The mine will close and go into rehabilitation during the next six weeks.

Mrs Dunstan said Iluka planned to dump radioactive waste at the site after it closed.

She urged people to attend a community meeting at Kanagulk Hall at 6pm tonight.

Mrs Dunstan, a Wimmera Catchment Management Authority board member, said she was concerned for the community and its health.

"This is an issue that needs to be addressed on all levels with government," she said.

"Advisory groups such as Wimmera Catchment Management Authority and Glenelg-Hopkins Catchment Management Authority are not being included as part of the process.

"This has only just come to the attention of the community and we are absolutely distraught.

"Dumping of waste is a huge problem that can't be waived.

"There needs to be more environment and public health regulations on the mining industry - the government needs to act."

Iluka's Douglas mine manager Hamish Little said the meeting was a quarterly environmental review committee meeting.

Mr Little said representatives from the Environment Protection Authority, the Department of Primary Industries and local government, as well as farmers and other interested people, would attend the meeting.

"The meeting is just a general meeting about where the mine is headed," he said.

"We've got about six weeks of processing left and then the mine will go into closure and rehabilitation mode."

Mr Little said Iluka had approval to bring by-products from the Hamilton Mineral Separation Plant to Douglas.

"We have been doing it since 2004," he said.