What’s not new? EPA asks which new organisms should be deregulated
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
This deregulation process is conducted under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act, for species that arrived after 29 July...
Consents granted for Tui oil field decommissioning
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
11 February 2022
A Board of Inquiry has granted the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) marine consents for activities associated...
Sinking lid on hydrofluorocarbons | EPA
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
21 September 2021
As part of moves to reduce the use of harmful greenhouse gases, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has released...
Fast-track panel approves Kaitaia housing project
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
11 August 2021
An expert consenting panel has approved the addition of 24 dwellings to an existing papakāinga development in Kaitaia.
The 24...
First step towards reassessing chlorothalonil
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
27 August 2021
A Decision-making Committee of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has found that grounds exist to reassess the fungicide chlorothalonil,...
Watercare’s Waikato River water take hearing deferred for a week
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
05 October 2021
Due to the COVID-19 alert level change for parts of the Waikato, a Board of Inquiry has deferred its...
Fast-track panel approves West Auckland subdivision
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
01 October 2021
An expert consenting panel has approved the subdivision and construction of Nola Estate in the west Auckland suburb of...
Glyphosate call for information closes next month
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
This weed killer has been used by home gardeners, farmers, and councils in New Zealand since the 1970s. Although it is...
What’s in the water? Nationwide interest in EPA programme
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
The EPA’s Chief Scientist, Professor Mike Bunce, says to manage the high level of interest, groups are being coordinated by region...
Independent panel approves Wellington-Hutt shared path
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
The path will stretch 4.5 kilometres between Ngauranga and Petone. It is part of Te Ara Tupua, a project to create a...
EPA halves emissions in two years
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
This is also 54% lower than the baseline set in 2017/18, the first year the EPA was certified in the scheme.
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