Tasmania s Environment Protection Authority to investigate Van Dairy Limited
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AprApril 2021 at 2:10am
Tasmania s Environment Protection Authority has announced it will investigate Van Dairy Limited s compliance with environment protection notices.
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Tasmania s environment watchdog is investigating Australia s largest dairy farm over its failure to properly deal with its overflowing effluent systems.
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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
The notices were issued after visits from Tasmanian Dairy Industry Authority (TDIA) officers to all Van Dairy Group farms in February found 83 per cent of the 23 farms audited failed to meet the Farm Dairy Effluent Management Code of Practice.
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Australia s largest dairy farming business is facing fresh questions over its farm standards, after it was issued with environment protection notices and had an operating licence suspended because of overflowing effluent systems.
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The Tasmanian Dairy Industry Authority found 83 per cent of Van Dairy s 23 farms failed to meet the effluent code
The audit found the dairy farms have increased herd sizes but hadn t appropriately scaled up its effluent system
The business says the most urgent repair work will be completed within the next fortnight
Officers from the Tasmanian Dairy Industry Authority (TDIA) visited all Van Dairy Group farms between February 22 and 26 this year to assess whether the Farm Dairy Effluent Management Code of Practice was being complied with.