B-2 – Area 2 - Assessment of Environmental Effects 128 there are no adverse effects on water quality, aquatic ecosystems and wetlands that are inconsistent with Water Management Objective 3.1.2;204 there is no increase in the adverse effects of flooding or land instability hazards;205 accelerated infilling rivers and wetlands is avoided and the rate of infilling of artificial watercourses, excluding structures designed to trap sediment, is minimised;206 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;207 significant adverse effects on natural character and ecological values associated with land and the coastal environment including dune systems is avoided;208 there are no adverse effects on air quality that are inconsistent with Air Quality Objective 6.1.2, Objectives 2 and 3;209 and, damage to property and infrastructure is avoided.210 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 soil disturbance may occur on land with a slope in excess of a 25-degree gradient and within 5 m of a water body. Accordingly, the accelerated erosion provisions are relevant. As discussed by Southern Skies (2022), all works will be undertaken in accordance with detailed sediment and erosion control plans. These plans have been designed to ensure the effects on water quality and aquatic ecosystems are appropriately managed in line with best practice and the recommendations of technical experts in water quality and freshwater ecology. With implementation of the sediment and erosion control plans, the outcomes sought by this objective will be achieved. 7.6.1.10 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 204 Objective 5.1.2(b), Section 5.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 205 Objective 5.1.2(c), Section 5.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 206 Objective 5.1.2(d), Section 5.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 207 Objective 5.1.2(e) and (f), Section 5.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 208 Objective 5.1.2(g), Section 5.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 209 Objective 5.1.2(h), Section 5.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 210 Objective 5.1.2(i), Section 5.1, Waikato Regional Plan.
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