Environment Protection Authority of New South Wales v Arenco Pty Ltd [2006] NSWLEC 244

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Environment Protection Authority of New South Wales v Arenco Pty Ltd [2006] NSWLEC 244

PROSECUTOR PARTIES : Environment Protection Authority of New South Wales DEFENDANT Arenco Pty Ltd (now AXZ Constructions Pty Ltd) (ACN 081 417 601)

FILE NUMBER(S) : 50036 of 2005; 50037 of 2005

CORAM: Pain J

KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- Environmental offences - pollution of waters by sediment - whether to make orders under s250

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 21A, 22 LEGISLATION CITED: Interpretation Act 1987 s30 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 120, 241, 244(3), 250(1)

Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357; Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 ; Environment Protection Authority v Cut and Fill Pty Ltd [2005] NSWLEC 401; Environment Protection Authority v Ecolab Pty Limited (2002) 123 LGERA 269 ; Environment Protection Authority v Hochtief Thiess [2005] NSWLEC 506; CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v Metziya Pty Ltd [2003] NSWLEC 196; Markarian v The Queen (2005) 79 ALJR 1048 ; R v O'Neill [1979] 2 NSWLR 582; R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300; R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; State Pollution Control Commission v White Wings Limited (unreported, Land and Environment Court, 1 November 1991