NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Environment Protection Authority v Coastal Recycled Cooking Oils Pty Limited [2008] NSWLEC 242
PROSECUTOR Environment Protection Authority PARTIES : DEFENDANT Coastal Recycled Cooking Oils Pty Limited
FILE NUMBER(S) : 50025 of 2008 and 50026 of 2008
CORAM: Pain J
KEY ISSUES: Prosecution :- strict liability - guilty plea - sentence - breach of environment protection licence condition - failure to operate equipment in proper and efficient manner in accordance with licence condition - insufficient evidence that odour offensive as defined in the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 - odour affecting amenity - minimal environmental harm - whether s 10 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 should apply - no aggravating factors - mitigating factors - whether publication order appropriate
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 3A, s 10, s21A LEGISLATION CITED: Fines Act 1996 Marine Pollution Act 1987 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 s 64(1), s 241
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 Ballina Shire Council (2006) 148 LGERA 278 Environment Protection Authority v Biosolids Management [2004] NSWLEC 90 Environment Protection Authority v Burrangong Meat Processors Pty Ltd [2003] NSWLEC 102 Environment Protection Authority v Caltex Refineries NSW Pty Limited [2008] NSWLEC 194 Environment Protection Authority v Cargill Australia Limted [2004] NSWLEC 334 CASES CITED: Environment Protection Authority v Centennial Newstan Pty Ltd [2006] NSWLEC 732 Environment Protection Authority v Rethmann Australia Environmental Services Pty Ltd (2003) 131 LGERA 422 Environment Protection Authority v Sell & Parker Pty Ltd (2006) 149 LGERA 209 Environment Protection Authority v Shoalhaven Starches Pty Ltd [2003] NSWLEC 102 Environment Protection Authority v Timber Industries Ltd [2001] NSWLEC 25 Newcastle City Council v Pace Farm Egg Products Pty Ltd (No 3) [2005] NSWLEC 423 R v Thompson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Thorneloe v Filipowski (2001) 52 NSWLR 60; [2001] NSWCCA 213
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