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Information about the Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Regulation 2022 which came into force on 16 December 2022. It is the key regulatory mechanism in NSW for reducing emissions of harmful pollutants in the air.

The EPA commissions and conducts research to guide and support our programs and to inform our decision making.

The Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme performed well in the 2021-22 financial year by largely maintaining electrical conductivity levels in the river within target levels during periods of industry discharge.

Metropolitan Collieries has been ordered to overhaul their operations after the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) revised the mine’s licence imposing a suite of strict operating conditions.

With the construction industry generating more than 12 million tonnes of waste per annum, this year’s Get the Site Right campaign is reminding builders and developers that they have a critical role to play in reducing environmental impacts on waterways in NSW.

Minister for the Environment, Penny Sharpe MLC, has welcomed that the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has maintained its position that Australia’s major retailers, Coles and Woolworths, will not receive more time to move high-risk soft plastic stockpiles.