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Air Quality

Updated 3 PM Thu, Jan 17 2019

Forecast (next 24 hours): FAIR to locally POOR air quality is expected in Melbourne, and GOOD to VERY GOOD air quality is expected in Latrobe Valley. Possibility of raised dust.

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

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16 Jan 2019 1200 tonnes removed in Numurkah tyre stockpile clean up Approximately one quarter of the Numurkah tyre stockpile, an estimated 1,200 tonnes of waste tyres, has been removed.
15 Jan 2019 EPA invites comment on proposed Drouin treatment plant upgrades EPA is assessing a Works Approval application for upgrade works at an existing wastewater treatment plant in Drouin that holds a current EPA licence.
14 Jan 2019 Milk spills are serious - EPA Spilled milk has cost a Gippsland transport company a fine of $8,060 from Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA).
14 Jan 2019 Alabar stud fined Improperly discarded industrial waste (including dead livestock) has earned major border horse breeder Alabar Australia an $8,060 fine from Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA).

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