Site-specific Assessments of Environmental Effects

B-2 – Area 2 - Assessment of Environmental Effects 40 4. RESOURCE CONSENTS REQUIRED OGNZL is seeking all necessary resource consents from the HDC and WRC for all construction, operation, maintenance and rehabilitation activities associated with the Willows SFA (activities occurring within Area 2). 4.1 HAURAKI DISTRICT COUNCIL The activity status of the land use consents required for the construction, operation, maintenance and rehabilitation of the Willows SFA, is set out in Table 2 below. The most restrictive activity status is Discretionary. Table 2: Activity status of land use consents required for the works associated with the Willows SFA (Area 2). Activity Relevant rules and activity status Comment Underground mining and mining operations within Area 2, including, but not limited to: The establishment and use of the Willows Portal; The establishment and use of the tunnel from Willows Portal to the Dual Tunnel (tunnel decline to the boundary of the property shared with the Conservation (Indigenous Forest) Zone); The establishment and use of the ventilation shaft on Willows Road Farm; Earthworks (i.e. topsoil removal and stockpiling) and the implementation of sediment control measures; Vegetation clearance; Construction of internal access roads and associated car parking; Establishment and use of offices, amenity facilities and workshops; laydown yards, Discretionary activity under Rule 5.1.4.4(D14). Within the Rural Zone, underground mining and mining operations is a discretionary activity. The definition of underground mining includes activities associated with the establishment of the Willows Portal, tunnel from Willows Portal to the Dual Tunnel, and surface disturbance associated with the construction of the ventilation shafts. All other activities listed are incidental to the activities occurring within Area 2 and fall under the definition of mining operations.

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