EPA

The Environment Protection Authority has fined two companies over separate pollution incidents in Newcastle.

The NSW Environmental Protection Authority has fined AGL Macquarie $15,000 over an alleged water pollution offence at its Bayswater Power Station at Muswellbrook.

An Awaba Waste facility has been fined $8,000 for alleged offensive odours.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority has issued a penalty notice for $15,000 after an alleged pungent smelling blast fume occurred at Muswellbrook’s Mount Pleasant Mine.

The Koppers plant at Mayfield has been hit with a $30,000 fine for alleged pollution incidents last year.

BY IAN CROUCH A Hunter Valley coal mine has been fined for polluting a local waterway. Debris from a mine...

BY IAN CROUCH A Hunter Valley coal mine has been fined by the Environment Protection Authority after mine water was...

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