Dump industrial waste at an unlicensed site, at Wangie, from 13.06.2014 to 30.07.2014, contrary to s.27A(2)(a).

Dump industrial waste at an unlicensed site, at Wangie, from 07.08.2013 to 30.07.2014, contrary to s.27A(2)(a).

On June 13 2014, EPA officers witnessed Nev Murray Excavations Pty Ltd load broken concrete, bricks and scrap metal from the former Lalbert Hotel site onto a truck and dump it on a farm on Frees Road, in Wangie.

The court heard other items dumped included plaster boards, plastic fencing, house waste and stuffed toys.

The Lalbert Hotel, located 40km south of Swan Hill, was destroyed by a wind storm on 7 August 2013.

When the EPA officers approached the truck driver at the farm, he stated the owner of the former Lalbert Hotel, Steven John Green, instructed him to take the waste from the hotel site in Lalbert and dispose of it in Wangie.

As part of its investigations, EPA visited the Lalbert Hotel site shortly after and found the remaining waste was similar to what was dumped in Wangie.

The court heard Steven John Green had contacted the owner of the Wangie property – where the waste was dumped – to see if he “had a place out of town that he was able to store the remainder of the building material from the Lalbert Hotel…”

The owner of the Wangie property, Kinkoora Farms, agreed to his request and Mr Green hired Nev Murray Excavations to carry out the work.