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1. 2022-03-18 ORC - Opening Submissions [pdf, 373 KB]

   ...activities it regulates. 39 Section 15 of the RMA prohibits any discharge of a contaminant into water or onto or into land in circumstances which may result in the contaminant entering water, unless the discharge is expressly authorised by a national environmental standard, rule in a regional plan or a resource consent. Absent a section 33 transfer of functions, discharges associated with earthworks activities can only be regulated by ORC. 40 Contaminant is broadly defined and...

2. [2024] NZEnvC 005 New Zealand Transport Agency Inc v Horowhenua District Council [pdf, 917 KB]

   ...plan is the basis of the Structure Plan 013 and the following objectives and policies. ISSUE DISCUSSION Tara-Ika is anticipated to become a high amenity residential development. However, there is also a risk development could adversely affect the environmental quality and cultural values of the area due to effects arising from increased built form, traffic, and demand for infrastructure and services and pressure on eco-systems. State Highway 57 separates Tara-Ika from the rest of th...

3. 2021-05-11 WISE - D MacTavish - EIC - Supplementary Summary [pdf, 417 KB]

   ...maintenance of hydrological health. 4. We know now what is required to protect/re-establish healthy life supporting river systems. We also have the means to provide good estimates of naturalized flow for all rivers in Otago as a basis for developing environmental flow regimes. 5. Even with the plan change amendments proposed by the joint witness statement of 4 – 6 May 2021, there remains too much uncertainty that sustainable water management will be achieved. This was w...

4. Federated Farmers of New Zealand [pdf, 59 KB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT WELLINGTON IN THE MATTER AND IN THE MATTER BETWEEN AND ENV-2016-CHC-000071 of the Resource Management Act 1991 ("the Act") of an application for declarations under Part 12 of the Act ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED Applicant MACKENZIE DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent NOTICE OF PERSON'S WISH TO BE PARTY TO PROCEEDINGS Section 274, Resource Management Act 1991 Federated Farmers of New Zealand To: The Registrar En...

5. Report-of-Helen-Anderson-s.198D-Planning-Report-HDC-KCDC-O2NL-Notice-of-Requirement-FINAL-28-April-2023.pdf [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...at Tara-Ika, which is not consistent with the project’s CEDF urban design principles. The lack of East-West connectivity at Tara-Ika will lead to avoidable increased vehicle dependency and use, and to consequent adverse health, social and environmental effects. Cross-connections at Tara-Ika should be integrated with the design and construction of Ō2NL. Landscape and Visual The lack of provision in conditions for the Councils to have a role in certifying the CEDF and t...

6. Report-of-Helen-Anderson-s.198D-Planning-Report-HDC-KCDC-O2NL-Notice-of-Requirement.pdf [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...at Tara-Ika, which is not consistent with the project’s CEDF urban design principles. The lack of East-West connectivity at Tara-Ika will lead to avoidable increased vehicle dependency and use, and to consequent adverse health, social and environmental effects. Cross-connections at Tara-Ika should be integrated with the design and construction of Ō2NL. Landscape and Visual The lack of provision in conditions for the Councils to have a role in certifying the CEDF and t...

7. Federated-Farmers-of-New-Zealand.pdf [pdf, 537 KB]

   ...the Waikato and Waipā Rivers. However, Federated Farmers considers that the regulatory and non-regulatory methods proposed in Plan Change 1 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 Appellant...

8. Review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 Post Consultation Decisions [pdf, 993 KB]

   ...includes the beds of rivers that are part of the coastal marine area as defined by the Resource Management Act 1991. In practical terms it is the ‘wet’ part of the beach. Value of the foreshore and seabed 11 The economic, social, cultural and environmental (biophysical) values associated with the foreshore and seabed are: Economic values – associated with ports, fishing, aquaculture, mining, oil and gas, electricity generation and tourism Cultural values – including recogn...

9. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 TGKL case law 1 offsite effects [pdf, 393 KB]

   ...1950. 40 Held, relevance in terms of assessing the effects is not dependant upon the need or otherwise for resource consents or whether such effects can be subject of controls (2 ELRNZ 366 at 29). The court citing Burton v Auckland C.C. 2ELRNZ362 Environmental Law Reports of New Zealand stated that an assessment of actual or potential effects prepared in accordance 1 with the Fourth Schedule must take into account relevant cumulative effects "of the development as a whole"...

10. E39 Rob Van de Munckhof - Risk and NES Soil - EIC - Council [pdf, 727 KB]

    ...and undertaking of activities within the coastal marine area and on land, associated with the America’s Cup (the Application). 1.3. My evidence relates to the hazardous substance risk aspects of the Application, and also addresses the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health (NES Soil). 2. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 2.1. I am a Principal and Senior Environmental Engineer at Tonkin & Taylor. I hold the qual...