Boral Resources (Vic) Pty Ltd has been fined $30,000 and ordered to pay $142,000 in court costs for illegally accepting and storing 110,000 tonnes of industrial waste without a licence at a disused quarry site following an investigation by Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA).
Boral was fined without conviction after pleading guilty in the Shepparton Magistrates’ Court to occupying a scheduled premises and storing waste without a licence. The Court also issued a publication order requiring Boral to publish details of the offence in several major newspapers.