Cadia Holdings ordered to pay over $400,000 for air emissions offences
Newmont Mining’s (formerly Newcrest Mining’s) Cadia Holdings Pty Ltd has been ordered to pay more than $400,000 after being prosecuted by the NSW EPA for three dust emission offences.
Surface water sampling at Medowie show PFAS levels below recreational guidelines
The NSW EPA has undertaken water sampling at Medowie in Port Stephens and confirmed PFAS levels were below relevant Australian water quality guidelines.
Flood recovery program for water quality monitoring - Darling-Baaka River
Regulatory, policy and legislative updates
Product stewardship schemes
NSW, and all other Australian jurisdictions, are working towards nationally aligned product stewardship schemes.
What’s new in law
Quarterly results October to December 2024
In response to flooding events and fish deaths in March 2023, the EPA, in partnership with the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), is monitoring the health of the Darling-Baaka River.
Recovering corellas returning home
Eighty corellas that survived a suspected poisoning have been released back into the Newcastle suburb where many of them were discovered in poor health.
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred updates
As the lead agency for the Environmental Services Functional Area (EnvSFA), the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) supports emergency management arrangements for the protection of the environment prior to, during, and after an emergency.
