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Victoria’s environmental watchdog reverses approval for West Gate Tunnel toxic soil dumps
Victoria’s environmental regulator has rescinded approvals for another two toxic waste dumps connected to the West Gate tunnel project.
Key points:
- Victoria’s EPA has quashed its earlier approvals for landfills to accept contaminated soil
- The soil from the West Gate Tunnel project contains dangerous PFAS chemicals
- It is another setback for the tunnel project which faces massive cost blowouts
Earlier this week, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) admitted it had not met state regulations when it approved a proposal to dump contaminated soil from the project at a site in Bacchus Marsh.
The soil had been contaminated with per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS — dangerous chemicals that have been…
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