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Media release –
From the Minister for Environment and Climate Change

Soil clean up technology breaks new ground

5/3/2009 - Springvale. A contaminated site in the Melbourne suburb of Springvale has been successfully cleaned up using ground-breaking technology, potentially changing the way contaminated soil is treated in the future.

Media Release –
The answer to Melbourne's contaminated sites?

5/3/2009 - Springvale. The most technologically advanced soil decontamination project in Australia – and only the second clean up of its kind in the world has been successfully completed.

Innova Springvale - Consultation Flyer

5/3/2008 - Springvale. Soil remediation company, Innova Soil Technology has been appointed by Harvey Norman to treat contaminated soil at the company's Springvale site in Victoria making it safe for on-site reuse.

Treasurer Announces Innova Contract in Springvale, Victoria

19/10/07 - Springvale. NSW Treasurer and Minister for the Hunter, Hon Michael Costa, has visited a Newcastle company which has won a contract to decontaminate a landmark commercial site in Victoria.

Vic EPA approves cleanup of Springvale Site

14/08/2007. EPA says new technology could change contaminated site management practices. Various technologies were considered for the clean up. EPA has now approved a technological treatment called direct heated thermal desorption.

Project process, approvals, testing and licences

19/4/2006. Innova Soil Technology Ltd has recently completed the remediation of a 6000 tonne hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminated soil stockpile located at a chemicals refining facility in Newcastle NSW.

Innova Newsletter 2005

27/10/2005. Innova Soil Technology's DFTD process is a permanent and cost effective solution to contaminated land problems.

Former Gasworks Remediation Trial Commencement

20/01/2005. The DFTD process allows for safe, reliable and efficient treatment of hydrocarbon contaminated soils with increased energy efficiency, reduced operating costs and superior control of emissions.

Former Gasworks Remediation Trial, Newcastle

15/12/2004. Work is under way on the trial remediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soil from the former gasworks site in Hamilton, NSW.

Engineering Awards

16/05/2003. Innova received two awards in the Newcastle division; the AusIndustry award for Excellence in Innovation and the major prize, the Energy Australia Award for Engineering Excellence.

Rhodes Peninsula inquiry

25/03/2003. The Commission of Inquiry into the remediation of the former Allied Feeds site at Rhodes Peninsula in Sydney will head north to Newcastle today.

New Technology and Soil Remediation

27/11/2002. Breakthrough world-leading technology, developed in Newcastle, will help tackle land contamination on thousands of former industrial sites around Australia.

Remediation of contaminated soils

28/11/2001. An Australian company, Innova Soil Technology Pty Ltd, has developed an innovative Thermal Desorption Process to allow safe, reliable and efficient on-site treatment of hydrocarbon contaminated soils.