Metropolitan Colliery hit with $15k penalty notice after runoff into national park-linked creek

Ben Langford
Updated August 4 2022 - 5:25pm, first published 5:00pm
The drain at the Metropolitan colliery became blocked, causing the runoff into the creek. Picture: NSW EPA.
The drain at the Metropolitan colliery became blocked, causing the runoff into the creek. Picture: NSW EPA.

Environmentalists say a $15,000 fine handed to coal miner Peabody in June for polluting a creek that leads into the Royal National Park is inadequate, and won't protect the waterways as potential habitat for reintroduced platypus.

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Ben Langford

Ben Langford

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