The closed and rehabilitated Tullamarine landfill is located in Western Avenue, in the suburb of Melbourne Airport, and is owned by Transpacific Industries Group Ltd (TPI). TPI closed the landfill on 13 May 2008 but is still responsible for the long-term, ongoing aftercare management of the landfill.

TPI operated the landfill under EPA licence HS346 until December 2009, when EPA replaced the licence with a post-closure pollution abatement notice (4 December 2009; PDF 290KB). This required TPI to develop and implement several EPA-approved management plans for the long-term monitoring and management of the site. These updated plans are:

• an ambient air and landfill gas management plan (September 2012; PDF 8.4MB)
• a liquid waste management plan (December 2011; PDF 2.2MB)
• a groundwater quality management plan (December 2011; 5.9MB)

A recent LNAPL (light non-aqueous phase liquid) extraction trial and a hydrogeological assessment were conducted under an EPA notice. The final reports are:

• LNAPL extraction practicability assessment report (March 2015; 6.5MB)
• Hydrogeological assessment report (June 2015; 26MB – large file)

EPA is reviewing these reports and will make a determination on the need for long-term management of LNAPL.

These are the most recent technical reports for the closed landfill:

• 2011 Technical report for auditor review – Tullamarine landfill (PDF 43MB – large file)
• Environmental auditor review groundwater quality management plan implementation and liquid waste management plan (PDF 10MB)

For historic information, previously approved management plans and other resources see the Tullamarine landfill archive.