Geelong Advertiser (Australia): EPA Slams Shell
THE head of the EPA hit out at Shell Geelong yesterday saying it was failing to meet its environmental obligations.He made the claims as the EPA levied Shell Geelong with a $10,000 fine after two breaches of its licence.”
Saturday October 1, 2005
THE head of the EPA hit out at Shell Geelong yesterday saying it was failing to meet its environmental obligations.
He made the claims as the EPA levied Shell Geelong with a $10,000 fine after two breaches of its licence.
The EPA said an oil leak into Corio Bay and a visible plume from the refinery’s sulphur recovery unit stack were the reason for the fine.
Shell has a month to pay the fine or faces court action.
EPA acting chairman Bruce Dawson said the oil leak occurred in May or June and was picked-up when the environmental body’s analyses of oil from the bay matched oil from the company’s jetty pipe flange.