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Sort out the Dross spokesperson and Mataura resident Laurel Turnbull is delighted to hear an agreement has been reached to remove the ouvea premix being stored in the town s former paper mill building.
Tonnes of a hazardous substance sitting in a Mataura warehouse will be moved to the New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited (NZAS) site at Tiwai Point where it will be stored in containers. The news has been welcomed by Mataura resident Laurel Turnbull, who has been fighting for the removal of the ouvea premix since 2014.
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Sort out the Dross spokesperson and Mataura resident Laurel Turnbull is delighted to hear an agreement has been reached to remove the ouvea premix being stored in the town s former paper mill building.
Press Release – Environmental Defence Society Legal proceedings initiated by EDS have resulted in a Court-facilitated agreement between the various parties that means the ouvea premix stored at the old Mataura Paper Mill is to be removed back to the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter site. We brought …
Legal proceedings initiated by EDS have resulted in a Court-facilitated agreement between the various parties that means the ouvea premix stored at the old Mataura Paper Mill is to be removed back to the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter site.
“We brought proceedings in the Environment Court last year because we considered that New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd (NZAS) was responsible for the continued safe handling of the premix, which posed significant health and environmental risks if it got wet. The current storage facility is prone to flooding,” said EDS CEO Gary Taylor.
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 3:00 pm
Legal proceedings initiated by EDS have resulted in a
Court-facilitated agreement between the various parties that
means the ouvea premix stored at the old Mataura Paper Mill
is to be removed back to the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter
site.
“We brought proceedings in the Environment
Court last year because we considered that New Zealand
Aluminium Smelters Ltd (NZAS) was responsible for the
continued safe handling of the premix, which posed
significant health and environmental risks if it got wet.
The current storage facility is prone to flooding,” said
EDS CEO Gary Taylor.
“After 12 Judicial Settlement
Conferences, an agreement has been reached involving the