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Updated 3 PM Thu, Apr 18 2019

Forecast (next 24 hours): GOOD to FAIR air quality is expected in Melbourne and Latrobe Valley due to planned burn smoke.

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

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18 Apr 2019 EPA deploys air monitoring equipment to Bright, Warburton and Healesville With planned burns occurring across Victoria over the Easter period, EPA has deployed incident air monitoring to help communities understand and respond to potential smoke in areas with fires.
18 Apr 2019 Charges for Thomastown company handling waste tyres without approval EPA has charged a Thomastown company and its director for allegedly handling waste tyres without a required licence or EPA approval.
17 Apr 2019 Dead livestock odour leads to George Weston Foods fine A food processing company has been fined $8,060 after Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) discovered that that they failed to comply with a notice for the company’s Girgarre piggery requiring environmental controls around deceased animals composting on open ground with no controls to prevent impacts to stormwater and groundwater.
17 Apr 2019 EPA invites comment on proposed Bannockburn composting facility EPA is assessing a works approval application for a proposed waste composting facility in Bannockburn.

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