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1. 2021-04-21 Transcript (up to end of day 19) [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   ...were saying at the end. So I’ve asked you a question about the controlled 25 activity pathway and what that may be capable of achieving over the short term, and I wasn’t clear about your answer. A. I don’t think it can achieve anything environmentally or from an efficiency perspective. I think it can only be a simple process, or it should only be a simple process rollover, because if you require anything else, that can 30 require on farm changes, which requires investment f...

2. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC rebuttal Richard Reinen-Hamill [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   ...there over its lifetime of service. Studies for the EPA1 identified that there are no other approved methods for treating timber to be used in the marine environment and that leaching effects are very localised and unlikely to result in widespread environmental contamination in most situations. A more recently published review on the ecological impact of CCA treated wood in marine applications (Edwin and Sreeja, 20112) concluded that after 60

3. Environment Court annual report 2004 [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...Board in 1972, and served on the Appeal Board and then the Planning Tribunal and finally the Environment Court until 1996, at which point he became an alternate Judge of the Court until his death. In 1997, he was awarded the QSO for his services to environmental law. A memorial sitting was held in Wellington on 23 September 2003 in recognition of his considerable contribution to this country’s body of planning law and practice over three decades. E. 49 6 More recently, Environment Commi...

4. ENVC Matiatia party corresp costs Direction Matiatia Ltd 201601 [pdf, 316 KB]

   ...Preliminary Advice; filing of s 274 notice; (b) Preparation for First Hearing; (c) First Hearing; (d) Second Hearing (‘out of scope’ motion); (e) Third Hearing. 4. DMI advises that payment of these costs was supplemented by a grant of Environmental Legal Aid of $40,000 in July 2015. The balance of the costs ($374,218.07) have all been paid from the concerted fundraising efforts of DMI resulting in donations from a multitude of Waiheke (and Auckland) residents over the cou...

5. E44 Richard Simonds - Groundwater - EIC - Council [pdf, 753 KB]

   ...and diversion of groundwater are considered to be less than minor for neighbouring buildings, structures and services and less than minor for the environment. e. I considered the proposed groundwater conditions (as set out in an email from UNIO Environmental Ltd dated 16 May 2018) to be appropriate, subject to some minor modifications13. f. My Report also touched briefly on the objectives and policies stated in Chapter E7 of the AUP relating to “Taking, using damming and diver...

6. Federated-Farmers-of-New-Zealand.pdf [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...wellbeing of the Waikato and Waipā Rivers. However, Federated Farmers considers that the regulatory and non-regulatory methods proposed in PC1 do not appropriately give effect to the relevant higher order documents, have not appropriately balanced environmental, economic, social and cultural considerations, and are not the most efficient and effective means of achieving the objective of the plan change. 4. Federated Farmers is interested in all the issues raised by the Appell...

7. 3 April 2019 Thames-Coromandel PDP - Coastal Environment [pdf, 235 KB]

   ...vi. vii. viii. ix. Topic: Topic Number: Thames-Coromandel PDP - Natural Character ENV-2016-341-000008 Environmental Defence Society Incorporated v Thames-Coromandel District Council I M Wernham v Thames-Coromandel District Council Whangapoua Beach Ratepayers Association Incorporated v Thames-Coromandel District Council Tasman Buildings Lim...

8. BORA Resource Management Amendment Bill Vet [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...works; d. enable the review of conditions of multiple resource consents concurrently; e. allow for the increase of maximum infringement fees and the extension of the statutory limitation period to file charges for RMA prosecutions; f. enable the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to take enforcement action under the RMA; g. protect special advisors to the Environment Court from legal proceedings over actions taken in good faith in the course of carrying out their duties; h. al...

9. Southern Lakes Holdings Ltd – memo – proposed changes to PC7 (4 Feb 2021) [pdf, 153 KB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COURT CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY ENV:2020-CHC-2017 In the Matter of the Resource Management Act 1991 And a notice of motion under Section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago. Between OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant And SOUTHERN LAKES HOLDINGS LTD Section 274 Party MEMORANDUM FOR SOUTHERN LAKES HOLDINGS LTD (SLH) SETTING OUT CHANGES PROPOSED TO PC7’S PROVISIONS...

10. Landcorp Farming Limited v Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 267 KB]

    ...sufficient clarity with respect to paddock size and the in-field use of the criteria and averaging, to better inform Schedules B, C, D1 and D2. SCHEDULE D1 16. Schedule D1, Part D, clauses (1) d and (1) f: These clauses relate to standards in Farm Environmental Plans. 16.1 Clause d) requires that nitrogenous fertiliser is not applied at rates greater than 30kgN/ha per dressing. The Nitrogenous fertiliser definition in the operative plan captures a wide variety of organicN, verm...