- Date of offence
- Between 01 July 2020 and 18 September 2021
- Type of offence
1. Did deposit industrial waste without authority at Preston on 18 September 2021, contrary to s.133.3
2. Failed to comply with PAN at Preston on 01 July 2020, contrary to s.31A(7).
3. Did deposit industrial waste at unlicensed site at Preston on 01 July 2020, contrary to s.27A(2)(a).
- Background of offence
Positive Pumping was fined $6,000 after local community members reported its actions to EPA.
Investigations started in February 2020 after reports from locals came through to EPA of a white sludge seeping into a stormwater drain that emptied into Darebin Creek.
Officers investigated and traced the source to Positive Pumping of Kerr Street, Preston.
- Date of court hearing
- 16 May 2023
- Date of court order
- 19 May 2023
- Court magistrate
- M L White
- Court location
- Heidelberg Magistrates' Court
- Proceeding number
- 202307496
Court orders made
Without conviction, fined $2,500 for charges 1 and 2.
Without conviction, fined $3,500 for charge 1.
Reviewed 3 October 2023