Council's resource consent states: "Under no circumstances shall the consent holder allow any 'unacceptable waste' as defined by the Ministry for the Environment."
Mr Andrewartha said any disposal of paint was an illegal activity.
"Effectively it's a containment being disposed of into land, if it's not allowed by a resource consent then it's an illegal activity."
He said the abatement notices would force council, and Earthcare Environmental, to instantly comply with the resource consent.
The breaches were revealed after transfer station neighbour Colin Gowans came to the Times-Age with photographs of paint leaking into the landfill ground and what he believed to be asbestos. He raised the issue with the regional council and is demanding further action.
"These guys can contaminate the ground and put toxins into the ground and there is no consequence. These contaminants go into the waterways and rivers, if they leak into the ground.
"Fine the culprits who are blatantly breaking the resource consent conditions and then perhaps they will learn from it," Mr Gowans said.
He attended meetings about the breaches with GWRC and Masterton District Council and said this isn't the first time council and its contractors have breached the resource consent.
"I've had ongoing issues with this company [Earthcare] over the last three years, I've been to numerous meetings with the Masterton District Council, my final option is that I'll have to start legal proceedings against them myself."
The Times-Age sent a piece of what Mr Gowans believed was asbestos, to Capital Environmental Services to be tested. The results came back negative.
Council utility services manager James Li confirmed the council had been served with an abatement notice.
"The operations at the site under the GWRC were not in accordance to the resource consent conditions.
"The concern is about discharging, it's basically about the special waste, on that specific occasion the GWRC officer was of the opinion the operations there for the special waste were not in accordance with the resource consent conditions," Mr Li said.
He said the issue was with the way rubbish, in a special waste trench, was not being covered immediately.
"The council is the site owner and we need to work with the contractor to correct the situation."
Mr Li said paint was being kept at the top of the landfill on sawdust, to dry it out, and once dry would be moved.
"We are not discharging to the land. We are purely drying them then we can take them away," he said.
Masterton District Council assets and operations manager David Hopman said the council does not accept large volumes of paint or asbestos.
"We do allow residents to dispose of small quantities to ensure that they don't end up in the general waste stream.
"The management of these small volumes is challenging and we are working with GWRC and our contractor to ensure that this is carried out in the most appropriate way."
