Site-specific Assessments of Environmental Effects

B-2 – Area 4 - Assessment of Environmental Effects 31 7. STATUTORY ASSESSMENT 7.1 INTRODUCTION This section of the AEE provides an assessment of the activities occurring within Area 4 against the key relevant matters set out in Section 104(1) of the RMA. This section includes: A brief overview of the actual and potential environmental effects associated with activities occurring within Area 4; An evaluation of activities within Area 4 against the most relevant national, regional and district planning documents. This includes: o Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011 (“NES Soil”); o the Waikato Regional Policy Statement (“RPS”); o the Waikato Regional Plan (“WRP”); and o the Hauraki District Plan (“HDP”). o Other Matters – iwi management plans. An assessment of the activities within Area 4 against section 105 of the RMA; The broader statutory context for the WNP is described in detail Section 9 of the Overarching AEE. That information is not repeated here. All statutory considerations with respect to tangata whenua are also considered in the Overarching AEE. All relevant provisions described in section 104(1) (b) and (c) are identified in Part J. 7.2 ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS With respect to section 104(1)(a) of the RMA, an assessment of the actual and potential effects on the environment associated with the activities occurring within Area 4 is provided in Section 5 of this AEE and in the technical assessments commissioned by OGNZL. Section 6 of this AEE also outlines other measures proposed by OGNZL which are able to be considered under section 104(1)(ab) of the RMA as possible means of ensuring positive effects on the environment. These measures also align with OGNZL’s overall objective to ensure the wider WNP achieves an overall net gain.

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