Remember that story on Adani's Abbot Point export coal terminal contaminating the Caley Valley wetlands next door? And the ruckus of denial from Adani, Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce and Queensland Resources Council CEO Ian MacFarlane?
The latest update is a news report on the ABC that reveals that at one monitoring point the contaminated liquids and sediment from Abbot Point were at 8 times the legal limit.
Adani had applied and was issued an authority to release contaminated water, but with a limit of total suspended solids up to 100 milligrams per litre. The report provided by Adani Abbot Point Bulkcoal on the water release advised that the water discharged on 30 March from a licensed point on the northern side of the terminal contained 806mg/L of sediment.
Queensland Environment Department director-general Jim Reeves told the ABC "There are serious penalties for corporations whose non-compliance with their environmental authorities or temporary emissions licences causes environmental harm, including fines of up to $3.8 million if the non-compliance was wilful, or $2.7 million if the non-compliance was unintentional," Mr Reeves said.
Legal action against the company may proceed for the contamination. Further investigations and monitoring of the wetlands are proceeding.
Adani faces a $3.8m fine for discharge of sediment eight times the limit at Abbot Pt #qldpol #auspol: https://t.co/RNhghhZ9vQ via
— David Marler (@Qldaah) May 3, 2017
If you recall, this is the area @Barnaby_Joyce said was just a "duck pond".
— David Marler (@Qldaah) May 3, 2017
You can see from that map how precarious the ports of Abbot & Hay are to the Reef. Laden vessels must traverse the GBR.
— David Marler (@Qldaah) May 3, 2017
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