NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales CITATION: Environment Protection Authority v BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd [1999] NSWLEC 197
PARTIES PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority
DEFENDANT BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd
NUMBER: 50141 of 1998
CORAM: Cowdroy J
KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- Plea of guilty - discharge of toxic chemicals into harbour - overflow resulting from simultaneous failure of pump and reserve pump - defendant adopting procedures to avoid possibility of repetition
Protection of the Environment Operations Act s 241 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Offences and Penalties Act s 9 Clean Waters Act 1970 s 16
DATES OF HEARING: 08/23/1999
DATE OF JUDGMENT DELIVERY: 09/03/1999
PROSECUTOR Mr C Leggat (Barrister)
SOLICITORS Environment Protection Authority LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT Mr M Brennan (Solicitor)
SOLICITORS Blake Dawson Waldron
JUDGMENT: The Charge
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