quarry

  • Colac Otway Shire Council Building

    Council requests updated reports

    Colac Otway Shire Council will ask the State Government to make sure a Colac district quarry updates reports for its proposed expansion.

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  • Barongarook quarry on notice

    Resources Victoria’s regulator has issued a remedial notice to the operators of a quarry in Barongarook.

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  • Council deflects quarry concerns

    Colac Otway Shire Council has directed community questions about the Barongarook sand quarry to Earth Resources Victoria, but will investigate road safety concerns.

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  • Damning waste failure for quarry

    The Earth Resources regulator has issued a non-compliance notice to a western Victoria sand quarry for failing to conduct an adequate review of their tailings dam where waste material is stored.

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  • Alleged quarry works under investigation

    Authorities are investigating allegations of unauthorised quarry works near Birregurra.

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  • Quarry dispute continues

    A group of Barongarook residents who raised concerns about a neighbouring quarry have refuted comments by the Colac Otway Shire Council.

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  • Barongarook residents consider legal action

    Barongarook homeowners are considering legal action against planning authority Colac Otway Shire Council, as the increase in silica dust covering their homes and flowing into water
    tanks causes significant health concerns.

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  • Quarry causes lifestyle and environmental concerns

    Planning decisions made by the former Shire of Colac to allow a rural-residential lifestyle subdivision next to a quarry decades ago are now impacting local residents, the environment and the quarry’s new owner.

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