Exide enforcement decision
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03 March 2008
Serious dairy farm resource consent breaches 44% higher than stated
44% more dairy farms are in serious breach of their resource consents than indicated by the figures released last week by the Ministry for the Environment.
“The misleading way the national figures were calculated and then presented to the public means that there are nearly 350 more dairy farms in serious breach of their resource consents than indicated in the Clean Streams Accord progress report,” said Forest and Bird Advocacy Manager Kevin Hackwell.
MfE must release data and stop downplaying dairy pollution
Green media release 3rd March 2008
The Greens are calling for the Government to stop downplaying the extent of breaches of resource consents in the dairy industry and for the Ministry for the Environment to release the Clean Streams data that they have apparently misinterpreted.
This follows Forest and Bird’s revelation that breaches of resource consents were 44% higher than stated in the Clean Streams Accord progress report last week. The Clean Streams Accord is an agreement between Fonterra, local and central government to reduce the environmental impact of Fonterra’s dairy farms.
“There is a pattern of downplaying the extent that some farms are breaching their resource consents and polluting our rivers and streams. This has now occurred in the Clean Streams progress report and the State of the Environment report.