Tullamarine landfill - rehabilitation and long-term aftercare

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overview

Tullamarine Landfill is located in Western Avenue, Westmeadows and is operated by Transpacific Industries Group Ltd (TPI) TPI closed the landfill on May 13, 2008 and is still responsible for the rehabilitation and long-term aftercare of the landfill.

TPI managed the landfill under EPA licence HS346 (PDF 2.23MB) until December 2009 when EPA replaced the licence with a Post Closure Pollution Abatement Notice.  This required TPI to develop several plans for the long-term monitoring and management of the site.  These plans are:

• Landfill Gas Management Plan
• Ambient Air Management Plan
• Liquid Waste Management Plan
• Groundwater Quality Management Plan.

EPA approved the management plans and is now ensuring that the site is being managed in accordance with them.

View 2011 Technical Report for Auditor Review (PDF 42.97MB)

For historic information, management plans and other resources see the archive. Read more

Quarterly air monitoring reports

As part of the release of the Tullamarine Landfill – Community Health and Environment Report  EPA committed to a 12 month air monitoring program in the vicinity of the now closed landfill.

• Air Monitoring Program - Report Three & Four (April 2012) (PDF 101KB)
• Air Monitoring Program - Report Two (November 2011) (PDF 101KB)
• Air Monitoring Program - Report One (June 2011) (PDF 83KB)

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A consolidated Tullamarine landfill report

EPA has compiled a single, consolidated report called Tullamarine Landfill – Community Health and Environment Report.

It brings together three new pieces of research, which are a study by Cancer Council Victoria into the incidence of cancer surrounding the landfill, a review of the landfill’s cap and a study of past and present air quality.

The report was released on 14 February 2011.

• Tullamarine Landfill – Community Health and Environment Report
• Executive Summary

Previous information on this web page is available from the archive.

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Source Documents

• The incidence of cancer proximal to the Tullamarine hazardous waste landfill (Cancer Council of Victoria)
• Peer Review of CCV incidence of cancer proximal to the Tullamarine
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• Preliminary Report - Tullamarine Cap Review
• Final Report - Tullamarine Cap Review
• Tullamarine Landfill - Historic Air Toxics Modelling

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