Pan Pac cleared over handling of outfall leak

Pan Pac cleared over handling of outfall leak
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans March 20 (BusinessDesk) - Pan Pac Forest Products has been cleared over its handling of damage to its wastewater outfall off the coast north of Napier. The company has spent six months trying to repair the 2.4 kilometre outfall, which began leaking near the shore in September. The waste water is treated prior to discharge but is not being mixed and diluted as quickly as would usually be the case. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council chief executive James Palmer said the council closely considered its own enforcement policy, and...