B-2 – Area 4 - Assessment of Environmental Effects TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ___________________________________________________________ 1 2. Existing Environment ___________________________________________________ 3 2.1 Introduction 3 2.2 Cultural Landscape 5 2.3 Environmental Setting 5 2.4 Existing and Consented Mining Activities 7 2.5 Zoning 7 2.6 Land Ownership and Dwellings 7 2.7 Landscape Context 10 2.8 Historic Heritage 10 2.9 Terrestrial Ecology 10 2.10 Geology and Hydrogeology 10 2.11 Hydrology 10 2.12 Aquatic Ecology 10 3. Project Description_____________________________________________________12 3.1 Overview 12 3.2 Services Trench Construction 14 3.3 Erosion and Sediment Control 14 3.4 River Crossings 15 3.5 Hours of Work 18 4. Resource Consents Required_____________________________________________19 4.1 Hauraki District Council 19 4.2 Waikato Regional Council 20 5. Assessment of Effects _________________________________________________ 23 5.1 Introduction 23 5.2 Construction Related Effects 23 5.3 Landscape, Visual Amenity and Natural Character Effects 25 5.4 Effects On Rural Character and Production 25 5.5 Historic Heritage Effects 26 5.6 Conclusion 27 6. Management and Monitoring of Effects____________________________________ 28 7. Statutory Assessment __________________________________________________31 7.1 Introduction 31 7.2 Actual and Potential Effects 31 7.3 National Environmental Standards 32 7.4 National Policy Statements 32 7.5 Regional Policy Statements 33 7.6 Regional and District Plans 35 7.7 Other Matters 37 7.8 Part 2 of the Resource Management Act 1991 38
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