In accordance with regulation 16 of the Resource Management Act (National Environmental Standards relating to Certain Air Pollutants, Dioxins and Other Toxics) Regulations 2004, referred to as the NES, Marlborough District Council gives notice that the NES for PM10 has been breached in the Blenheim airshed in the year from 1 September 2007. (Read on …)
Carter Holt Harvey has contributed $8000 to Environment Canterbury for environmental enhancement work in the Sefton area after the company pleaded guilty to accidentally discharging a contaminant in Salt Water Creek, North Canterbury last year.
Auckland’s environmental watchdog has had mixed results with legal action against loggers of Rodney’s forests to stop sediment running off into the sensitive Mahurangi and Kaipara Harbours.
In one Environment Court reserved decision, Holmes Logging and Woodmetrics were fined a total of $25,000 for carelessly damaging a Matakana Valley Forest stream in 2006.
In another decision, however, the judge dismissed 33 interrelated charges against Holmes Logging, its director and its operations manager, for activities in the Moirs Hill and Gully Rd areas of Mahurangi Forest.