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Mining company to pay more than $110,000 after pleading guilty to water pollution
Posted by Tim
on 28 November 2014
 "Mining company to pay more than $110,000 after pleading guilty to water pollution")
KBL Mining Ltd, which operates the Mineral Hill Mine near Condobolin in the central west of NSW, has been fined $52,000 in the Land and Environment Court after pleading guilty to an Environment Protection Authority (EPA) charge of water pollution.
KBL Mining has also been ordered to pay th...
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Toll North to pay almost $20,000 for dangerous goods breaches
Posted by Tim
on 31 October 2014
 "Toll North to pay almost $20,000 for dangerous goods breaches")
The freight transport company Toll North Pty Ltd has been fined a total of $9,680 and ordered to pay $10,000 in costs after pleading guilty to two dangerous goods offences in the Downing Centre Local Court last week.
In March 2012, Toll North was engaged to provide transport for a consignm...
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Are your Dangerous Goods storage and handling systems compliant?
Posted by John
on 17 October 2014
 "Are your Dangerous Goods storage and handling systems compliant?")
If dangerous goods were being stored next to your house, at the school your children attend, or in the office next to your desk, wouldn't you like to be sure they were being stored and handled correctly?
Apart from the obvious Work Health and Safety issues incorrectly stored Dangerous ...
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EPA highway inspection catches Guyra fuel tanker without correct safety equipment, shipping documents and dangerous goods licence
Posted by Tim
on 3 October 2014
 "EPA highway inspection catches Guyra fuel tanker without correct safety equipment, shipping documents and dangerous goods licence")
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued two penalty notices, two official cautions and fined the driver and a fuel transport company, based in Guyra a total of $4,260 for breaching requirements relating to the safe carriage of dangerous goods.
The EPA's Ma...
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Your Duty of Care
Posted by John
on 22 August 2014
 "Your Duty of Care")
A person must not undertake an activity that pollutes, or might pollute, the environment unless the person takes all reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or minimise any resulting environmental harm. Environment Protection Act 1993, South Australia
Environmental legislation...
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