ENVIRONMENT

Tarrawonga fined $15K for dam failure

THE New South Wales Environment Protection Authority has fined Whitehaven Coal’s Tarrawonga coal mine $15,000 after an alleged breach of its environment protection licence when a sediment dam failed at its mine near Boggabri.

Tarrawonga fined $15K for dam failure

EPA manager regional operations Lindsay Fulloon said sediment dams were an important part of the pollution control system and they needed to be maintained to ensure they worked effectively. "A sediment...

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