What is the EPA’s role in regulating the site?

Council informed the NSW EPA when landfill gas was detected above EPA guidance criteria in some below-ground monitoring wells installed within buried waste materials. The EPA then declared Foxglove Oval to be ‘significantly contaminated land’ under the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997.

The VMP is an agreement between Council and the EPA to address the contamination issue. Council continues to work closely with the EPA.

To accelerate the remedial action needed at the Oval, the EPA will issue a Clean-up Notice which acts as the legally binding document that requires Council to take immediate action on the northern boundary to limit unacceptable levels of landfill gases and leachate moving offsite.