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Guidance for farmers on the safe use of pesticides and requirements for training, record keeping and pesticide storage.

As part of the Pesticides Compliance Priority Program, the EPA is focussed on intensive horticulture in the Hearnes Lake catchment near Woolgoolga on the NSW Mid-North Coast.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has commenced proceedings in the NSW Land and Environment Court against Newcrest’s Cadia Holdings Pty Ltd’s (Cadia) gold mine in response to an alleged breach of section 128 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (POEO Act) in March 2022.

NSW builders are ‘getting the site right’ with more than half successfully implementing erosion and sediment controls to protect local environments, but councils and regulators still had to hand out $376,789 in fines in May.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a $15,000 fine to Snowy Hydro Limited contractor WeBuild S.P.A. in relation to its operations in Kosciuszko National Park.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) continues to regularly inspect the site of a landslip in Helensburgh following the issuing of a Clean-Up Notice to Metropolitan Colliery.

The Noise Policy for Industry (2017) balances the need for industrial activity with the community’s desire to minimise intrusive sounds. It sets assessment noise levels, consistent methods, and best practice measures to manage industrial noise, and is based on the latest scientific research regarding noise’s health effects.

The second round of the NSW Government’s Go FOGO grants is now open for councils to establish food organics and garden organics or ‘FOGO’ recycling services for households across the state.