Greater Wellington is prosecuting the Masterton District Council (MDC) and its contractor for breaching resource consents associated with the operation of Henley Lake in Masterton. (Read on …)
Enforcement through the courts looks increasingly likely after a Greater Wellington audit of dairying in the region shows too many farmers are not complying with some or all of their consent conditions.
Of the 146 farms audited in the summer and autumn about 30% were non compliant in some way, 21% were mostly complying and 49% were fully complying with their consent conditions. (Read on …)
Inadequacies in dairy effluent storage or disposal systems resulted in fines for several Southland landowners and sharemilkers who were prosecuted in the Environment Court recently for discharging effluent to land in circumstances where it entered water. (Read on …)
National would scrap Crown immunity in the Environment Court potentially affecting a large number of state-run activities, including 1080 poison drops, motorway construction and clean-ups of toxic sites.
Local authorities would get extra powers to tackle ministries and government agencies if they broke resource consent conditions.
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As a further enhancement to CS-VUE we have now supplied more in-depth reporting on condition responsibility and compliance from within the “Manage Project” function.
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Auckland City Council has successfully prosecuted a Waiheke Island contractor for carrying out work within the drip line of protected trees.