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          • Environmental monitoring at the Cairnlea housing estate
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          • Closed Sunshine landfills: EPA's role and enforcement action
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          • EPA’s role and action at the Kealba site
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          • EPA’s role at Ravenhall landfill
          • Environmental monitoring at the Ravenhall landfill
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          • EPA's role at the Tottenham fire site
          • Tottenham industrial fire: environmental monitoring
        • Brooklyn
          • Brooklyn Industrial Precinct: environmental monitoring and protecting your health
          • EPA role at Brooklyn
      • Northern metro
        • Stockpiles at Glass Recovery Services
          • Coolaroo stockpiles: EPA’s role
          • Coolaroo stockpiles: environment monitoring
        • Tullamarine closed landfill
          • EPA’s role at the Tullamarine closed landfill
          • Environmental monitoring at the Tullamarine closed landfill
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        • Groundwater quality in Edithvale, Chelsea and Bonbeach
          • Groundwater quality in Edithvale, Chelsea and Bonbeach: EPA’s role
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        • Odour from Hallam Road landfill
          • Hallam Road: monitoring and health
          • EPA’s role and enforcement action at the Hallam Road landfill
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          • Broderick Road EPA role
          • Monitoring Broderick Road
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          • EPA’s role at Miners Rest saleyards
          • Environmental monitoring at the Miners Rest saleyards
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        • Illegal dump site south of Kaniva
          • Environmental monitoring and human health
          • EPA’s role and enforcement action
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          • Kyneton wastewater discharge: EPA role
          • Monitoring Kyneton’s environment
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        • Wangaratta Clay Target Club
          • EPA’s role at the Wangaratta Clay Target Club
          • Environmental monitoring at the Wangaratta Clay Target Club
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          • Cairn Curran monitoring and health impacts.
          • Lead in Cairn Curran Reservoir EPA role
        • PFAS at Defence sites
        • PFAS in the Maribyrnong catchment
          • PFAS in the Maribyrnong catchment: EPA's role
          • Monitoring for PFAS in the Maribyrnong catchment
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        • Crib Point and the environment
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