An earth moving company has been fined by EPA Victoria more than $7,000 for depositing and storing industrial waste without an EPA licence or council planning permit.
EPA officers visited the company’s site to discover a large amount of construction and demolition waste had been piling up over a number of years from various civil projects undertaken by the business.
EPA Environmental Regulation Director, Liz Radcliffe said the incident served as a reminder to businesses across the state that ”either an EPA licence is required to deposit industrial waste to land or a council planning permit is required for a materials recycling facility,” she said.
“Being unaware that a licence or planning permit is needed is not a good enough reason to avoid sanction. Business owners and individuals must be aware of their environmental and regulatory responsibilities.”
Ms Radcliffe said the company had stopped depositing waste at the premises and EPA Victoria has issued a clean-up notice requiring the removal of the existing pile.
Information on the appropriate management of industrial waste is now available to assist you with meeting your environmental obligations.
AEBN Comment
To assist AEBN members, the AEBN has developed the Environment Management and Sustainability Workshop scheduled for 20 & 21 November 2014 to bring you up to speed with your environmental obligations which will include an update of Federal, Victorian and New South Wales environmental laws and hear from experts on how these laws are implemented into environmental best practice. A program is now available.
