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'Appalling': Minister visits Truegain as EPA eyes prosecution of former Maitland waste oil refinery site owner

By Nick Bielby
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:38am, first published June 20 2020 - 4:30am
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean and EPA chief executive officer Tracy Mackey (both centre) at the former Truegain site on Friday. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean and EPA chief executive officer Tracy Mackey (both centre) at the former Truegain site on Friday. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

The state's environmental watchdog is planning to prosecute the owner of a former Hunter waste oil refinery site that was left to rot after being ground zero for years worth of toxic waste being dumped on the ground and in waterways.

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