{"id":63060,"date":"2024-03-28T16:47:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T03:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=63060"},"modified":"2024-08-20T17:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T05:21:46","slug":"seabed-miner-quitting-epa-hearing-highlights-danger-of-luxons-fast-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/seabed-miner-quitting-epa-hearing-highlights-danger-of-luxons-fast-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Seabed miner quitting EPA hearing highlights danger of Luxon\u2019s fast-track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace says wannabe Taranaki seabed miner Trans-Tasman Resources is likely banking on Christopher Luxon\u2019s fast-track process to side-step proper scrutiny of its Taranaki seabed mining proposal by bailing out of the Environmental Protection Agency hearing process.<\/p>\n\n<p>Australian-owned Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) has pulled out of appearing before the Environmental Protection Authority\u2019s (EPA) hearing into the company\u2019s controversial application to start seabed mining off the coast of Taranaki in the South Taranaki Bight. In a statement to the media, TTR says they will update the community and stakeholders \u201c<em>once the next steps on this nationally significant project are finalised.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Juressa Lee (Te Rarawa, Ng\u0101puhi, Rarotonga) says: \u201cThis may seem like a win, but unfortunately, it\u2019s highly likely that TTR is now banking on the Luxon government\u2019s fast-track approvals process to sidestep proper scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cTTR has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/video-taranaki-seabed-mining-epa-hearing\/\">faced constant opposition<\/a> from mana whenua and environment groups and has never been able to show that mining can be done without causing lasting environmental damage in the South Taranaki Bight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Earlier this month, TTR faced the first stage of the EPA hearings in H\u0101wera and was confronted by a strong and vocal show of opposition from iwi, environmental groups and Taranaki locals throughout.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/03\/e630c6c0-ttr_taranaki_7.jpg\" title=\"Opposition to seabed mining gathers outside the EPA hearing where Trans Tasman Resources Ltd is once again making a bid for content to start seabed mining in the Taranaki Bight where they propose to suck up 50 million tonnes of sand every year for 30 years, dumping most back in giant sediment plumes after extracting the vanadium.\" alt=\"Opposition to seabed mining gathers outside the EPA hearing where Trans Tasman Resources Ltd is once again making a bid for content to start seabed mining in the Taranaki Bight where they propose to suck up 50 million tonnes of sand every year for 30 years, dumping most back in giant sediment plumes after extracting the vanadium.\" class=\"wp-image-62701\" 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Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>TTR has spent more than 10 years trying to get the go-ahead to mine 50 million tonnes of seabed in a 66 square kilometre area in the South Taranaki Bight every year for 35 years to access five million tonnes of iron ore and dump the rest back into the ocean.<\/p>\n\n<p>In 2021, the Supreme Court dismissed TTR\u2019s latest appeal to mine and stated that environmental protection is the bottom line.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cBy bailing out of the EPA hearings, TTR is continuing to display its arrogant disregard for the justified concerns of mana whenua, the local community, environmental experts and advocates and any care and responsibility for marine life and biodiversity that will be harmed by digging up the seabed,\u201d says Lee.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-16190  sticky-bottom-mobile collapse show\"\n\t\t\tid=\"action-card\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action 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