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