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  • Jun, 2021
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    AGL fined over alleged air pollution breach at Liddell Power Station

    AGL, the owner of Liddell Power Station, is fined $15,000 by the NSW Environmental Protection Authority after allegedly exceeding the licensed solid particles concentration limit for emissions from one of the power station’s four boilers in August to September 2020, in breach of Liddell’s Environment Protection Licence.

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  • Dec, 2020
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    Water pollution incident costs AGL more than $1.1 million

    AGL Macquarie Pty Limited, operator of Bayswater Power Station, enters into an Enforceable Undertaking worth $1.1 million with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) following an incident involving 1,440 cubic metres of fly ash slurry being released, and the pollution of a local creek.

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  • Oct, 2020
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    Vales Point Power Station fined $30,000 for pollution and waste offences

    Delta Electricity, the owner of Vales Point Power Station, is fined $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), following alleged breaches at Vales Point Power Station when contaminated material, including asbestos, was allegedly spread on the site.

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  • Jul, 2020
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    AGL Macquarie fined after excess dust emissions from power station

    AGL, owner of Liddell Power Station, is fined $15,000 by the NSW Environmental Protection Authority, after an incident involving alleged excessive dust. The NSW EPA received reports of excess dust being generated from the ash dam, which is a breach of Liddell’s Environment Protection Licence.

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  • Mar, 2020
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    Origin Energy fined over alleged Eraring Power Station dust breach

    Origin Energy is fined $15,000 by the NSW Environmental Protection Authority, following over alleged dust emissions from the Eraring Power Station at Lake Macquarie in October 2019. The NSW EPA alleges the ash dam was not being operated in a manner which would have minimised the dust emissions.

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  • Jan, 2020
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    AGL Macquarie ordered to give $100,000 to community projects after breach

    AGL Macquarie enters into an Enforceable Undertaking with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), to contribute $100,000 to local projects following a breach of regulations around the management of coal ash in January 2019.

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  • Aug, 2019
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    AGL Macquarie fined $15,000 for incident at Bayswater Power Station

    AGL Macquarie, operator of Bayswater Power Station, is fined $15,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA). In February 2019, it is alleged a discharge of slurry entered a tributary of Wisemans Creek, and water pollution made its way to River Red Gum Endangered Ecological Community.

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  • Mar, 2019
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    Origin Energy fined $15,000 for dust emissions at Eraring Power Station

    Origin Energy, the owner of Eraring Power Station, is fined $15,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority for alleged excessive dust emissions from the Eraring Power Station, over a sustained period during September 2018.

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  • Feb, 2019
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    AGL Macquarie fined $30,000 after diesel spill

    AGL Macquarie, operator of Bayswater Power Station, is fined $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority following a diesel spill into Tinkers Creek in 2018. The NSW EPA alleges 45,000 to 70,000 litres of diesel overflowed from a tank, and a small amount made its way to Tinkers Creek.

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  • Jul, 2018
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    CS Energy receives a Penalty Infringement Notice and $12,615 fine

    CS Energy states in their annual report that during the 2018 financial year, the Department of Environment and Science (DES) issued CS Energy with a Penalty Infringement Notice and fine of $12,615 for inadequate erosion and sediment control adjacent to the entrance road and carpark of the Kogan Creek Mine.

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