Environment Protection Authority v TransGrid [2003] NSWLEC 18

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CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v TransGrid [2003] NSWLEC 18 PROSECUTOR: Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT: TransGrid

FILE NUMBER(S) : 50022 of 2002; 50023 of 2002; 50024 of 2002 and 50025 of 2002 CORAM: Lloyd J KEY ISSUES: Environmental Offences :- water pollution - plea of guilty - penalty -aggravating factors - State owned corporation - special obligation of - non-compliance with standards and procedures - mitigating factors - rehabilitation and remediation work - totality principle inapplicable for four separate offences at four separate locations

Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 Energy Services Corporations Amendment (TransGrid Corporatisation) Act 1998 s 6B LEGISLATION CITED: Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 120, s 123, s 241 Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 Rural Fires Act 1997 s 63 State Owned Corporations Act 1989 s 8 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683; Department of Land and Water Conservation v Orlando Farms Pty Ltd (1998) 99 LGERA 101; Environment Protection Authority v Boral Resources (NSW) Pty Ltd [2002] NSWLEC 232; CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v Sydney Water Corporation [2000] NSWLEC 156; Environment Protection Authority v Tenterfield Shire Council (2000) 112 LGERA 173; [2000] NSWLEC 229; R v Holder [1983] 3 NSWLR 245; R v Thomson (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 DATES OF HEARING: 18/11/2002, 19/11/2002 and 20/11/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/13/2003