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1. 2020-AKL-085 Waipa District Council v Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...phosphorus, sediment and microbial pathogens diffuse discharges at a property scale. e. Consulting with the owners and operators of regionally significant infrastructure that have point source discharge consents, in relation to the location of the environmental monitoring sites that will be used for the collection of data for monitoring and assessing progress toward achieving the Table 3.11-1 water quality attribute states. This consultation will include ensuring that the environmenta...

2. [2018] NZEnvC 238 Fitzgerald v Kaikoura District Council [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ..._£~URTO~ \ 4 The permitted baseline [12] Section 104(2) further provides that when forming an opinion for the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a consent authority may disregard an adverse effect of the activity on the environment if a national environmental standard or the plan permits an activity with that effect. [13] The permitted baseline is of considerable moment in this case, as it was applied by the Hearing Commissioners and by Mr Bonis, on appeal, to disregard nearly al...

3. 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...

4. 2021-02-19 Tom de Pelsemaeker - Reply - Planning - PC7 Amendments (19 Feb 2021) [pdf, 299 KB]

   ...proposed amendments are footnoted with a reference to either a submission in general or the particular part of a submission that gives the scope for the proposal. The coding used is that contained in the Summary of Decisions table prepared for the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and published on the EPA website. Some of these footnote references have been corrected since the filing of Evidence in Chief. Where “consequential amendment” is noted, the amendment is a nec...

5. [2019] NZEnvC 161 Egmont Refuse and Recycling Limited v South Taranaki District Council [pdf, 14 MB]

   ...Subject to the following conditions: Operating Details 1. The activity shall be undertaken in general accordance with the resource consent application as submitted to the Council (comprising the original Resource Consent Application and Assessment of Environmental Effects, prepared by BTW Company Limited dated 5 April 2018 and the Rangiwahia Architectural Plans titled "Egmont Refuse Recycling Shed Proposal Scott Street Hawera", Number 19064, sheets 1 to 11, dated 24 May 2019)...

6. [2021] NZEnvC 003 Reid v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 1024 KB]

   ...the RNlA restricts the discharge of contaminants to air as follows: (2) No person may discharge a contaminant into the air, or into or onto land, from a place or any other source, whether moveable or not, in a manner that contravenes a national environmental standard unless the discharge- (a) is expressly allowed by other regulations; or (b) is expressly allowed by a resource consent; or (c) is an activity allowed by section 20A. [14] Section 316 of the RNlA provides for any pers...

7. ORC - Joint Supplementary Statement of Evidence - Felicity Boyd & Kerstin Strauss - 8 November 2021 [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...relevant new LWRP provisions may be achieved. Given the ‘interim’ nature of the PC8 provisions, a precautionary approach would generally be applied when determining the duration of these consents. 26 However, in the absence of any significant environmental risk, such as vicinity of sensitive receivers, and compliance with good management practices, longer durations (i.e. greater than 15 years) may be appropriate in some situations. 27 In addition, I note that when assessing...

8. [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...

9. [2024] NZEnvC 064 The Surveying Company Limited v Waikato District Council [pdf, 548 KB]

   ...smaller development scenarios (which could be done in tandem with Option 2). Keep Access Widths in Decisions Version (Option 1) Reduce Access Widths (Option 2) Amend Seal Standards in Rural zones (Option 3) Benefits and costs – Environmental Benefits: Less dust generated from unsealed accesses in the rural environment Costs: Greater amount of impervious surfaces Benefits: Less impervious surfaces that generate stormwater runoff to manage Costs: G...

10. [2021] NZEnvC 051 Rangitane O Tamaki v Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council [pdf, 4.6 MB]

    ...consents sought by TDC to discharge treated wastewater into Town Creek and the Mangatainoka River from the Pahiatua Wastewater Treatment Plant 3 (PWWTP). The issues involved are complex, requmng consideration of wide­ ranging social, cultural, environmental and economic issues. Aspects of the regional planning framework are directive and we are required to have regard to the requirements of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPSFivl) which came into er...