A site owner has been required to pay close to $2 million for the cost of removing half a million tyres that created unacceptable risks to the environment and local community, in a settlement agreed as part of a proceeding commenced in the Supreme Court by the Victorian Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA).
EPA Victoria’s Executive Director Mr Rossiter said the settlement sent a strong signal to business and industry that where EPA Victoria incurs clean-up costs, it will do everything in its power to recover those costs on behalf of Victorians.
“It also proves illegal activities don’t pay, as it would have been much cheaper to comply with regulations in the first place,” Mr Rossiter said.
EPA Victoria with the assistance of Moira Shire Council undertook the removal of the stockpile from the site on Saxton Street, West Numurkah.
