James Hardie Industries Legacy Asbestos Fill Sites in NSW Assessment Update 2022
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has carried out a review and assessment of sites in NSW where asbestos waste was historically used to fill land.
Publisher: NSW Environment Protection Authority
Cost: Free
ISBN: 978 1 922778 67 3 / ID: EPA 2022P4072
File: PDF 250.3 KB / Pages 11
Name: 22p4072-legacy-asbestos-fill-sites-update.pdf
This assessment update identifies 50 sites affected by legacy asbestos fill, based on multiple lines of evidence. These sites, which include many individual properties, are mainly in western Sydney and used for residential, business, industrial or open space.
To inform this assessment update, the EPA worked with the relevant local councils and NSW Government agencies to undertake desktop reviews, stakeholder engagement and precautionary testing of soils to check for asbestos.
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