Pollution monitoring data for our Environmental Protection Licences
With the introduction of the Protection of the Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2011 (POELA Act), the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) requires all holders of Environment Protection Licences to make publicly available pollution monitoring data.
Council's landfill and recycling centre, quarry sites and sewerage treatment plants are all holders of these licences and the relevant information is provided below:
Lismore City Council EPA Licences
The licences for each facility are below:
- Wyrallah Road Waste Facility – 5880
- Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre – 13128
- Nimbin Sewage Treatment Plant – 4468
- South Lismore Sewage Treatment Plant – 844
- East Lismore Sewage Treatment Plant – 725
Monitoring Results
These sites are tested for pollutants as mandated by the EPA under requirements specific to each licence.
When a result is recorded that is over the licensee’s prescribed limit, an explanation of why the excess occurred is required to complement the data. Data highlighted in yellow refers to qualities found over licence limit. The documents are available for download and contains data since March 2012 as well as any notes on over limits.
Waste Facility Reports:
- Wyrallah Road Landfill and Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre Report 2016
- Wyrallah Road Landfill and Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre Report 2017
- Wyrallah Road Landfill and Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre Report 2018
- Wyrallah Road Landfill and Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre Report 2019
- Wyrallah Road Landfill and Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre Report 2020
- Wyrallah Road Landfill and Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre Report 2021
- Wyrallah Road Landfill and Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre Report 2022
Sewage Treatment Plant Reports:
- East Lismore Sewage Treatment Plant – EPA Results
- South Lismore Sewage Treatment Plant – EPA Results
- Nimbin Sewage Treatment Plant – EPA Results
- South Lismore Treatment Plant – Historical EPA Results
The EPA requires EPA licensee holders to prepare pollution incident response management plans for each of their licensed activities and to have these plans available to the public. Lismore City Council has Pollution Incident Response Management Plans available for each EPA licensed site.
- Wyrallah Road Waste Facility and Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre
- Floodplain Quarry
- Nimbin Sewage Treatment Plant
- South Lismore Sewage Treatment Plant
- East Lismore Sewage Treatment Plant
For more information phone us on (02) 6625 0500.