Dear David,

 

Thank you for your email.

 

The matter has been referred to me to consider and provide a response.

 

I expect to get back to you by early next week at the latest.

 

If you could please forward the photographic evidence to me and I will
review this.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Jaime Arnold

Team Leader Compliance & Monitoring Team 2

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-----Original Message-----
From: David Haynes <[8][FOI #20040 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2022 4:37 pm
To: Ministerials <[9][EPA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - ECan's application of Glyphosate
into the Rakaia River

 

Dear Environmental Protection Authority, In your 6 July 2022 response to
my OIA of 16 March 2022 requesting a copy of the Advice Letter sent to
ECan regarding their application of Glyphosate directly into the Rakaia
River, your letter states,

 

'The (EPA) letter dated 10 March 2022 advised Environment Canterbury the
EPA accepts that there is insufficient  evidence  to  conclude  that 
AGRPO  Green  Glyphosate  510  was  applied onto or into water.'

 

I have a witness who lives near the mouth of the Rakaia who saw
helicopters spraying what he believes to be herbicide directly over the
Rakaia River. He has subsequently provided me with photographs of dead
vegetation right on the river's edge, as a result of the spraying .  Given
the herbicide was applied by helicopter spraying, with limited accuracy,
the photographs clearly provide very strong evidence of herbicides being
sprayed right across the river, including directly into the main stem of
the river.  It would be difficult to come to any other conclusion.

 

It appears you have taken ECan's word on trust and decided no further
action is required.  I would suggest this is a derogation from your
statutory function and I would be grateful if you could inform me how I
can escalate my concern over this potentially serious breach of
regulations (HPC Notice 2017 Clause 52).

 

I am happy to provide the photographic evidence to you.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

David Haynes

 

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