A PEARCEDALE company which illegally dumped 37,000 litres of drilling sludge has been hit with a $10,000 fine. A statement from the Environment Protection Authority Victoria read that the drilling sludge was dumped near Ovens River in August. “EPA Victoria officers tracked down the offenders after receiving reports of a truck dumping sludge near Wangaratta, when they spotted the suspect vehicle on the road and watched while it dumped a load at a site on Oxley Flats Road,” the EPA said. Ausconnect Underground Services Pty Ltd was fined $10,176 for dumping industrial waste at a premises that was not licensed…
Saturday, December 20
