ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCE — pollution — s 120(1) of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 — sewage pipeline installation — wetland area — horizontal directional drilling — discharge of bentonite slurry from drilling operation — reasonably foreseeable risk of harm — two unintentional offences — immediate containment and clean-up — actual harm — impact confounded by unassociated works in the vicinity — harm believed to be low and short term — no prior conviction — guilty plea — assistance to authorities — parity — costs — totality principle — publication.
Case Details
Citation[2012] NSWLEC 18
CourtNSWLEC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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