Oil spill.
News from the Greater Wellington Regional Council Te Pane Matua Taiao
eNZoil (NZ) Ltd has been convicted and fined for discharging between 5000 and 6000 litres of refined transformer oil from their operation into the stormwater network and subsequently Seaview Marina.
The Regional Council laid charges against the company, which takes waste transformer oil and refines it into a useable product, for the incident which happened on the 17 and 18 March 2019. eNZoil appeared before Judge Dwyer in the Wellington District Court today and was fined $90,000 for the discharge.
In passing sentence the Judge commented that the discharge was a result of gross negligence and significant failures in process, saying ”given the proximity to the marina and the direct connection to the stormwater system, they should have been aware of the risks; processes should have be undertaken with the highest degree of care