Good afternoon

Please find attached a letter relating to your request.

Kind regards,

 

Lisa MacKenzie (she/her)

Official Correspondence Advisor, Government Engagement and Official
Correspondence

 

+64 4 474 5442 

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: David Haynes <[5][FOI #19495 email]>

Sent: Monday, 30 May 2022 10:28 am

To: Ministerials <[6][EPA request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Copy of education and advice to
ECan re glyphosate use on Rakaia River

 

Dear Environmental Protection Authority, Further to the email from Rhianna
O'Connell, Compliance Officer, EPA, please provide the 'education' letter
provided to ECan on the use of glyphosate, as referred to in Rhianna's
email of 30 May 2022, copied as follows:

 

Morning again,

Apologies I should have advised that ECan were provided with education
surrounding the use of glyphosate. The advice letter that was sent has
been cancelled due to lack of evidential sufficiency to confirm a breach
of the Hazardous Substances Act 1996.

 

I have quickly checked with my manager, and she has advised that we’ll
need to follow the OIA process before providing you with a copy of the
final letter sent to ECan so I’ll take your email and forward this to our
team to ensure any necessary redactions are made.

 

Thanks again,

 

Rhianna O’Connell (she/her)

Compliance Officer

Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement

Ph: 04 474 5564

 

This is in the context of their spraying glyphosate on to the Rakaia River
bed as part of the annual weed maintenance programme.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

David Haynes

 

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Good afternoon

Please find attached a response to your request.

 

Kind regards,

 

Lisa MacKenzie (she/her)

Official Correspondence Advisor, Government Engagement and Official
Correspondence

 

+64 4 474 5442 

 

[1]EPA_logo_teal_96dpi

 

Follow us on [2]Facebook, [3]Twitter and [4]LinkedIn.

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: David Haynes <[5][FOI #19495 email]>

Sent: Monday, 30 May 2022 10:28 am

To: Ministerials <[6][EPA request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Copy of education and advice to
ECan re glyphosate use on Rakaia River

 

Dear Environmental Protection Authority, Further to the email from Rhianna
O'Connell, Compliance Officer, EPA, please provide the 'education' letter
provided to ECan on the use of glyphosate, as referred to in Rhianna's
email of 30 May 2022, copied as follows:

 

Morning again,

Apologies I should have advised that ECan were provided with education
surrounding the use of glyphosate. The advice letter that was sent has
been cancelled due to lack of evidential sufficiency to confirm a breach
of the Hazardous Substances Act 1996.

 

I have quickly checked with my manager, and she has advised that we’ll
need to follow the OIA process before providing you with a copy of the
final letter sent to ECan so I’ll take your email and forward this to our
team to ensure any necessary redactions are made.

 

Thanks again,

 

Rhianna O’Connell (she/her)

Compliance Officer

Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement

Ph: 04 474 5564

 

This is in the context of their spraying glyphosate on to the Rakaia River
bed as part of the annual weed maintenance programme.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

David Haynes

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[7][FOI #19495 email]

 

Is [8][EPA request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Environmental Protection Authority? If so, please contact us
using this form:

[9]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

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the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

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