ACLCA NSW REPRESENTS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING professionals SPECIALISING IN THE FIELD OF CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT

We are very pleased to announce that submissions are now open for one of the biggest events on our calendar, now in it’s 15th year – the ACLCA NSW 2023 Achiever Award! If you’re an early career professional, this is a great opportunity […]

The Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has just released the Toxicant default guideline values for aquatic ecosystem protection - (PFOS) in freshwater, endorsed by technical and policy oversight guideline groups in all states and […]

ACLCA NSW is holding it's Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 30th November, followed by a FREE trivia night for members. All members are invited to attend. Full details on our EVENTS page, where bookings can be made.

ACLCA Early Career Professionals Panel: The challenges of attracting and retaining site contamination professionals, at 3.30pm Tuesday 13th September. The session will be lead by ACLCA National Chair, Larissa Willoughby, and also features presentations by the winners of all state chapter early career professionals competitions. ACLCA NSW is very pleased to be represented by our 2022 Achiever Award Winner Ola Rachid (GHD). See the next generation of contaminated land professionals in action - an opportunity not to be missed! Thanks to Ravi Naidu & crcCARE for their continued support of our ACLCA state prize winners in this way.

The Environmental Science Meeting for Australian Research Teams (EnviSMART) is a national online forum held monthly and is hosted by the Australian Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants (ALEC) at the University of Melbourne. EnviSMART is an opportunity for environmental science professionals and researchers to share science online and is sponsored by ACLCA. Registration is free and open to all.

This workshop complements the previous Waste Workshop: A Focus on Contaminated Soils moving into details on sampling, analysis and preparation of Waste Classification Reports or applications which satisfies the EPA. It also covers the availability of landfills to accept certain contaminated soils with a focus on asbestos waste and where it can be disposed of, noting that future landfill capacity around Sydney will be increasingly constrained over the next 5 years. The workshop is run over lunch time [eat and  train] over two consecutive days [2 x 1 hour sessions] plus question time.

Wednesday 29th June was the presentation evening for our annual Achiever Award and we were very pleased to have so many members turn up to support our presenters with around 50 members in attendance and more joining us online. Thank you […]

Site Auditor Accreditation Panel Vacancies Nominations are being sought for the following positions: a representative of industry a representative with tertiary qualifications in a discipline relevant to the contamination of land a representative with auditor experience The term of office […]

NSW EPA has just finalised and released it’s new practice note for preparing environmental management plans for contaminated land.  You can download a copy of the practice note from the NSW EPA website here. Asbestos in NSW: Setting the Direction 2021-2022 […]

The Recovered Soil Order and Exemption is being proposed to facilitate the reuse of processed excavated material which may include the processing of soil, which can be reused for earthworks and as engineering fill.  Further information and 3 key questions […]