Odour in Clayton South, Clarinda and Dingley Village

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About the Clayton South, Clarinda and Dingley Village Area

From the 1890s, much of the Clayton South area was used for sand quarrying. This was followed by intermittent land filling, which became more prevalent in the 1960s. Market gardens have operated in this area since the early 1900s.

The Clayton and Dingley areas have seven operating landfills able to receive waste under an EPA licence.  The area also has two operating green waste facilities.  

EPA Victoria has been actively involved in addressing odour issues in the area.  For more information on the types and sources of odour that may be detected in the area please click on the link below.

• Sources of Odour

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Latest News - Apr 2012

EPA’s regulatory work in Clayton South continues with three new enforcement notices issued to the operators of Clayton Regional Landfill and Din San Nursery. EPA’s Southern Metro Manager Bronwyn Green said the sites required significant investment by their operators, with Clayton Regional landfill alone requiring close to $3 million worth of works.


While EPA has been actively involved in setting compliance deadlines for these operators, the sites will be subject to ongoing monitoring by EPA and stakeholders, including Kingston City Council, to ensure they meet the day to day obligations of managing their sites.

EPA Southern Metro officers at an information stall during February’s Clayton Festival, took the opportunity to speak with residents about their experiences of odour, 

EPA Victoria’s 24 hour Pollution Hotline takes calls from the Victorian public in relation to pollution, environmental hazard or other activities potentially harmful to the environment. The graph below shows the volume of calls made to the Pollution Hotline since November 2010.


EPA encourages residents to call and report odour issues. To assist us with our work, it is important you call EPA as soon as you are aware of the odour. Delaying your call or sending it via e-mail will not provide EPA officers with the best chance of being able to verify your report.

 

The role of EPA

As an effective environmental regulator EPA’s role is to monitor industry and ensure it complies with the Environment Protection Act 1970 (EP Act) and the Pollution of Waters by Oils and Noxious Substances Act 1986 (POWBONS Act). The Act establishes the powers, duties and functions of EPA.

Under the Act, EPA Victoria can ensure compliance with the law in a number of ways. These powers and how they can be used are outlined in EPA’s Compliance and Enforcement policy. The policy talks about two key elements of enforcement: remedy – fixing a problem or preventing an incident, and sanction – applying a penalty for breaking the law.

For more information click here.

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EPA actions

EPA has taken action across the Clayton South, Clarinda and Dingley areas to stop offensive odours going beyond site boundaries.  EPA action falls into two categories:

1. Inspecting sites and working with the operators to ensure that the issues that lead to odours off-site are fixed; and
2. Using its statutory powers under the Environment Protection Act 1970 to ensure operators comply with their operating requirements. 

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Statutory Notices, Directions and Enforcement

Since November 2010 EPA has issued 11 notices, relating to odours in the Clayton South, Clarinda and Dingley Village area. 

EPA has also issued Penalty Infringement Notices, carrying an approximate $6000 penalty, to Transpacific Waste Management Pty Ltd (Victory Road Green Waste Transfer Station), Ernest Smith Contractors Pty Ltd (Din San) and Enviromix Pty Ltd for offensive odours sourced from their site being detected within residential areas. 

EPA is continuing to investigate a number of sites for potential significant breaches of their licences with the view to enforcement action. 

DATE	OPERATOR	ACTION	Status
Apr 2012	Clayton Regional Landfill	Pollution abatement notice (PDF 475KB) Pollution abatement notice (PDF 457KB)
March 2012	Din San	Pollution abatement notice (PDF 225KB)
Jan - 2012	Enviromix	Pollution abatement notice
Dec - 2011	Fraser Road Landfill   Din San	Pollution abatement notice (PDF 871KB) Penalty Infringement Notice	Amended notice issued to operator 16 Dec 2011 Operator has paid the associated Penalties.
Oct - 2011	Din San	Clean Up Notice	Notice revoked – works required in the notice have been completed
Jun - 2011	Clayton Regional Landfill Fraser Road Landfill Deals Road Landfill	Pollution abatement notice (PDF 416KB) Pollution abatement notice	VCAT Appeal of notice withdrawn. Notice has been amended. Notice revoked - Operator submitted as requested per the notice a final capping plan to commence rehabilitation of the landfill.
Apr - 2011	Enviromix Composting	Penalty Infringement Notice
Mar 2011	Din San	Waste acceptance licence condition re-instated 2 Penalty Infringement Notices	Operator has paid the associated Penalties.
Feb 2011	Din San Fraser Road Landfill Deals Road Landfill	Clean up notice Licence condition suspended to cease accepting waste Notice of Contravention s62B direction to dispose of leachate Notice of contravention	Works complete in accordance with s62B direction.
Jan 2011	Victory Road Green Waste Transfer Station	Penalty Infringement Notice	Operator has paid the associated Penalty.
Dec - 2010	Clayton Regional Landfill   Enviromix Composting	Minor works pollution abatement notice (PDF 225KB) Minor works pollution abatement notice	Notice revoked 20 January 2012
Nov 2010	Din San	Minor works pollution abatement notice

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Facilities in the area

The Clayton and Dingley areas have seven operating landfills able to receive waste under an EPA licence.

This map shows the closed and operating landfills in this area.
The following table lists the landfills and the type of waste that can be accepted:

 

Landfill / Operator	EPA Licence number	Type of waste
Ernest Smith Contractors Pty Ltd 370-418 Old Dandenong Road, DINGLEY VILLAGE (DIN SAN)	ES146 (PDF 3.20 MB)	Solid inert waste (construction and demolition).
Clayton Regional Landfill 654-718 Clayton Road, CLAYTON SOUTH	ES20872 (PDF 1.60 MB)	Putrescible – municipal kerb side collections.
Baxter Business Pty Ltd (Transpacific Waste Management Pty Ltd) Fraser Road, CLAYTON SOUTH (Fraser Road Landfill))	EM28818 (PDF 1.08 MB)	Putrescible – municipal kerb side collections.
AJ Baxter Pty Ltd (Transpacific Waste Management Pty Ltd) Heatherton Road, CLAYTON SOUTH (Deals Road Landfill)	ES49849 (PDF 1.11 MB)	Closed mid-2010.  Accepted putrescible – municipal kerb side collections.
AJ Baxter Pty Ltd (Transpacific Waste Management) Victory Road, CLAYTON SOUTH (Victory Road  Landfill)	ES419 (PDF 1.11 MB)	Solid inert waste (construction and demolition).
Transpacific Waste Management Pty Ltd Henry Street / Old Dandenong road, HEATHERTON (Henry Street Landfill)	ES552 (PDF 869 KB)	Solid inert waste (construction and demolition).
Transpacific Waste Management Pty Ltd Carroll Road, CLARINDA (Carroll Road Landfill)	ES45017 (PDF 957 KB)	Solid inert waste (construction and demolition).

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The Clayton and Dingley areas have two green waste facilities able to receive waste under an EPA licence/ council permit. 

The following table lists the facilities:

Operator	EPA Licence number	Type of waste
Victory Road Green Waste Transfer Station, Clayton South	N/A The site has a permit from Kingston City Council to receive green waste from five different councils in Melbourne’s south east	Green Waste. (Green waste accepted, decontaminated, shredded and then removed from site within three days)
Enviromix Pty Ltd, Dingley Village	EA63780	Green Waste (processed on site in open windrows for six weeks to produce a compost product).

Transpacific’s Community Hotline - 1800 213 753

Transpacific operates a number of landfills in the Clayton area and has implemented a 24/7 hotline service for residents to ask questions or raise any concerns more easily at any time of the day or night.

All calls are registered with an operator and followed up with a return call within 24 hours.

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