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Tasmania’s Environment Protection Authority to investigate Van Dairy Limited
Tasmania’s environment watchdog is investigating Australia’s largest dairy farm over its failure to properly deal with its overflowing effluent systems.
Key points:
- The Environment Protection Authority will investigate Van Dairy Group’s response to nine Environment Protection Notices
- The notices were issued by the Circular Head Council over issues with effluent ponds overflowing
- Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson says it “beggars belief” the EPA has taken so long to step in
Environment Protection Authority director Wes Ford said the investigation would focus on how the Van Dairy Group was responding to nine Environmental Protection Notices issued by the Circular Head Council.
The notices were issued after visits from Tasmanian Dairy…
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