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1. Waste Management NZ Limited 225 [pdf, 75 KB]

   ...same or similar relief as that sought by ACI Operations New Zealand Limited, trading as 0-1 New Zealand. Waste Management supports the relief sought because- 6.1 The AAAQS differ from the standards contained in the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 (NES). There are no special circumstances in the Auckland region that would justify introducing regional air quality standards that differ from the New Zealand standards and guidelines. T...

2. Waste Management NZ Limited 222 [pdf, 72 KB]

   ...appeal seeking similar relief as that sought by New Zealand Starch Limited. Waste Management supports the relief sought in paragraph 22(a) of the Appeal because- 6.1 The AAAQS differ from the standards contained in the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 (NES). There are no special circumstances in the Auckland region that would justify introducing regional air quality standards that differ from the New Zealand standards and guideline...

3. ACI Operations New Zealand Limited (trading as O-I New Zealand) 222 [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...Plan, seeking similar relief to that sought by the Appellant. 7 0-1 supports the relief sought in paragraph 22(a) of the Appeal for the followi ng reasons: 7.1 The AAAQS differ from the standards contained in the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 (NES). There are no special circumstances in the Auckland region that would justify introducing regional air quality standards that differ from the New Zealand standards and guidelines. T...

4. 2020-12-14 Tom de Pelsemaeker - recommended decisions on submissions [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...with the table summary of submissions and further submissions. At the pre-hearing conference held on 27 November 2020, the Court directed that I provide this table by 14 December 2020. 9 Stantec prepared a summary of submissions table for the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) which was publicly notified by the EPA for further submissions and provided to the Environment Court. The further submissions lodged have been incorporated into the table and a new 2 colum...

5. [2021] NZEnvC 067 Aokautere Land Holdings v Palmerston North City Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...acting appropriately and urgently in respect of what was considered, at the time, a potentially dangerous effect. After serving the abatement notice, the Council received information that Aokautere's activities would not cause the expected environmental effects. It received the 23 May 2020 letter, and inte1preted it as a request to cancel the abatement notice, but the Council says that before it could do so the appeal was filed. Jurisdiction to cancel the abatement notice then...

6. Position-profile-Environment-Commissioners-1 [docx, 42 KB]

   ...Court is constituted under section 247 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) and is a court of record. The Court has the same powers as the District Court in the exercise of its civil jurisdiction. It is a specialist Court with jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. As well as fulfilling a primary function as a “court”, the Environment Court has a pivotal role in the resource management process itself. The RMA confers primary powers on local authorities and t...

7. [2021] NZEnvC 027 Director-General of Conservation v Taranaki Regional Council [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...an 6 issue raised only by Te Korowai and was not supported by Ngati Tama. The Agency's objectives - reasonable necessity [9] The fourth project objective is: To manage the immediate and long term cultural, social, land use and other environmental effects of the Project by so far as practicable avoiding, remedying or mitigating any such effects through route and alignment selection, highway design and conditions. [10] In our interim decision we obse1ved that a significant p...

8. MfE - EiC - T A D Ensor - Planning (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 315 KB]

   ...from Massey 3 6121072 University. I am an associate member of the New Zealand Planning Institute. 9. I have worked throughout the South Island assisting private and public sector clients with obtaining statutory approvals, undertaking environmental impact assessment and policy analysis for projects, and providing expert planning evidence at plan and consent hearings. These clients include the Department of Conservation, Waka Kotahi the NZ Transport Agency, Environment Can...

9. OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL NOE [pdf, 6.6 MB]

   ................................................................................................. 846 CROSS-EXAMINATION: MR MAW ................................................................................................ 852 EXHIBIT FISH AND GAME 1 PRODUCED – PROPOSED NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS ON ECOLOGICAL FLOWS AND WATER LEVELS DISCUSSION DOCUMENT ................................................................................................................................ 86...

10. [2023] NZEnvC 037 Currie v Palmerston North City Council [pdf, 992 KB]

    ...non-habitable, the proposal would comply witl1 the permitted activity standards of Rule 22.6.1.1. 6 [16] Earthworks required to form the building footprint and hardstand areas represent a change in land use under regulation 8(4) of the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil (NESCS) and the volume of the earthworks would exceed the permitted standards under regulation 8(3) of the NESCS. Based on the results of a preliminary site investigat...