Increased duty to report pollution incidents in NSW - statutory changes arising from Orica incident
On Monday, 8 August 2011 at approximately 6pm an incident occurred at Orica's ammonium nitrate plant on Kooragang Island involving a short emission of hexavalent chromium. Sixteen and a half hours passed before Orica notified the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH).
The NSW Government appointed the former Director-General of the Premier's Department Brendon O'Reilly, to investigate reporting and response issues.
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