Public Meeting concerning Methyl Bromide
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Guardians of the Sounds Public Meeting held at Queen Charlotte College Wednesday 29 August 2007
Gary Lowe as facilitator welcomed over 100 people to the meeting and introduced the speakers.
Peter Beech, GOS Chairperson gave a background on the issue of using Methyl Bromide at Shakespeare Bay to fumigate logs being shipped to India. There was a lack of effective monitoring, no resource consent was required, the gas was not recaptured and there was a need for modelling to assess the extent of the problem. He also outlined the steps already taken and expressed his disappointment that nobody from the groups involved were present.
