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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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