Date of offence or contravention | Between 16 June 2017 to 1 November 2021 |
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Type of offence or contravention | Charges: 1. Dump industrial waste at Braeside on 16 June 2017, contrary to s.27A(2). 2. Failed to comply with environmental action notice at Braeside on 1 November 2021, contrary to s.290(1). |
Background of offence or contravention | The accused and co-accused (married) owned and operated a waste and resource company “AAZ Recycling and Waste Management Pty Ltd” which was situated in Clayton. On the sale of that company they needed to relocate the waste. They entered a verbal agreement with a former employee of theirs who had a lease on a warehouse in Braeside. The agreement was for the temporary storage of a minor amount of waste. They then transported 8000m3 of industrial waste to the warehouse between 16 June and 30 August 2017. |
Date of court hearing | 14 August 2023 |
Date of court order | 15 August 2023 |
Judicial officer | J L O'Callaghan |
Court and location | Dandenong |
Proceeding number | N11547504 |
Court orders made
Without conviction, fined $35,000.00 as part of an aggregate order, with $2,688.00 costs to the EPA.
But for the plea of guilty, Magistrate O'Callaghan would have otherwise imposed a $100,000 fine.
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