Proposed Resource Consent Conditions

10 to address any issues identified. This report is to be provided to the Councils within 10 working days of the anomalous results being identified. A “significant anomaly” is defined as a drop in groundwater level greater than the seasonal variation in piezometers within shallow aquifers which could have damaging effects to surface infrastructure, and a drop of 15 m or more in the recordings from piezometers tapping any upper aquicludes which mitigate effects from dewatering of aquifers over a one month period. C26 The Consent Holder shall provide to the Councils (within one month of an agreed anniversary date) an annual Dewatering and Settlement Monitoring Report. The report shall, as a minimum, provide the following information: a. The volume of groundwater abstracted; b. The data from monitoring undertaken during the previous year, including groundwater contour plans (derived from the data) in respect of the piezometer network; c. An interpretation and analysis of the monitoring data, in particular any change in the groundwater profile over the previous year, predictions of the future impacts that may arise as a result of any trends that have been identified including review of the predicted post closure effects based on actual monitoring data, and what contingency actions, if any, the Consent Holder proposes to take in response to those predictions. This analysis shall be undertaken by a party appropriately experienced and qualified to assess the information; d. Any contingency actions that may have been taken during the year; and e. An assessment of how effective the Dewatering and Settlement Monitoring and Management Plan has been in achieving the objectives specified in Condition C21, including any reasons for those objectives not being achieved, or difficulties in achieving conformance with those objectives. f. The report shall be forwarded in a form acceptable to the Councils. Peer Review Panel C27 The Consent Holder shall engage, at its cost, a peer review panel (“the Panel”). The members of this Panel shall be fully independent of the planning, design, and construction of the Waihi North Project and all its associated facilities.

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