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Air Quality

Updated 3 PM Thu, Jun 21 2018

Forecast (next 24 hours): GOOD to FAIR air quality is expected in Melbourne and Latrobe Valley. There may be locally POOR visibility due to fog in the morning.

Summary (last 24 hours): GOOD to FAIR air quality in Melbourne, Geelong and in the Latrobe Valley.

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19 Jun 2018 Eye in the sky spies Ravenhall breach Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has used aerial images taken from a high-flying light aircraft to monitor landfill sites and issue fines for licence breaches.
18 Jun 2018 EPA fines Unigrain over oily leak into creek EPA has fined Unigrain Pty Ltd nearly $8,000 over a leak of an oily substance that contaminated stormwater and a nearby creek at Smeaton.
15 Jun 2018 EPA suspends Bulla landfill operator’s licence Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has suspended the licence of BTQ Group Pty Ltd forcing it to cease landfilling operations at its Bulla landfill site after it failed to adequately answer EPA’s concerns over the site.
14 Jun 2018 Supreme Court backs EPA clean up notice on Sale land A Supreme Court ruling on contaminated land at an aged care facility in Gippsland has confirmed EPA’s power to require the owners of property to take action on pollution that is on their land.

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