ENQ-38579-C8X7H3
20 May 2020
Private Bag 632
Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Level 10, Grant Thornton House
J Bruning
215 Lambton Quay
Via:
[mailto:[FYI request #12677 email]
Wellington 6011, New Zealand
epa.govt.nz
+64 4 916 2426
Official Information Act Request
Dear J Bruning
I refer to your request received on 22 April, for the following information:
“Re: Assessing the Risks of Hazardous Substances A high level summary of the assessment process
for New Zealand’s new hazardous substances Draft for Consultation May 2018.
https://epa.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Documents/Hazardous-Substances/Risk-Assessment-
methodology/2e2b232c05/Risk-Management-Summary-Consultation-Draft.pdf
Please make publicly available the content of all submissions responding to the May 2018 discussion
document.
The results of this consultation have been published:
Assessing the Risks of Hazardous Substances: A high level summary of the assessment process for
New Zealand’s new hazardous substances - January 2020 February 2020 release: EPA:
https://www.epa.govt.nz/public-consultations/decided/request-for-feedback-on-our-risk-
assessment-guide/
I expect personal numbers and emails from citizens submitting in a personal capacity to be redacted,
but not from persons submitting in a professional capacity. This includes agencies, academics,
companies, including members and associates of lobbying organisations who lobby on behalf of
commercial interests.”
Your request has been treated as a request for information under the Official Information Act 1982
(OIA).
Please find attached the documentation requested. It had been our intention to add the submissions
to the EPA’s website, though other priorities and the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 situation have
meant this has not happened yet.
Please find the following submissions attached:
No.
Name
Organisation
1
Jane McEntee, General Manager, &
Auckland Regional Public Health
Dr Denise Barnfeather, Medical Officer of Health
Service
2
Chris Lee-Steere
Australian Environment Agency Pty Ltd
3
Dr Jan Quay BVSc,
Technical Director - Animal
Agcarm Inc,
Health
4
Louisa Young
Private individual
5
Norm Brown
Mohaka Rafting
6
Ursula Edgington
Private individual
7
Sandra Jane Condon
But'n'Benbrae Ltd
8
Dr Charles Baycroft
End 2 Pain
9
Helen Black
Private individual
10
Joe Aiken
Private individual
11
Michelle Hickman, CP Regulatory Manager New
Syngenta Australia Pty Ltd
Zealand
12
D.N. MacLeod, Apiculture NZ Science and
Apiculture NZ
Research Focus Group
13
Kathy White
Private individual
14
Lynne Clapham
Private individual
15
No name stated
Maniapoto Media
16
Dave Colsell, Senior Chemist
Kiwicare
17
Tonde Kaitano,
Regulatory Science Manager
Bayer New Zealand Limited
Contact details of private individuals have been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Official
Information Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons.
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contact the Ombudsman on 0800 802 602, or by email at
[email address].
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us vi
a [email address].
Yours sincerely
Gayle Holmes
General Manager
Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement