any of the three sites vying to accept the toxic soil and will therefore overturn its own approvals.
Cr Kathy Majdlik said the admission raised serious concern over the approval process and called for a review of the subsequent State Government approval of Cleanaway’s Planning Scheme Amendment.