The estimated number of people is something of an understatement as in reality the actual number was more like 400. RESOLUTION Re the Tamar Valley Pulp Mill, unanimously approved on 27th February 2014 by a public meeting of 250 people at the Tailrace Centre, Launceston, Tasmania This meeting does not support the Tamar Valley pulp mill project because of its many unacceptable environmental impacts and the process by which our community was excluded from involvement in the assessment and approval. Critical non-compliance of the project with formal assessment requirements led to that process being dispensed with in 2007 and a legislated ‘fast track’ approval that also removed our rights was substituted. We also strongly oppose the most recent legislative intervention in Tasmania which in January 2014 lengthened the life of the Pulp Mill Permit, alleviated repercussions for failure to observe environmental conditions under the Permit, and prevented a court case regarding the validity of the Permit from proceeding. Further, the proposed pulp mill jeopardises other business and industry reliant on a clean unpolluted environment, thus hazarding existing and future employment and wealth creation in Tasmania.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 01:07:19 +0000
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