Victoria EPA Priority Contaminated Sites Register Location Points

The Priority Sites Register lists Victorian locations where the Environment Protection Authority has issued active notices for pollution management. This service has been publicly available since May 1990, providing current data on sites requiring cleanup, monitoring, or prevention of land and groundwater contamination.

Use Cases

• Map the spatial distribution of sites under Clean Up Notices (section 62A) to analyze regional contamination patterns.
• Analyze the frequency of different notice types, such as Pollution Abatement Notices or Site Management Orders, across Victoria.
• Track sites removed from the register after compliance to evaluate remediation program effectiveness over time.

Strengths

• Data is maintained by the authoritative Environment Protection Authority Victoria.
• Publicly available record spanning over 30 years, since May 1990.
• Published under a permissive Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.

Limitations

• The dataset does not include all known contaminated sites in Victoria, only those under active EPA notices.
• Sample data and specific column schema are unavailable, limiting immediate understanding of data structure.
• File formats are primarily GIS-specific (e.g., SHP, DXF), requiring specialized software for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Environment Protection Authority Victoria

Collection Method

Maintained register of sites where active statutory notices for pollution management are in effect.

Time Range

Records publicly available since May 1990; dataset reflects current/active sites.

Freshness

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Geography

State of Victoria, Australia