B-1 - Area 1, Coromandel Forest Park – Assessment of Environmental Effects 125 7.6.1.9 Accelerated Erosion A net reduction of accelerated erosion across the region is the key outcome sought by Objective 5.1.2, so that (as relevant): significant effects on the relationship tangata whenua as Kaitiaki have with their identified ancestral taonga are avoided, while cumulative adverse effects are remedied or mitigated;145 significant adverse effects on natural character and ecological values associated with land is avoided;146 and, there are no adverse effects on air quality that are inconsistent with Air Quality Objective 6.1.2, Objectives 2 and 3.147 Policy 1 of this section seeks to manage activities that cause or have the potential cause accelerated erosion through establishing permitted activity and non-regulatory methods. The proposed vegetation clearance and associated soil disturbance at the four ventilation shaft locations may occur on land with a slope in excess of a 25-degree gradient. Accordingly, the accelerated erosion provisions are relevant to this resource consent. Of particular note: sediment and erosion control measures will be put in place during construction to minimise the potential of sediment runoff into nearby waterbodies; 148 for the reasons set out in Section 7.5.1.3 of this AEE, significant adverse effects on significant indigenous biodiversity values will be avoided; 149 as discussed with respect to Section 7.5.1.5, the sensitive siting of the four vent shafts within the extensive homogenous forest cover, combined with their comparably diminutive scale will ensure characteristics and values of the outstanding natural landscape are protected; 150 Section 7.6.1.8 considers the effects of discharges to land with respect to the Air Quality objectives in Section 6.1.2;151 and, 145 Objective 5.1.2 (e), Section 5.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 146 Objective 5.1.2 (g), Section 5.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 147 Objective 5.1.2 (h), Section 5.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 148 Objective 5.1.2(a) and (b) of the Waikato Regional Plan. 149 Objective 5.1.2(g) of the Waikato Regional Plan. 150 Objective 5.1.2(g) of the Waikato Regional Plan. 151 Objective 5.2.2(c), Waikato Regional Plan.
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