B-1 - Area 1, Coromandel Forest Park – Assessment of Environmental Effects 99 Overall, it is considered that the activities occurring within Area 1 will be undertaken in a manner that is generally consistent with the outcomes sought by the relevant statutory planning documents in order to achieve the sustainable management purpose of the RMA. 7.3 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS The National Environmental Standards relevant to Area 1 are discussed in the following subsections. 7.3.1 National Environmental Standard for Air Quality The NES Air sets out ambient air quality standards for a number of contaminants for the protection of public health - including fine particulates (“PM10”), sulphur dioxide (“SO2”), carbon monoxide (“CO”) and nitrogen dioxide (“NO2)”. It applies where people are likely to be exposed for periods commensurate with the relevant assessment averaging period. The NES Air also includes concentration limits and the specified number of occasions that those concentration limits may be exceeded within any year. The standards specified in the NES Air, along with the Regional Ambient Air Quality Guidelines, are considered in Section 5.11 of this AEE. This section concludes that the concentrations of PM10, NO2, CO and SO2 associated with any air discharges from the activities occurring with Area 1 are expected to remain within the relevant standards. As such, the NES Air is not an impediment to the granting of the air discharge permits required for Area 1. 7.4 NATIONAL POLICY STATEMENTS 7.4.1 National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management Central to the NPSFM is the concept of Te Mana o Te Wai. Te Mana o Te Wai which encompasses six principles relating to the roles of tangata whenua and other New Zealanders. These are discussed in detail in Section 9 of the Overarching AEE. Aligned to these principles is a hierarchy of obligations that prioritises: First, the health and wellbeing of water bodies and freshwater ecosystems; Second, the health needs of people (such as drinking water); and Third, the ability of people and communities to provide for their social, economic, and cultural wellbeing, now and in the future. The sole objective of the NPSFM reflects this hierarchy of obligations and states: …to ensure that natural and physical resources are managed in a way that prioritises: (a) first, the health and well-being of water bodies and freshwater ecosystems
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