WASTE MGMT, BUILT ENVIRONMENT: "EPA warning of methane hazard ignored"

The Age
19 September 2008

A STATE Government panel ignored warnings eight years ago that building homes within 500 metres of landfill in Cranbourne could create a "significant risk".

The panel, appointed by former planning minister John Thwaites, gave advice on the rezoning of land that is now the subject of a methane scare.

The potentially explosive gas has escaped the landfill site and penetrated homes. The Country Fire Authority is advising residents that their safest option is to leave...

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