B-7 – Area 7 - Assessment of Environmental Effects 1 1. INTRODUCTION Area 7 is located on OceanaGold (New Zealand) Limited (“OGNZL”) owned land located approximately 3.5 km south-east of the Waihi urban area and immediately east of the existing tailings storage facility (“TSF”) 1A (refer Figure 1). Area 7 will contain TSF3, a new TSF which will accommodate approximately 5.7 million cubic metres (m³) of tailings from the processing of ore from within the Waihi Epithermal District. 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 within Area 7. It comprises 8 sections as follows: Section 1: Is this Introduction. Section 2: Provides a description of the existing environment. Section 3: Provides a description of the proposed activities for which resource consent is sought. Section 4: Is an analysis of the resource consents required for the proposed activities under the RMA. Section 5: Provides an assessment of environmental effects associated with the proposed activities. Section 6 Outlines how the environmental effects of the proposed activities will be managed, including proposed conditions of consent. Section 7: Sets out the statutory framework against which the application has been made and is to be assessed, including an analysis of how it aligns with the key directives in the relevant planning documents. Section 8: Is a short concluding statement
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