CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Multidisciplinary Approach, Deet, Ant-Zen
Document Summary
Investigations that address environmental pollution incidents that are the subject of any formal argument: multidisciplinary approach: biological, chemical and physical methods. Why environmental forensics: forensic investigations of pollution incidents, environmental emergency response, assessing breaches of license conditions & auditing of facilities, provision of specialist advice about hazards, risks or cleanup. It includes an incident or set of circumstances in which a substance has been placed or disposed of on premises, but it does not include an incident or set of circumstances involving only the emission of any noise. The aims: determine the material present, determine potential source and hence responsible party, determine environmental or human harm (either occurred or is likely to occur) Pollution incidents: 5146 reports of pollution in nsw in 2009/10, 80% from general public, accidental or deliberate. Potential charges poeo act: maximum penalty tier 1, corporation, not exceeding ,000,000 for willful offence, ,000,000 for negligent offence.
