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The Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) is Victoria’s environmental regulator. EPA is an independent statutory authority, established in 1971 under the Environment Protection Act 1970 (EP Act). EPA's role is to prevent and reduce the harmful effects of pollution and waste on Victorians and their environment. [1]
Enhances the powers of EPA: EPA can now issue and grant licenses and permits to frame the pollution emitted by polluters. EPA ensures compliance with the Act and can require action from polluters to manage risks to the environment and human health. [3] This was missing from the 1970 Act as EPA couldn't penalise polluting companies. [6]
EPA Victoria researcher in the process of taking a sample of contaminated water from a lake 2018: PFAS chemicals were found in groundwater at Esso's Longford plant impacting local agriculture and livestock operations. The chemicals, known to be linked to cancer in people and animals, impacted the operations of livestock operations.
The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) is a government department in Victoria, Australia. It is responsible for various matters related to the environment, energy and climate change. The department was renamed from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning on 1 January 2023. [1]
[14] [15] Responsibility for regulating pollution falls under the jurisdiction of the EPA Victoria and several local councils. Air quality, by world standards, is classified as good. [16] Summer and autumn are the worst times of year for atmospheric haze in the urban area. [17] [18]
In Victoria, the first legislation included the Environment Protection Act 1970 and later the Litter Act 1987.. Litter offences are a local government issue to manage with the exception of litter from vehicles reported to EPA Victoria, and illegal dumping which also managed by EPA Victoria.
EPA Victoria staff and car at Lemon Springs; Site 23: Largest dumpsite of the property which contained as much as 32 semi-trailer truckloads of waste, a stockpile of asbestos and up to 15,700 acetylene gas cylinders. Site 24: A six metres deep pit was discovered under a pile of sand.
REDcycle soft plastic stockpiles monitored by EPA staff. In November 2022, it was discovered that instead of being recycled the soft plastics were stockpiled in several warehouses across New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria causing an environmental and fire risk. [5]