A court has fined a company and its director $50,000 for failing to comply with waste removal orders, with extra penalties of $25,000 a month accruing if it misses a new clean-up deadline.
In a case that highlights the aggressive behaviour that frontline EPA officers can encounter, a man has been fined for hindering an inspection and directing a torrent of foul language at authorised officers.
In a mixed week for Causmag Ore, a NSW court fined it $82,500 for air pollution, but it won back almost that amount in a revised carbon liability assessment by the Clean Energy Regulator.
The EPA has successfully prosecuted a quarry owner for the third time in less than two years, with the NSW Land and Environment Court this time fining it $52,000 for breaching a licence condition.
In a case with major ramifications for NSW EPA legal actions, the Court of Criminal Appeal will consider what level of detail the agency must provide in a summons.
A stockfeed company facing a water pollution charge has had a preliminary win, with the NSW Land and Environment Court ruling an EPA summons was duplicitous.