Victoria EPA Priority Sites Register Polygons with Legal Notices

May 1990 to present, the dataset contains polygon locations for sites under active environmental management by the Environment Protection Authority Victoria. It lists sites where legal notices, such as Clean Up, Pollution Abatement, or Improvement Notices, have been issued to address land or groundwater contamination risks. The register is updated as sites comply and are removed.

Use Cases

• Spatially analyze the distribution of sites with Clean Up Notices versus Improvement Notices across Victoria.
• Assess temporal trends in the issuance of Pollution Abatement Notices and Site Management Orders using the public record since 1990.
• Model environmental risk by correlating site locations with Prohibition Notices or Environment Action Notices.
• Monitor regulatory compliance by tracking changes in the list of current/active priority sites over time.

Strengths

• Publicly maintained record since May 1990, providing a long-term view of regulatory actions.
• Includes multiple specific legal notice types defined under the Environment Protection Acts of 1970 and 2017.
• Published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license for flexible reuse.
• Offered in multiple geospatial formats (SHP, DXF, WFS, etc.) for compatibility with various GIS tools.

Limitations

• Does not include all contaminated sites in Victoria, only those under active legal notices.
• Sample data and structural details like column names and row counts are unavailable for review.
• The dataset's spatial accuracy and attribute completeness for each polygon feature are not specified.

Provenance

Source

Environment Protection Authority Victoria

Collection Method

Maintained register of sites where the EPA has issued legally enforceable notices for pollution management.

Time Range

May 1990 to present

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, indicating a current and actively maintained register.

Geography

Victoria, Australia