B-1 - Area 1, Coromandel Forest Park – Assessment of Environmental Effects 121 assimilative capacity, minimum flows or water allocation within these catchments; 112 and, The effects of diverting groundwater on ground water allocation is considered with respect to Policy 8.6 of the RPS.113 Overall, the diversion activities associated with Area 1 will not generate adverse effects that are inconsistent with the water management objectives in Section 3.1.2 or associated surface water policies in Section 3.2.3, nor will they increase any adverse effects of flooding or land instability hazards or affect contaminant assimilative capacity, minimum flows or allocable flows for out of stream uses. 7.6.1.6 Discharges onto or into lands Objective 5.2.2 of the WRP relates to the discharges of wastes and hazardous substances onto or into land. It acknowledges that discharges onto, or into, land are a necessary facet of resource use in the Waikato Region and, subject to environmental standards, should be allowed to occur. In that context, it seeks that these discharges be undertaken in a manner that: Does not contaminate soil to levels that present significant risks to human health or the wider environment;114 Does not have adverse effects on aquatic habitats, surface water quality or ground water quality that are inconsistent with the Water Management objectives in Section 3.1.2;115 Does not have adverse effects related to particulate matter, odour or hazardous substances that are inconsistent with the Air Quality objectives in Section 6.1.2;116 Is not inconsistent with the objectives in Section 5.1.2;117 and Avoids significant adverse effects, and remedies or mitigates cumulative adverse effects, on the relationship that tangata whenua as kaitiaki have with their taonga such as ancestral lands, water and waahi tapu.118 Policy 2 of Section 5.2.3 follows a similar theme as the objective and seeks that discharges of contaminants to land be undertaken in a manner that avoids, where practicable, 112 Objective 3.6.2 (g), Waikato Regional Plan. 113 Objective 3.6.2 (g), Waikato Regional Plan. 114 Objective 5.2.2 (a), Section 5.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 115 Objective 5.2.2 (b), Section 5.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 116 Objective 5.2.2 (c), Section 5.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 117 Objective 5.2.2 (d), Section 5.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 118 Objective 5.2.2 (e), Section 5.2, Waikato Regional Plan.
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