Spreading human effluent on a paddock has landed Rows-A-Loo Pty Ltd an EPA Victoria fine.
The company, based a Yarroweyah in the state’s north east, has been fined $5761 for dumping industrial waste. (Read on …)
Failing to manage the discharge of sewage from the Bridge Inn Hotel in Mernda has landed VicSound Pty Ltd an EPA Victoria fine. (Read on …)
Farmers Ken and Pauline McIntyre have been granted resource consents to continue running their Morrinsville piggery for two years – subject to strict conditions relating to odour discharges – to give them time to relocate the business to a new site.
The decision follows consideration of the issue by an Environment Waikato hearings committee.
To address community concerns about past odour problems at the Hutchinson Rd site, the committee agreed to a range of odour mitigation measures volunteered by the McIntyres, including: (Read on …)
The Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) is investigating the release of a plume of alkaline material this morning (Monday 25 May) from the Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) alumina refinery in Gladstone.
Acting Executive Director for Environmental Services, Lindsay Delzoppo said DERM would be issuing an Environmental Protection Order to QAL to ensure the valve that has failed is fixed quickly and will meet all necessary maintenance and integrity standards before it is brought back online. (Read on …)
Unlawfully clearing about 30 hectares of vegetation, including rare and threatened plants, near an internationally significant wetland has resulted in a $15,000 fine for a Hauraki Plains farm manager. (Read on …)
A shallow stream cherished by generations of Taranaki children has been branded the country’s grubbiest swimming spot. (Read on …)
Popular swimming spots in lakes and rivers have high levels of bacteria that cause diarrhoea or infection, a new report shows.
Of 300 popular swimming spots tested regularly by councils over the past two summers, just 58 per cent were suitable for swimming almost all of the time. (Read on …)