£8,000 fine imposed upon LA Moore over illegal burial of fuel tanker.
UK-based LA Moore has been fined more than £8,000 after pleading guilty over the illegal burial of a contaminated fuel tanker.
The company was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £5,235 costs after pleading guilty at Yeovil magistrates court. The court heard the site near Wells where the tanker was buried lies within a groundwater protection zone and supplies water to nearby houses.
When the tanker was dug up it was found to have serious damage and had leaked.
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