Environment Protection Authority v Integral Energy Australia Pty Ltd [2006] NSWLEC 141

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Integral Energy Australia Pty Ltd [2006] NSWLEC 141

PROSECUTOR PARTIES : Environment Protection Authority DEFENDANT Integral Energy Australia Pty Ltd

FILE NUMBER(S) : 50034 of 2005

CORAM: Pain J

KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- water pollution due to oil leak - lack of bunding - sentencing principles where state-owned corporation is defendant - plea of guilty - mitigating factors

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s3A, s21A(3)(i) LEGISLATION CITED: Energy Services Corporation Act 1995 s5 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s6(2)(c), s120(1) State Owned Corporations Act 1989 s8, sch.5

Axer Pty Ltd v Environmental Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357; Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683; Environment Protection Authority v Allied Industrial Services Pty Ltd [2005] NSWLEC 501; Environment Protection Authority v Coe Drilling Australia Pty Limited [2005] NSWLEC 719; Environment Protection Authority v Excel Fuels Pty Limited [2002] NSWLEC 160; Environment Protection Authority v Olex Australia Pty Ltd [2005] NSWLEC 475; CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v Sydney Water Corporation [1999] NSWLEC 60; Environment Protection Authority v Tenterfield Shire Council [2000] NSWLEC 229 ; Environment Protection Authority v Timber Industries Ltd [2001] NSWLEC 25; Environment Protection Authority v TransGrid [2003] NSWLEC 18; JR Bentley v BGP Properties Pty Limited [2006] NSWLEC 34; R v Sharma (2002) 54 NSWLR 300; R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383