Asbestos dumped at luxury Central Coast homestead
A picture perfect Central Coast homestead located among the rolling green hills and clear country air of the Yarramalong valley is hiding a toxic environmental secret. See the shocking pictures.
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A picture perfect homestead located among the rolling green hills and clear country air of the Yarramalong valley is hiding a toxic environmental secret.
The Express Advocate has learned a Wyong Creek landowner has been issued with a clean-up notice to remove up to 10 shipping containers, or 337 cubic metres, worth of dumped material, including more than 10 tonnes of waste containing asbestos, from their luxurious property.
The 10ha property, at 1060 Yarramalong Rd, is owned by Michael Quilty and Georgina Malone, who paid $1.825 million for it in July 2017.
Marketed at the time of sale as “ideally suited to the equestrian enthusiast” the five-bedroom mansion includes a fully fenced equestrian arena and stables.
But according to NSW Enviroment Protection Authority (EPA) investigators, as of February 2018, it also features a secret waste dump.
The EPA found “more than 10 tonnes of waste which includes waste reasonably suspected to be asbestos waste at the premises”.
“The presence of asbestos is likely to cause the degradation to the land, leading to potential harm to human health and safety”.
According to a clean up notice issued in December 2018 the EPA “reasonably suspects” that Wild River Cattle Co Pty Ltd, which trades as Heritage Skips, transported the waste, including the asbestos waste, to the premises.
The EPA said Mr Quilty is listed as the sole director of Wild River Cattle.
More than a year later, the EPA has confirmed that “at this stage, the conditions of the Clean Up Notice have not been complied with.”
“The EPA is considering regulatory action and considering alternative waste removal methods from the property,” said a spokesman on Tuesday.