This is the submission that I made on Energy for Industry’s (EFI) recent consent application (CRC121424) to increase their steam production (and subsequent contaminants to air) at their Washdyke facility from 20 MW to 40 MW of steam output:

I chose to oppose the consent application.

Reasons for opposing the consent application:

Energy for Industry's (EFI) resource consent application, like all discharge to air applications, is very technical in nature. Because EFI carried out no public consultation in terms of this (and their prior) application, there has been very little time to study all of the applicable documents and carry out further research. As a result, I have only looked at a few of the numerous issues associated with the application.

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Although I’m restricted in terms of disclosing my involvement with Mark William Doyle of Ashburton, I feel that I have a moral obligation to highlight his criminal past.

In 1994 Doyle received a conviction for theft as a servant for stealing $29,000 from an unnamed company.

Following that, Doyle took up a role with Telecom in 1997 as a sales specialist. In 2001 he became a business development manager for Telecom's Christchurch based Advanced Solutions Business Unit.

Doyle then resigned from Telecom in April 2002 after being told he was under investigation by Telecom’s internal fraud unit.

Following that investigation, and subsequent Police charges, in February 2004 Doyle pleaded guilty to charges of theft as a servant, three counts of using a document fraudulently and three of forgery. Doyle’s total offending came to $357,549 and in March 2004 he was sentenced to serve three years in prison.

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