Thank you to the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MP and Hon Wade Noonan MP, local Member for Williamstown for listening to the concerns of the community at the BCRG Forum, November 16.

There were a number of issues raised and here is some follow up information.

Analysis on dust - EPA Victoria
There was some discussion at the forum on the dust and the impacts from different particle sizes.
EPA has done a study on the dust in the Brooklyn area from November 2010 to October 2011, and published this in two publications…
 
http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/1443.pdf
http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/1444.pdf
 
3AW Drive report on Brooklyn

The 3AW Drive report (19 October) on the poor state of Brooklyn was mentioned at the forum last night.
Here is a link to the story which you may wish to listen to.

http://m.3aw.com.au/news/your-town-3aw-drive-visits-brooklyn-20161019-gs5xt5.html

BCRG Targets

During the BCRG meeting, a participant asked Dan Hunt, Unit Manager Metro (EPA Victoria) whether the EPA had goals for Brooklyn. Dan responded that their goal is that Brooklyn residents will enjoy the same quality air as the rest of Melbourne.

During the first BCRG meeting of this year participants put together some targets for Brooklyn, which will help to reach that goal. The first progress report can be seen here  click here

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2) BCRG Actions
 Every BCRG forum has a number of actions that require follow up and further information. We endeavour to ensure all these actions are responded to by the appropriate person so that information continues to be relevant and up to date. Thank you to all those who have responded to these requests.

You can see all the Completed Actions for 2016 up to November 17 in a summary click here.
You can also see those actions recently completed or still ongoing in the current Rolling Actions list click here