Flood-affected communities are being further supported through the extension of a range of flood recovery programs to safely clear debris and hazardous chemicals from land and waterways.
Minister for Environment James Griffin said extending the NSW Environment Protection Authority\u2019s (EPA) flood clean-up programs helps the flood recovery effort.
\u201cAlready this year, the EPA\u2019s Shoreline Clean-up Program has made enormous progress, removing more than 9400 cubic metres of flood debris from waterways around NSW,\u201d Mr Griffin said.
\u201cBy extending these programs, we\u2019re helping our flood-affected communities recover faster, and restoring our environment both on the land and in the water.\u201d
Extended programs include the Shoreline Clean-up Program, the Submerged Debris Program, the Land Based program, and Agricultural Chemical Clean Out program.
Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke said a safe and quick clean-up is critical for helping flood-affected communities get back on their feet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cContinuing these programs will provide a much needed boost for communities cleaning-up after yet another flood,\u201d Ms Cooke said. Flood-affected communities are being further supported through the extension of a range of flood recovery programs to safely clear debris and hazardous chemicals from land and waterways. Minister for Environment James Griffin said extending the NSW Environment Protection Authority\u2019s (EPA) flood clean-up programs helps the flood recovery effort. \u201cAlready this year, the EPA\u2019s Shoreline Clean-up … Continue reading “Flood recovery programs extended”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17450,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17449\/revisions\/17450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cWe know debris can spread far and wide after a flood, like we\u2019ve seen in the Northern Rivers, which is why we\u2019re pulling out all stops to get the clean-up complete, so the long-term recovery can begin.\u201d
Members of the community can report flood debris in local rivers and beaches or seek advice regarding the removal of hazardous materials through the Environment Line on 131 555 or info@epa.nsw.gov.au<\/strong><\/a>or <\/strong>flood.programs@epa.nsw.gov.au<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"