By Charlie Pierce, Research Director, CommunityEnvironment Monitoring Background Transport for NSW (TfNSW) are required to monitorgroundwater, leachate and methane at the St PetersInterchange Landfill to comply with an EnvironmentProtection Licence (4627) issued by NSW EnvironmentProtection Authority (EPA). The exchange was built on the site of an old landfill that was closed in 2014 to make… Continue reading Monitoring Errors at St Peters Interchange – March 2025 Review
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Transport for NSW pollution monitoring failures continue at Westconnex St Peters Interchange
September quarter 2024 review of TfNSW monitoring results by CEM research director Charlie Pierce This is the area that was supposed to be delivered to the community as a public park in 2021. It contains a lot of old contaminated waste for the Alexandria Landfill and the remains contaminated. Photo by CEM :2024 Background Transport… Continue reading Transport for NSW pollution monitoring failures continue at Westconnex St Peters Interchange
Westconnex St Peters Interchange: Environmental Monitoring Failures
A Technical review by CEM research director Charlie Pierce Introduction The Westconnex St Peters Interchange (formerly known as both the Alexandria Landfill and St Peters Landfill) contains a closed landfill which is presently managed by Transport for NSW (TfNSW) and regulated by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (NSW EPA). Closed landfills continue to represent a… Continue reading Westconnex St Peters Interchange: Environmental Monitoring Failures
When will NSW Government act on contaminated soil fill?
This weekend, Community Environment Monitoring member Wendy Bacon published an opinion piece about the Guardian Australia investigative series: The Dirt Files. The best way to follow the issue is to read the key articles and the opinion piece. What follows is some more background and discussion. It’s important to understand that the Guardian’s recent investigation… Continue reading When will NSW Government act on contaminated soil fill?
Submission to Rozelle Interchange Parliamentary Inquiry
Since it opened in December 2023, the Rozelle Interchange in Sydney’s Inner West has been constantly in the news due to asbestos being found in recreational parkland and other areas around the Interchange and the traffic chaos that followed the opening of the Interchange. Asbestos is banned in Australia. On 7 February 2024, the NSW… Continue reading Submission to Rozelle Interchange Parliamentary Inquiry
Report: St Peters Interchange
February 13 Today, Community Environment Monitoring publishes its report on pollution and environmental regulation of the WestConnex’s St Peters Interchange. The NSW government promised two parks at the St Peters Interchange. One was supposed to open in 2020, the other in 2023. So far no open space of any kind has been delivered to compensate… Continue reading Report: St Peters Interchange
Poor environmental monitoring at St Peters Interchange
Westconnex St Peters Interchange is a massive site bounded by Campbell Road, Princes Highway, Canal Road and Burrows Road in St Peters approximately 6 kilometres from Sydney’s CBD. It links the M8 tollway with the M5. It was built on a recently closed landfill and for this reason requires careful environmental monitoring. This post by… Continue reading Poor environmental monitoring at St Peters Interchange
Newcrest Cadia Goldmine breaches clean air law
Cadia gold mine ( Flickr.com) In late September, mining company Newcrest pleaded guilty to breaching NSW clean air regulations in its operation of the Cadia goldmine, near Orange in central west NSW. The company will be sentenced in the Land and Environment Court in March 2024. Newcrest is the biggest gold miner in Australia and one… Continue reading Newcrest Cadia Goldmine breaches clean air law
State of the Environment Air Quality Report 2021
The State of Environment report for 2021 was released in July 2022 by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water. There was little media coverage of the air quality section of the report. This post is an update on its key findings.
NSW Court of Appeal reserves decision on validity of Waste to Energy regulations
Ian Malouf’s The Next Generation (TNG) appealed against the decision by the NSW Land and Environment Court that the NSW Thermal Waste to Energy regulation is valid. You can read earlier reports on the case here and here. The NSW Court of Appeal heard the appeal on March 6, 2023 and reserved its decision on… Continue reading NSW Court of Appeal reserves decision on validity of Waste to Energy regulations