Environment Protection Authority v BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Limited [2001] NSWLEC 214

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Limited [2001] NSWLEC 214 APPLICANT Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : RESPONDENT BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Limited FILE NUMBER(S) : 50029 of 2001 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- proof of aggravated circumstances LEGISLATION CITED: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 120(1), s 122, s 123, s 241 Anderson v The Queen (1993) 177 CLR 520; Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v EPA (1993) 32 NSWLR 683; Environment Protection Authority v Anning (1998) 100 LGERA 354; EPA v BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd [2000] NSWLEC 19, unreported; EPA v Port Kembla Pty Ltd [2001] NSWLEC 174, unreported; Matthews v Goulburn Wool Processors Pty Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court, NSW, 6 November 1986); CASES CITED: Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council (No 2) [2001] NSWCA 28; R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; Reg v O'Neill (1979) 2 NSWLR 582; State Pollution Control Commission v Blayney Abbatoirs Pty Ltd (1991) 72 LGRA 221; State Pollution Control Commission v New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative Ltd (1991) 73 LGRA 86; The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; Thorneloe v Filipowski [2001] NSWCAA 213, unreported DATES OF HEARING: 10/08/2001, 16/08/2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/11/2001