The EPA issued a clean-up notice last September directing Craig Williams to clean up asbestos contaminated material at his property at 5 Baines Place, Helensburgh, after officers had investigated and found large quantities of contaminated material.

He has now been slapped with another clean-up notice after failing to comply with some of the directions for cleaning up the property.

The agency said Mr Williams had arranged for asbestos contaminated waste to be transported to his property – more than 10 tonnes of material. 

The full extent of the environmental pollution at this property is not yet known. The EPA has ordered Mr Williams to engage a suitably qualified consultant to investigate the waste dumped there, and propose a method for identifying what it is, and how it should be removed.

In the recent notice, issued in August, he was given until September 28 to remove certain stockpiles of asbestos contaminated material, for disposal in a lawful waste facility.

On September 14 last year, EPA officers “saw a truck and dog enter [and] parked in the north eastern corner of the premises”, the notice said.

“EPA officers saw waste stockpiled and applied to land in the north east area of the premises. EPA officers collected a number of samples of material … later confirmed to contain asbestos.”

Samples showed “high concentrations of metals” which would be classified as restricted solid waste, to be cleaned up.

The EPA had issued Mr Williams $15,750 in penalties and fines, including for not complying with the earlier notice.

“The EPA reasonably suspects that the application of waste to land at the premises has caused or is likely to cause degradation of the land resulting in potential harm to human health and environmental health,” the notice said.