The Department of Environment and Science has ordered a Mount Rascal resident to remove more than 100 tonnes of illegally-dumped concrete waste.
The waste has been removed and the resident fined.
Manager of the Unlicensed Waste Team (UWT) at the Department, David Cook said the waste was discovered after a tip-off from a member of the public.
“Departmental officers conducted a site inspection of the property in March when the landholder advised he was using the concrete waste to fill to a depression on the property and was intending on covering it with soil to create a house pad,” Mr Cook said.
“Following the inspection, the landholder was issued with a direction notice requiring him to cease receiving the concrete waste, which is an environmentally relevant activity (ERA) requiring an environmental authority.”
Mr Cook said a$2,669 Penalty Infringement Notice was also issued to the landholder for unlawfully carrying out the ERA without an environmental authority.
“The landholder was required under the direction notice to remove the concrete waste from the property,” he said.
“He engaged a civil construction company to remove the concrete and deliver it to a licensed waste facility.”
Mr Cook said a re-inspection of the property by the UWT showed the site had been rehabilitated and the landholder was now using clean soil to fill the depression.
“This is a great outcome for the Department and has removed the risk of potential contamination to the surrounding environment,” Mr Cook said.
