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The NSW Environment Protection Authority has fined a recycling company $30,000 for contravening its environment protection licence and the inappropriate storage of waste. The company holds […]
Through a regular internal review, Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has identified an error in an old litter infringement dispute process that may have adversely affected […]
NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined a company $15,000 for the inappropriate storage of materials at their composting facility. EPA officers inspected the site in […]
NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined a Demolition company and its owner a total of $6,250 for allegedly providing false and misleading information about waste […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority Victoria has fined a composting company close to $16,000 for allowing offensive odours to be emitted beyond the its premises. The […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has suspended the licence of a landfill operator due to the ongoing inability of the facility to meet its […]
A blitz targeting sediment run-off at Sydney construction sites will commence in May 2018, with a number of compliance officers set to inspect building sites with […]
A quarry in NSW has been convicted and fined $15,000 in a Local Court for an April 2017 discharge of sediment-laden water from a sand quarry […]
A demolition and recycling company in NSW has been convicted and fined $75,000 in a NSW court for knowingly providing false and misleading information in response […]
A company has been fined almost $158,000 in the New South Wales and Environment Court over a diesel fuel leak into Sydney Harbour. Approximately 6,000 […]
A waste company has been convicted in the Environment Resource and Development Court for breaching the Environment Protection Act 1993. The company was convicted for failing […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released the following new guidelines: Research, development and demonstration (RD&D) approval (Publication 1369.7, December 2017) provides and update to […]
A South Australian council has been convicted and fined in the Environment Resources and Development Court for breaching the Environment Protection Act 1993. The Council was […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has successfully prosecuted a coal mine in the Land and Environment Court over a water pollution incident. The […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released its Compliance Plan 2017–18 which outlines the EPA’s compliance priorities for the year. EPA advises that […]
A mining company has entered into an enforceable undertaking that will see it commit over $2 million to conservation programs, following a contravention of the Environment […]
From 13 – 17 November 2017, building sites will be the focus when 5 regulators inspect construction projects in Cities of Melbourne, Port Phillip and Stonnington […]
A Central Coast waste facility has been slapped with a $15,000 fine for transporting and disposing contaminated mulch waste. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) issued […]
A company has been fined and ordered to pay court costs following the dumping of industrial waste at a car park site. A fine of $4,500 […]
The Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has fined Abbot Point Bulk Coal for a breach of a temporary emissions licence issued during Tropical Cyclone […]
A company has been convicted and fined $350,000 in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court for operating a quarry without an environment protection licence. […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released three new publications: Incoming water standards for aquatic ecosystem protection: PFOS and PFOA (Publication 1633.2) provides guidance on […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined a company $30,000 for undertaking chemical production and storage activities at two of its premises without […]
Current and former owners of an abattoir have been convicted and ordered to pay $150,000 plus investigation and legal costs in the Land and Environment Court, […]
A transport company has been convicted and fined $84,000 in the Land and Environment Court for failing to transport dangerous goods by road in a safe […]
The Land and Environment Court has convicted and fined the Director of a drum re-conditioning business $151,000 for the discharge of toxic wastewater to a creek, […]
The Land and Environment Court has convicted and fined a chemical company $460,000 for the discharge of toxic wastewater onto a neighbouring property, killing livestock. The […]
The NSW EPA has fined four waste companies in Sydney and Newcastle a total $91,500 for environmental offences. The fines comprised: A $30,000 fine to a […]
WorkSafe Victoria and the Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding which further streamlines the ways in which WorkSafe and the […]
The EPA Victoria has issued a media release to remind Gippsland dairy farmers to maintain their dairy effluent ponds in preparation for the wetter months ahead. […]
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