West Coast council too stretched to monitor every dump
The private dump, known locally as Rosco's Hole, was found in breach of its existing resource consent during a site inspection this month by regional council staff, for taking unconsented demolition waste. The spot visit happened the day after Buller representatives told a regional council meeting they were hearing from Reefton people objecting to the new consent application and wanting it publicly notified. Senior consents officer Rachel Clark gave the board meeting a succinct rundown of Resource Management Act rules the council had to follow in deciding whether to notify a consent. But ...
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