Omagh Man Fined Ł2,000 For Waste Offences

14 November 2006
OMAGH MAN FINED Ł2,000 FOR WASTE OFFENCES

David Matthews of Beltany Road, Omagh was fined Ł2,000 at Omagh Magistrates' Court on 10 November 2006 for pollution.
Between March and September 2005, Environment and Heritage Service officers inspected land belonging to Mr. Matthews at Tully Road, Omagh. This site was found to be in receipt of controlled waste, namely construction/demolition, commercial and domestic waste.
He pleaded guilty to two charges of keeping controlled waste on his land without a waste management licence and was fined Ł1,000 on each charge, with court costs of Ł34.
Mr. Matthews was fined under The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, in relation to the following charge:
Article 4(1)(b)(i) "a person shall not treat, keep or dispose of controlled waste, or knowingly cause or knowingly permit controlled waste to be kept, treated or disposed of in or on any land, except under and in accordance with a waste management license". In accordance with Article 4(6) "Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or any condition of a waste management license shall be guilty of an offence".

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