CSR will pay a penalty and costs totalling more than $430,000 following a chemical spill, after the NSW Land and Environment court criticised it for emphasising the need to continue production at the expense of minimising pollution risks. The judge found the possibility of the company re-offending 'cannot be excluded'.
The NSW Land and Environment Court has ordered Caltex to pay $78,000 to the Department of Environment and Climate Change for failing to control odours at the company’s Kurnell refinery during the 2006 Christmas holidays.
Meanwhile, the WA environment department has issued a $25,000 penalty to gold miner Barrick (Kanowna) Ltd following a tailings spill.
A NSW chemical firm will pay a total of $192,000 in penalties, clean-up costs and legal costs after sulphuric acid leaked from a tank not properly designed to safely store the substance.
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The NSW Land and Environment Court yesterday ordered Sydney chemical company Nalco Australia to contribute $50,000 to an environmental project and pay $10,000 in costs after about 9,000 litres of ethylene glycol escaped into a waterway leading to Botany Bay.
