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A company seeking to build a major contaminated soil treatment facility at Melbourne's Altona petrochemical complex has lost its bid to proceed without first obtaining a local planning permit and now expects "a long and expensive legal tussle" with Hobsons Bay City Council.

Western Australia's legal requirement for accredited auditors to be involved in assessment of contaminated sites can be costly for proponents that fail to manage the process carefully, warns Jeremy Hogben, partner at consultancy Environment Resources Management.

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