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Don't let SEPA know - press release for immediate use
The Salmon Farm Protest Group
An ruda na bo bhroin, cha bhi e na do thmhnadh
�That which you have wasted will not be there for future generations�
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE � 9th October 2006
Don�t let SEPA know
The Salmon Farm Protest Group (SFPG) has obtained a document, �Guidance Note on Recording the Use of Formalin� which suggests that Argyllshire salmon farmer Landcatch has asked their staff to falsify records of chemical usage; records that are scrutinised by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). It is initialled �SLR� and dated 22-Aug-05.
SLR says, �It would be prudent to regard this guidance note as a confidential, internal document and not for scrutiny by regulators or external auditors,� and points out that �Compliance to the conditions in the SEPA discharge consent is increasingly becoming the focus of external auditors and it is important that the treatment records demonstrate that compliance.�
SLR tells his staff, �SEPA discharge consents give the maximum number of Formalin treatments permitted in any one day and so this is what should be recorded in the triplicate book,� and advises, �If the actual number of [fish] tanks treated exceeds these values then the surplus treatments should be recorded as taking place on another day.�
SFPG chairman, Bruce Sandison commented, �If my interpretation of this document is accurate, how can SEPA rely upon information supplied to them by the fish farmers? If these allegations have any substance, I also wonder if other fish farmers subvert SEPA regulations in a similar way and, if so, how long this has being going on?�
The full text of the document may be viewed on www.salmonfarmmonitor.org
For further information contact: Bruce Sandison on tel: 01847611274
Hysbackie, Tongue, by Lairg, Sutherland IV27 4XJ, Scotland
Tel: 01847 611274; Fax: 01847 611262; email: bruce@hysbackie.freeserve.co.uk
A company registered in Scotland, No.240223
Notes for Editors
Formalin, a known carcinogen, is a generic term which describes a solution of 37% formaldehyde gas dissolved in water. It is used to control external parasitic infections on the gills, skin and fins of fish.
The Salmon Farm Protest Group
An ruda na bo bhroin, cha bhi e na do thmhnadh
�That which you have wasted will not be there for future generations�
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE � 9th October 2006
Don�t let SEPA know
The Salmon Farm Protest Group (SFPG) has obtained a document, �Guidance Note on Recording the Use of Formalin� which suggests that Argyllshire salmon farmer Landcatch has asked their staff to falsify records of chemical usage; records that are scrutinised by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). It is initialled �SLR� and dated 22-Aug-05.
SLR says, �It would be prudent to regard this guidance note as a confidential, internal document and not for scrutiny by regulators or external auditors,� and points out that �Compliance to the conditions in the SEPA discharge consent is increasingly becoming the focus of external auditors and it is important that the treatment records demonstrate that compliance.�
SLR tells his staff, �SEPA discharge consents give the maximum number of Formalin treatments permitted in any one day and so this is what should be recorded in the triplicate book,� and advises, �If the actual number of [fish] tanks treated exceeds these values then the surplus treatments should be recorded as taking place on another day.�
SFPG chairman, Bruce Sandison commented, �If my interpretation of this document is accurate, how can SEPA rely upon information supplied to them by the fish farmers? If these allegations have any substance, I also wonder if other fish farmers subvert SEPA regulations in a similar way and, if so, how long this has being going on?�
The full text of the document may be viewed on www.salmonfarmmonitor.org
For further information contact: Bruce Sandison on tel: 01847611274
Hysbackie, Tongue, by Lairg, Sutherland IV27 4XJ, Scotland
Tel: 01847 611274; Fax: 01847 611262; email: bruce@hysbackie.freeserve.co.uk
A company registered in Scotland, No.240223
Notes for Editors
Formalin, a known carcinogen, is a generic term which describes a solution of 37% formaldehyde gas dissolved in water. It is used to control external parasitic infections on the gills, skin and fins of fish.