NSW Contaminated Land Management Act Compliance
The NSW Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated the Contaminated Land Management Compliance Statement in July 2018. The purpose of this...
BEWARE: When Clean Fill isn't Clean
BEWARE: Sometimes excavated natural material (ENM) or virgin excavated natural material (VENM) classification and reporting isn’t done right, or it...
TOPA and PFAS Precursor Detection
One uncertainty regarding per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is the total oxidisable precursor assay (TOPA). TOPA aims to detect PFAS precursor...
Water Quality Sampling for Cattle Stock Watering and Irrigation Mt French, QLD
iEnvironmental Australia (iEnvi) was contacted to determine whether existing groundwater and surface water dam water quality was suitable for use...
Contaminated Waste Soil Management - Sydney Sports Ground
Recently iEnvironmental Australia (iEnvi) was contracted by a Sydney western suburbs Council to manage waste contaminated soil at a sports...
Auto Wreckers - PSI and Operational Environmental Management Plan in Brisbane
iEnvi was engaged to develop an operational environmental management plan (OEMP) for an automotive recycling company in south-west Brisbane, Queensland....
Preliminary Site Investigation for Child Care Centre - Sydney Northern Beaches
iEnvironmental Australia (iEnvi) was recently engaged by an architect firm to conduct a preliminary site investigation on a property they...
QLD Waste Levy - How will it affect you?
The Queensland government is introducing a $70 per tonne (and up to $150 per tonne for highly contaminated materials) waste levy...
Townhouse Development Preliminary Site Investigation Victoria
iEnvironmental Australia recently conducted a preliminary site investigation (PSI), soil sampling, and subcontracted a geotechnical investigation for developers as part...
Construction Environmental Management Plans (CEMP)
Construction environmental management plans (CEMP) are basically the who, what, when and where of on-site environmental management during construction activities....
DNAPL Assessment and Remediation and Dry Cleaner Properties
Dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPL) are a group of halogenated semi-volatiles, non-halogenated semi-volatiles, and halogenated volatiles with a greater density...
PFAS: Threat or Not?
Since we wrote about the PFAS National Environmental Management Plan (NEMP) in February 2018, and released several PFAS FAQs earlier this year, the...
Stormwater Canal Naturalisation in Sydney - Contamination Management
Sydney Water and other government bodies are currently undertaking naturalisation of concrete lined stormwater canals by replacing the bland concrete...
Beneficial reuse of clean or contaminated soil
Major cost savings can be made with a little extra ingenuity when it comes to managing your property developments, environmental...
SEPP 55 Remediation Changes in NSW
Changes are on the way. In NSW, the key to planning for the remediation and development of contaminated sites for...
Duty to Report Contamination Form Changed in NSW
Any person who has contaminated land, or the owner of any land that is considered potentially contaminated, is generally required...
What Lies Beneath: Hidden Contamination in the Subsurface
You can stand on the property line and look over the lovely fresh green grass. There’s a few weeds, but...
Environmental Liability: When you Buy, Sell or Lease a Contaminated Property
Environmental Liability is a complex, legal issue. It can be summed up pretty neatly by saying; “When you Buy, Sell...
Your Property Development Application or Planning Permit and the PSI
The Role of a Quick, Complete Preliminary Site Investigation for your Property Development Application or Planning Permit & The 5...
Should I Get Soil Sampling With My Preliminary Site Investigation (PSI)?
You need a Preliminary Site Investigation. The only decision left to be made is if you really should get the...
Environmental Audits for contaminated sites and remediation (NSW)
The what, when and why of environmental audits for contaminated sites – iEnvi explains when your site investigation or remediation...
New NSW Remediation of Land SEPP
The State Environmental Planning Policy No 55 - Remediation of Land (SEPP 55) and the associated Contaminated Land Planning Guidelines...
Preliminary Site Investigation (PSI) for a Childcare Development Application, Western Sydney
iEnvi stepped up to the mark and prepared a fast turn around preliminary site investigation (PSI) for a Childcare Development...