"In other words, if there's a discharge to the surface and it goes into the local creek system and the Wimmera River, and I think that's just not seriously being talked about at the moment and probably should be considered in part of this process."
The acting north-west regional manager for the EPA, Danny Childs, said the agency had been working with the Department of Resources and the mine to ensure appropriate controls were in place for the tailings dam.
"Over a number of years there have been reports or assessments completed at the gold mine but in particular in recent times the EPA have issued a pollution abatement notice to the mine and that was mainly around a notification that impacts to the groundwater or detection of cyanide beyond the mining licence was identified," he said.
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