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Appendices

Key interviews conducted in the investigation

A range of people was interviewed during the information collection phase. Some had been directly involved in various roles during the Mapua clean-up; some were interviewed to help provide advice and perspective on New Zealand governance and administration; and some to help build an understanding of the technical and scientific issues associated with the Mapua project.

Interviewees
Planning and Environment Manager. Tasman District Council
Former Chief Executive, Ministry for the Environment
Senior Advisor – Contaminated Sites, Ministry for the Environment.
Senior Advisor – Environmental Standards, Ministry for the Environment. PRP member.
Landcare Research. Chair of PRP for Mapua
Senior Solicitor, Office of the Auditor General
Group Leader, Corporate and Community. Ministry for the Environment
Senior Advisor – Mapua Project Team.
Group Leader – Local Government - Ministry for the Environment
Chief Executive Ministry for the Environment
Assistant Auditor General – Local Government, OAG
(MWH) Engineer to Mapua Contract
Director, Air and Environmental Services Ltd. PRP Member.
Research Manager, PCE
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Executive Director, Crown Corporations Monitoring Unit.

In addition to the specific interviews conducted I am indebted to staff of the Ministry and the other organisations involved for the open and cooperative way they assisted in the information collection. Numerous discussions and meetings helped develop a good understanding of the issues surrounding Mapua, while emphasising the complex and interactive nature of the issues involved.

Glossary

AEE Assessment of Environmental Effects
C-I-C Commercial-in-Confidence
CUTEP/CTEP Clean-up to the Extent Practicable
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food Agriculture and Rural Affairs, UK
EDL Environmental Decontamination Ltd
FCC Fruitgrowers Chemical Company
MCD Mechano-Chemical Destruction
MfE Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand.
OAG Office of the Auditor General
OCP Organochlorine Pesticides
PCE Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
POP Proof of Performance Trial
PRP Peer Review Panel
RAP Remedial Action Plan
RMA Resource Management Act
TDC Tasman District Council
TEQ Toxic Equivalents
VOC Volatile Organic Carbon

 

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Last updated: 11 December 2008