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Havelock North mushroom farm odour complaints hit 300 in just 18 months

Neighbours of a Havelock North mushroom farm continue to complain to Hawke's Bay Regional Council about its odour.

Te Mata Mushroom Company employs 120 people and has been operating out of its Brookvale Rd site in Hawke's Bay for more than 50 years.

It was once a rural farm but due to residential development in the area over the years it is now within a few hundred metres of houses.

Some locals say the odours coming from the farm have become worse over time.

So far this year Hawke's Bay Regional Council has received 65 odour-related complaints about the farm, building on the 248 made last year.

Te Mata Mushroom Company owner Michael Whittaker told Stuff he felt the company had been bullied over the years.

"I think personally, we have [been bullied] ... there's been a huge amount of that, there's been a huge amount of politicking and I think there's been a huge amount of bias within the regulatory side.

Lisa Sargison started a petition in support of Te Mata Mushrooms after the company was fined $26,000. Photo / Warren Buckland

"At the end of the day, we've been here for 51 years ... People bought houses next door to a rural setting. Whether it's us, or the orchard sprayers ... they've bought themselves closer to a rural interface and there are consequences."

The company was fined $26,000 by Hawke's Bay Regional Council in September due to odour escaping the farm's boundaries.

Lisa Sargison started an online petition against the farm being fined shortly after it was handed down to the company.

She told Hawke's Bay Today that she thought the fine was a terrible idea.

"I think it's completely atrocious for council to fine them."

She said people complaining about the smell had risked the livelihoods of the 120 employees at Te Mata Mushrooms.

"That's people's livelihoods at risk, because people can't handle the smell."

Whittaker said he was looking forward to coming to "some conclusion" after nearly four years of issues and complaints.

July 31 to August 2 has been set for a joint hearing, between Hastings District and Hawke's Bay Regional councils about the issue.

EPA fines JBS Australia $15,000 for breaches at Scone Abattoir

THE NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has hit JBS Australia Pty Limited with a $15,000 fine for alleged breaches of its Environment Protection Licence at Scone Abattoir.

The matters came to light during an EPA inspection on March 18 this year.

EPA acting director Hunter Lindsay Fulloon said the EPA alleged the company had failed to operate plant and equipment in a proper and efficient manner.

"An EPA officer inspected the rendering plant at the abattoir and observed a large roller door into the abattoir was being left open, when it is a requirement to keep this closed when not in use to help minimise odours," he explained.

"The process of rendering converts waste animal tissue into useable proteins.
  This can produce strong odours.
   It is alleged that for 16 days, by failing to repair the roller door after it was damaged by a truck, JBS Australia failed to operate in a proper and efficient manner and potentially exposed the surrounding community to offensive odours.
  The EPA believes the doorway remained open for 16 days until directions were issued to close it."

The EPA received a number of complaints about odour from the surrounding community during the time the door remained open.

The EPA is working with JBS to improve environmental performance at the abattoir, including a commitment from JBS to install an additional odour capture system within the rendering plant.

That commitment has been included on their Environment Protection Licence.

"Penalty notices are one of a number of tools the EPA can use to achieve environmental compliance including formal warnings, official cautions, licence conditions, notices and directions and prosecutions," Mr Fulloon said.

"In this instance the EPA issued a penalty notice.

"The notice recipient may pay the penalty notice, seek a review, or elect to have the matter determined by a court."

For more information about the EPA's regulatory tools, see the EPA Compliance Policy at www.epa.nsw.gov.au/legislation/prosguid.htm

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