Environment Protection Authority v Sydney Water Corporation [2000] NSWLEC 80

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Sydney Water Corporation [2000] NSWLEC 80 PROSECUTOR PARTIES : Environment Protection Authority DEFENDANT Sydney Water Corporation FILE NUMBER(S) : 50076 of 1999 CORAM: Sheahan J KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- polluted waters LEGISLATION CITED: Clean Waters Act 1970 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 Axer v EPA (CA) 22 November 1993; Camilleri Stock Feeds v EPA (CA) (1993) 82 LGERA 21; CASES CITED: EPA v Orange City Council (No. 50045 of 1995, 23 June 1995); EPA v Shell Co [2000] NSWLEC 16; EPA v Bega Valley Shire Council (Nos. 50011-13 of 1998, 14 August 1998) DATES OF HEARING: 03/03/00 EX TEMPORE 03/03/2000 JUDGMENT DATE :

PROSECUTOR SOLICITOR Mr Mark Kelly EPA LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT SOLICITOR Mr C H Shaw Andersen Legal

JUDGMENT: IN THE LAND AND Matter No: 50076 of 1999 ENVIRONMENT COURT Coram: Sheahan J OF NEW SOUTH WALES 3 March 2000

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY Prosecutor v SYDNEY WATER CORPORATION Defendant

JUDGMENT

1. Sydney Water Corporation has pleaded guilty to a charge that it polluted waters with an aluminium compound, contrary to s 16(1) of the Clean Waters Act 1970, in the course of the operation of its West Camden Sewerage Treatment Plant on 22-23 October 1998 .