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Thursday 27 September 2018
From Monday 24 September, the Otago Regional Council (ORC) commenced their annual dairy inspections.
Inspections are undertaken to ensure appropriate management of farm infrastructure and address any potential environmental risks such as proximity of waterways to irrigated areas, effluent management, and discharges of sediment or silage leachate to waterways.
Properties that meet one or more of the following criteria will be inspected first:
Last year the ORC carried out 165 inspections with similar assessment criteria to this year. 13 inspections were non-compliant, predominately due to ponding (overapplication or application of effluent water to saturated soils) and discharge of silage leachate. Five infringements were issued in 2017.
The ORC is following a decontamination protocol for M Bovis. Vehicles contain a decontamination kit and staff are following a comprehensive procedure, which includes contacting the landowner before entering any property for a dairy inspection.
For more information contact:
Martin King
Manager Environmental Services
ORC
Ph 03 470 7404
For Comms contact:
Emma Schranz Senior Media Advisor
Ph 021 627 5894
Email emma.schranz@orc.govt.nz