19/11/2020
Anusha Bradley [email address]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Anusha Bradley,

Request for Information – Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

We refer to your official information request dated 21 October 2020 for information regarding Trade Waste and Stormwater bylaw breaches.

The information you have requested is attached.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

 

22/10/2020
Anusha Bradley [email address]

Dear Anusha Bradley,

 

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT 1987: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF REQUEST

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 21 October 2020 for information regarding Trade Waste and Stormwater bylaw breaches.

 

We received your request on 21 October 2020. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into account.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

FYI

 

 

Hello,

 

I am seeking information under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act about breaches of your council’s Trade Waste and/or Stormwater bylaws.

 

Trade Waste Bylaw

1. Please provide me with copy of your council’s Trade Waste Bylaw.
2. A list of companies or organisations that have active consents to discharge trade waste.
3. A list of companies that have breached the conditions of their trade waste consent over the last 12 months.
4. For each consent, please describe what limits and conditions have been set for this consent holder.
5. For each company with a breach, please describe what each breach was, the time it occurred/or was discovered , and what action was taken.
6. How many fines has your council issued for breaches of your Trade Waste Bylaw in the last 12 months.
7. How many prosecutions have been filed in the last 12 months for breaches of the Trade Waste bylaw
8. What regular testing does the council conduct at each site with a trade waste consent?
9. What substances/compounds does the council test for at each site?

 

Stormwater Bylaw:

1. Please provide a copy of your council’s stormwater bylaw, and include any other information about what is not allowed to be put into the stormwater system.
2. A list of entities that have consents to discharge into the stormwater system, if any.
3. Have there been any breaches of the Stormwater Bylaw in the past 12 months?
4. If so, please provide details on what the breach was, when it occurred/or discovered, and what action was taken.

 

Regards,

Anusha

 

Anusha Bradley   | Hawke’s Bay Regional Reporter

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