Site-specific Assessments of Environmental Effects

B-7 – Area 7 - Assessment of Environmental Effects 126 Section 6 – which contains objectives and policies relating to the management of indigenous biodiversity and landscapes; and Section 7 – which contains objectives and policies for activities in riparian margins and esplanade reserves, the management and use of hazardous substances and contaminated land and earthworks. Each is addressed below. The effects of the wider WNP on the transportation network are addressed at a project wide scale within the Overarching AEE. 7.6.2.1 Martha Mineral Zone Area 7 is partially located within the Martha Mineral Zone. The sustainable utilisation of mineral resources is the key outcome for this zone. Associated policies seek to achieve this outcome by: recognising the development and processing areas of the mine, its ongoing rehabilitation and likely long term uses;189 provide for the social, economic and cultural wellbeing of the community and their health and safety;190 and ensuring amenity values of Waihi and the wider community are protected.191 Mining activities, including ancillary activities such as tailing storage facilities and rock stacks are clearly anticipated within this zone. The activities within Area 7 form part of the wider WNP project. Sections 7.2 and 7.3 of the Overarching AEE provide an assessment of the economic and social effects (respectively) of the project and how it will support the social and economic wellbeing of the community. OGNZL continues to work with tangata whenua regarding cultural effects and how the project can best provide for cultural wellbeing. The amenity values of the Waihi area and wider community are discussed in Sections 5.2, 5.8 and 5.9 of this AEE. The mitigation measures described in each section are designed to ensure that the amenity values of the surrounding area are protected and maintained as appropriate. Overall, the construction, operation, monitoring, closure and rehabilitation framework that OGNZL proposes for Area 7 recognises and provides for the development of mineral resources and the associated benefits for the social, economic, cultural wellbeing of the 189 Policy (a)(i), Section 5.17, Hauraki District Plan. 190 Policy (a)(ii), Section 5.17, Hauraki District Plan. 191 Policy (a)(iii), Section 5.17, Hauraki District Plan.

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