Monday, February 20

Claims of illegal toxic storage

LOCK the Gate Alliance Northern Rivers claims Metagasco is illegally operating two toxic waste-storage ponds near Casino.

Lock the Gate Alliance Northern Rivers spokeswoman Boudicca Cerese said Metagasco had been operating the ponds without council consent since 2010.
The activist group recently asked Richmond Valley Council to immediately issue Metagasco with a stop-work order at the site.
"We sought legal advice and our lawyers suggested council was in a position to issue them with a stop-work order, given their breaches," Ms Cerese said.
She said Metagasco could not adhere to the "very minimal" development consent requirements issued by Richmond Valley Council in 2007.


Northern Star

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