B-2 – Area 2 - Assessment of Environmental Effects 1 1. INTRODUCTION The Willows Road Farm property (“Area 2”, and “the site”) is located on OceanaGold (New Zealand) Limited (“OGNZL”) owned farmland located immediately south of the Coromandel Forest Park (“CFP”) at the end of Willows Road, as shown in Figure 1. Area 2 will contain the Willows Surface Facilities Area (“Willows SFA”), which will house surface-based mine infrastructure and facilities required to support the Wharekirauponga Underground Mine. The Willows SFA will connect to the Wharekirauponga Underground Mine (“WUG”) via a tunnel portal (“the Willows Portal”), Willows Access Tunnel and the Dual Tunnel. This sub-Assessment of Environmental Effects (“sub-AEE”) has been prepared in support of resource consent applications by OGNZL under the Resource Management Act 1991 (“RMA”) to authorise all necessary activities associated with Area 2. It comprises eight sections as follows: Section 1: Is this Introduction. Section 2: Provides a description of the existing environment to which the activity relates. Section 3: Provides a description of the activities proposed within Area 2 for which resource consent is sought. Section 4: Sets out the reasons for resource consent associated with activities proposed within Area 2. Section 5: Provides an assessment of environmental effects associated with the activities proposed within Area 2. Section 6 Outlines how those environmental effects will be managed, including recommended conditions of consent. Section 7: Sets out the statutory framework against which the application has been made and considers the provisions of the RMA and the relevant statutory planning documents. Section 8: Provides a short concluding statement.
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