22 Mar 2017
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has fined Brooklyn company Tyre-Lug Services (Barro Group Pty Ltd) more than $7,700 for failing to comply with a requirement of an EPA notice which required it to reconfigure its tyre stockpiles and reduce the risk of fire at the site.
The company was also fined over $7,700 by EPA earlier this year for storing more than 5,000 equivalent passenger units (EPU) of waste tyres without an EPA licence.
EPA Metro Manager Daniel Hunt said the company’s stockpile had been the equivalent of about 150,000 standard waste car tyres and was an environmental hazard waiting to happen.
“While the stockpile has been greatly reduced, the company still has to comply with the requirements of the EPA notice,” Mr Hunt said.
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