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1. Beef + Lamb NZ - EiC - J M Chrystal - Agricultural Science - 5 Feb 2021 (corrected) [docx, 1.8 MB]

   ...irrigation can impact nutrient losses to water, including Overseer analysis comparing nutrient losses from different irrigation types; and Farm management practices that can mitigate the loss of nutrients from irrigated land. I contacted a local farm and environmental consultant and read the evidence of sheep and beef farmers Anna and Ben Gillespie. These farmers are using the management practices that I outline in my evidence, in particular the science of soil monitoring and soil water balan...

2. [2021] NZEnvC 113 Minister of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...are supported by it. We have no doubt that the degraded quality of this water has had an impact not only on the aquatic plant species but also upon the freshwater fauna species within it. Mote importantly, it also has an impact on the wider macro environmental community and accordingly impacts upon the wider catchment and ecosystems which are supported by this water. [29] We conclude that steps need to be taken in the new plan to measure and improve water quality. In fact we do not...

3. Annexure 2 - Scope Challenges [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...Hydro-Electric Power Schemes from the plan change policies on duration.50 All new and replacement consents associated with the schemes would also be assessed under the operative regional plan’s policy on duration (Policy 6.4.19) except that environmental effects for the first six years of the proposed activity would not be considered. Resource consent for replacement permits would be required under PC7 with permits exceeding six-year duration (but expiring 2038) to be assessed a...

4. [2020] NZEnvC 020 Whangarei District Council v Sustainable Solvents Group Limited [pdf, 730 KB]

   ...outside the terms and conditions of its resource consent and in a manner that poses significant risks to the environment. [2] The application was supported by four affidavits: i) Lee Thomas Bailey, a senior advisor on hazardous substances as the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), sworn 24 February 2020; ii) Murray Allan McDonald, a manager of resource consents at the Whangarei District Council, affirmed 24 February 2020; iii) Colin Thomas Dall, the group manager of regulato...

5. [2022] NZEnvC 209 Manawa Energy Limited v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 944 KB]

   ...provide alternatives for remote communities and properties and it is anticipated that these will become increasingly viable in urban and industrial areas as well. 2. Amend Policy 18.1.3, as follows, [R, C, DJ Policy 18.1.3 - When considE1ring the environmental effects o1f proposals to use and develop renewable energy res'ources, to have regard to: . , (a) the.benefits to be obtained from the proposal at local, regional or national levels, including f�r economic, social or cultu...

6. [2023] NZEnvC 276 Danone Nutricia v Otago Regional Council [pdf, 485 KB]

   ...– (i) the applicant: (ii) the relevant authority whose abatement notice is appealed against; and (d) such other matters as the Judge thinks fit. Likely effect of granting a stay For Danone [59] Danone filed an affidavit of Judith van Dijk, an Environmental Consultant and Soil Specialist, who addressed the potential for adverse effects resulting from a continuation of the discharge of treated industrial wastewater in excess of the limits contained in the consent conditions. [60] Ms...

7. [2020] NZEnvC 164 Trustees of the BA Freeman Family Trust v Waimakariri District Council.pdf [pdf, 581 KB]

   ...requirements set out in the District Plan. [6] A full copy of the subdivision application is not in evidence but attached to the affidavit of Mr M C Bacon is a copy of a conceptual plan for stormwater prepared by the Trustees' consultants, e2 Environmental ltd.4 I assume this report was part of the application's Assessment of Environmental Effects. The stormwater plan records that McIntosh Drain is "to be piped".5 [7] I come back to the salience of the piping of...

8. [2020] NZEnvC 213 Federated Farners of New Zealand Incorporated v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ...considerations ........................................................................................................... 15 National Policy Statement Freshwater Management 2020 .............................................. 15 Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020 ............................................................................................................................... 17 Section 30 (4} of the RMA ......................

9. 2023-09-26-Evidence-of-Siiri-Wilkening-Noise.PDF [PDF, 255 KB]

   ...condition DGA94 requires that SSNVMPs (and the CNVMP) be prepared by a SQP, I understand from Table 8 of Mr Smith’s evidence that the SSNVMPs will not necessarily be prepared by a suitably qualified and experienced person but by project staff or the Environmental Manager of the Project. Often, project staff are not suitably qualified for this work, particularly in relation to the prediction and measurement of construction vibration which is less well understood and for which surve...

10. Government Response to Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission Report: The Use of DNA in Criminal Investigations | Te Whakamahi i te Ira Tangata i ngā Mātai Taihara [pdf, 825 KB]

    ...Information) Bill 2015. https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/bora-returning-offenders-bill.pdf 4 Mixed samples refer to samples that contain multiple people’s DNA in it. Approximately half of crime scene samples are mixed. Environmental Science and Research can use software to determine the likely number of donors and their likely respective DNA profiles 2v3hev5ds4 2021-05-25 10:06:07 https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/BORA-Criminal-Inv...