Let- ters are being prepared in response.’ The RTA, which receives its EPA licence through con- struction company Abigroup, claimed that runoff caused by heavy rains in late June did not contravene the exist- ing licence. The mat- ter has been referred to the EPA for investigation. On Friday Mr Debus’s office told The Echo, ‘We did receive the letters. Spokesperson for the coalition, Richard Whitling, says they have not yet received a reply from Mr Debus. A coalition of local envi- ronment and community groups including BEACON, Conservation of North Ocean Shores (CONOS), South Golden Beach Progress Association, New Brighton Village Associa- tion, and the North Coast Environment Council, wrote to Bob Debus in June and again in July to ask for an investigation into the pollu- tion of the river by the high- way upgrade between Brunswick Heads and Yel- gun. The move has been sup- ported by Byron Shire Coun- cil which is also writing to the Environmental Protec- tion Authority (EPA) and the NSW Environment Minister, Bob Debus, about the dis- charge of sediment into the river estuary during recent rains. Photo Jeff Dawson Pollution prompts call to revoke RTA’s licence Lesley Patterson Pollution of the Brunswick River due to the Pacific Highway roadworks has reached such a level say envi- ronment groups that they are calling for an urgent review of the RTA’s pollution licence. TOMORROW’S QUOTES IN INCUBATION THE BYRON SHIRE ECHO Advertising & news enquiries: Mullumbi1777 Byron 5222 1719 VOLUME 21 #10 TUESDAY, AUG22,300 copies every week $1 at newsagents only A brown plume of sediment at the Brunswick River bridge.
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