JOHN Holland and John Holland Group have been charged with allegedly releasing contaminated material while working on two coal terminals in north Queensland.
According to Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Kate Jones, the charges relate to work at Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, and Abbot Point Coal Terminal, between 22 May 2008 and 1 September 2009.
The prosecuting Department of Environment and Resource Management allege John Holland breached the conditions of its approvals while carrying out abrasive blasting works at the coal terminals.
The companies have been charged under the Environmental Protection Act with 36 counts of wilfully contravening a condition of a development approval and two counts of wilfully and unlawfully causing material environmental harm.
The maximum penalty for breaching a development condition is $1 million and $832,500 for wilfully causing material environmental harm.
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