ENVIRONMENT

Wambo cops $15K fine for noise violation

THE New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority has issued Peabody Energy’s Wambo Coal Pty Ltd a $15,000 fine for allegedly exceeding its noise limits by three decibels in September 2020.

 The Wambo open cut mine in NSW.

The Wambo open cut mine in NSW.

EPA executive director regulatory operations Carmen Dwyer said the mine reported an exceedance of noise limits on September 8. "Follow-up monitoring two nights later showed that Wambo was continuing...

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