FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1994
COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE
COMMENCEMENT
NOTICES
RELATED
TO THE WASTE DISPOSAL DISPOSAL (LIVESTOCK WASTE) (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1994 AND THE WASTE (AMENDMENT) REGULATION 1994 ARE GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
DATE WHEN
THESE NOTICES SERVE TO DECLARE JULY 1, 1994 AS THE THE REVISED LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME WILL COME INTO OPERATION.
LIVESTOCK
WASTE WOULD
DEPARTMENT (EPD) A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SAID UNDER THE WASTE DISPOSAL (LIVESTOCK WASTE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATION HAVE ΤΟ MEET A FARMS DISCHARGING 1994,
50:50 OVER DISCHARGE STANDARD OF 250:250 INITIALLY, AND GRADUALLY TO A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.
"FARMERS ARE FREE TO CHOOSE THEIR SITUATION PROVIDED THAT IT CAN THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ANY SYSTEM MOST
MEET THE DISCHARGE STANDARD,
APPROPRIATE ΤΟ
I
THE
FURTHERMORE, FARMERS ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A LIVESTOCK KEEPING LICENCE ISSUED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, UNDER
(LICENSING OF LIVESTOCK PUBLIC HEALTH (ANIMALS AND BIRDS) REGULATION 1994.
INSTALLATION
KEEPING)
TO
OF
A
CONSIDER WHEN SUITABLE WASTE
THE SPOKESMAN SAID ONE OF THE MAIN CRITERIA
WAS ISSUING
LICENCE SUCH TREATMENT SYSTEM IN THE FARM.
THE
THE "ANOTHER FEATURE OF THE REVISED SCHEME IS THE EXTENSION OF
ACTIVITY IS BANNED ΤΟ PROHIBITION AREA, IN WHICH LIVESTOCK FARMING AVOID INCOMPATIBLE LAND USE.
"HOWEVER, EXISTING
LIVESTOCK FARMS IN THE
NEWLY-DESIGNATED ALLOWED TO
RESTRICTION AREAS, IN WHICH NO NEW FARM IS PERMITTED, ARE STAY IN BUSINESS, HE SAID.
Ir
THE TO ASSIST FARMERS MEETING THE COST FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
OF CAPITAL GRANT HAS BEEN RAISED WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM, THE LEVEL
SIGNIFICANTLY.
THE AMOUNT OF EX-GRATIA PAYMENT AVAILABLE TO OUT OF THE BUSINESS WAS ALSO INCREASED.
FARMERS WHO OPT
SCHEME LOADING ON
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REVISED WILL BRING ABOUT A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN THE POLLUTION SOME OF THE MOST POLLUTED RIVERS IN THE TERRITORY.
GUIDELINES TO HELP FARMERS
AN INFORMATION BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR
BOOKLET FARMERS
A CODE OF PRACTICE AND TECHNICAL CHOOSE A SUITABLE WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND EXPLAINING THE REVISED SCHEME WILL EARLY NEXT MONTH.
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