Melton CC v Landfill Operations Pty Ltd (Red Dot)

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

30/07/2018

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Mitigation

SUBJECT MATTER

Other

REVIEW TYPE

Merits Review

SUMMARY

(Excerpt from judgment) Landfill Operations proposes to extend its current landfill operations at Ravenhall Melbourne Regional Landfill (MRL). This landfill is the largest landfill in Victoria and has been identified as a hub of state importance in policy documents. EPA has issued a works approval that would allow the construction of seven additional landfill cells and supporting infrastructure. Five applications for review were made under section 33B of the Environment Protection Act 1970 objecting to the grant of the works approval. The applicants for review all have different interests and rely upon various grounds about odour, landfill gas, litter and other wastes, buffer distances and non-compliance with waste management policies.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Melton CC v Landfill Operations Pty Ltd (Red Dot) [2019] VCAT 882