<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest News</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&amp;web=/header-links&amp;page=1b86197c-1286-440b-9a64-136356bca04e&amp;wp=f2f42aa5-98ff-4052-af08-d541279f651d&amp;pageurl=/header-links/Pages/Rss-Feeds.aspx</link><description>Rss Feed containing the latest ERMA news and events.</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Call for submissions on new rules for aerosols</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/storing-aerosols.aspx</link><description>The EPA is welcoming people to have their say on proposed changes to the site and storage conditions for aerosols. </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:40:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Have your say on a new plant antibiotic</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/kiwifruit-antibiotic.aspx</link><description>The EPA is inviting people to have their say on an application for a new antibiotic for kiwifruit and some other horticultural crops. </description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:54:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Proposals to change new organism status</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/proposals_change_new_organism_status.aspx</link><description>The Environmental Protection Authority is seeking submissions on proposals to remove the new organism status of three species already present in New Zealand. The organisms are: Serangium maculigerum, Macrotrachelia sp. and Acizzia solanicola.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 20:15:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EPA welcomes submissions on Peka Peka to North Ōtaki proposal</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/submit-PP2O.aspx</link><description>The Environmental Protection Authority is holding a public meeting to help people understand how they can have their say on the NZ Transport Agency’s proposal for the Peka Peka to North Ōtaki Expressway. </description><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:28:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Notice of hearing for antifouling paint reassessment</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/Notice-of-hearing-for-antifouling-paint-reassessment.aspx</link><description>​A hearing will be held in Auckland on an application to reassess a group of substances approved for use  as antifouling paints in New Zealand.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 02:46:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Call for submissions on a butterfly to control Japanese honeysuckle</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/Call-for-submissions-on-a-butterfly-to-control-Japanese-honeysuckle.aspx</link><description>The Environmental Protection Authority is calling for submissions on an application to release white admiral butterflies to control Japanese honeysuckle. </description><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 22:18:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Call for submissions on a new insecticide</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/Call-for-submissions-on-a-new-insecticide-.aspx</link><description>The Environmental Protection Authority is calling for submissions on an application to import the water-based insecticide Bithor, which contains bifenthrin and imidacloprid. </description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:36:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Final decision on Mackays to Peka Peka proposal</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/Final-decision-on-Mackays-to-Peka-Peka-proposal-.aspx</link><description>The independent Board of Inquiry’s final decision and report on the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway proposal has been released. </description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:13:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ministerial direction to Registrar of NZEUR</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/news/Pages/Ministerial-direction-to-.aspx</link><description>The EPA has received a direction from the Minister of Climate Change Issues for the issuance of emission units to meet the needs of the Emissions Trading Scheme.  </description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 03:28:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Call for submissions on bee pheromone </title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/Call-for-submissions-on-bee-pheromone-.aspx</link><description>Submissions are sought on an application to import or manufacture BEEKEEPER, containing bee pheromones. </description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:19:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Review of rules for zoo animals</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/Review-of-rules-for-zoo-animals.aspx</link><description>​The Environmental Protection Authority is calling for submissions to help it review the rules for keeping animals at zoos, aquariums and other facilities in New Zealand. </description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:11:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EPA working with MPI to address GM breach at Lincoln University</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/EPA-working-with-MPI-to-address-GM-breach-at-Lincoln-University.aspx</link><description>​The Environmental Protection Authority is working with the Ministry for Primary Industries and Lincoln University to determine how a genetically modified fungus came to be used outside approved containment facilities at Lincoln University.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:59:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Methyl bromide monitoring reports released</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/erma-media-releases/Pages/Methyl-bromide-monitoring-reports-released.aspx</link><description>​The Environmental Protection Authority has released the first set of monitoring reports under the new controls for methyl bromide, which came into effect in 2011.  </description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:12:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peka Peka to North Otaki Expressway</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/news/Pages/Peka-Peka-to-North-Otaki-Expressway.aspx</link><description>An application has been received from the New Zealand Transport Agency for the Peka Peka to North Ōtaki Expressway proposal. </description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:18:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Classification workshops</title><link>http://www.epa.govt.nz/news/news/Pages/Classification-workshops.aspx</link><description>We are developing a training programme and tools to help industry self-classify hazardous substances.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 03:51:11 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>