The Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki has been under review.
At its meeting on 10 August 2010, the Taranaki Regional Council made its decisions on submissions to the Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki.
Scroll down this page for The Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki: Decisions on submissions, which contains the Council's decisions on all submissions and further supporting or opposing submissions arranged in order of the initial submissions.
The Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki as amended following decisions on submissions is a revised version of the notified Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki showing the changes made to the various provisions of the Plan as a result of decisions on submissions.
All those who made submissions and further submissions to the Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan have been forwarded a copy of the decisions and a copy of the revised Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan amended in response to decisions on submissions. Submitters have 30 working days from the receipt of the Council's decisions in which to appeal the Council's decisions on their submission to the Environment Court.
For the current Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki, click on "Air Plan index" in the navigation panel at right.
Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki as amended following decisions on submissions - published 2010
Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki - Decisions on submissions - published 2010
| Decisions on submissions | 945 KB |
Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki, as amended following pre-hearing consultation on submissions - published 2010
Note: The changes contained in this version of the Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki have not been adopted by the Taranaki Regional Council.
| Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki, as amended following pre-hearing consultation on submissions | 4.2 MB |
Policy and Planning Hearing Committee Report following the Hearing of Submissions to the Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki - published 2010
| Report | 137 KB |
| Appendix I: Correspondence tabled at the hearing | 1.6 MB |
| Appendix II: Evidence provided at the Hearing | 1.6 MB |
Report to the Taranaki Regional Council on submissions to the Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki following pre-hearing consultation - published 2010
The recommendations contained within this report have not been adopted by the Taranaki Regional Council.
This report, together with any further written and oral submissions presented at the hearing of submissions, will be considered by a Hearing Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council.
Subsequently, the Committee will make recommendations to the Taranaki Regional Council concerning decisions on submissions.
| Report on Submissions following Pre-Hearing Consultation | 1.3 MB |
Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki
This proposed Plan is yet to be formally adopted.
Scroll down the page for the current Plan.
| Preface, Table of Contents | 71 KB |
| Reader's guide | 540 KB |
| Introduction, definitions | 715 KB |
| Objectives, policies and methods | 119 KB |
| Rules: Introduction and tables | 60 KB |
| Formatting and explanations | 460 KB |
| Industrial and trades | 121 KB |
| Waste management | 73 KB |
| Backyard burning | 284 KB |
| Site works, soil conditioners | 54 KB |
| Horticulture or intensive farming | 59 KB |
| Other discharges | 46 KB |
| Agrichemicals | 69 KB |
| Burning | 50 KB |
| Application information | 72 KB |
| Administrative procedures | 81 KB |
Appendices to the Proposed RAQP for Taranaki
| 1: Maps of defined urban areas | 15 MB |
| 2: Chimney heights | 1.1 MB |
| 3: Intensive pig farming | 94 KB |
| 4: Intensive poultry farming | 83 KB |
| 5: Agrichemical spraying | 56 KB |
| 6: Smoke from burning vegetation | 47 KB |
| 7: Statutory acknowledgements | 47 KB |
| 7A: Ngati Ruanui | 226 KB |
| 7B: Ngati Tama | 515 KB |
| 7C: Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi | 300 KB |
| 7D: Ngati Mutunga | 651 KB |
| References and index | 70 KB |
Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki - Report on Submissions
This report, published in November 2009, presents and analyses the decisions sought in submissions on the Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki, and makes recommendations for consideration by the Taranaki Regional Council.
| Report on Submissions | 621 KB |
Decisions sought on the Proposed RAQP for Taranaki
The submissions and a summary of submissions received on the Proposed Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki.
| Submissions 1-15 | 934 KB |
| Submissions 16-30 | 1.9 MB |
| Submissions 31-38 | 1006 KB |
| Submissions 39-45 | 1.4 MB |
| Summary of submissions | 296 KB |
RMA Section 32 report on the Proposed RAQP for Taranaki - published 2009
| Contents, summary, introduction | 131 KB |
| How the '97 Plan measured up | 379 KB |
| The review process | 256 KB |
| Evaluation | 237 KB |
| Rules analysis | 602 KB |
| Efficiency of rules | 181 KB |
| Appropriateness of rules | 63 KB |
| Appendix 2: Montoring framework's components | 55 KB |
Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki - published 1997
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Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki - published 2002
One of a series of background reports prepared to assist the Taranaki Regional Council in its interim review of the Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki. The report examines trends in relation to resource consenting, pollution incidents and enforcement action prior to and subsequent to the adoption of the Plan; identifies any issues pertaining to the clarity and effectiveness of the regional rules in the Plan; and whether there are any disputes over the interpretation of those rules. Hard copy: $15 + GST. Not available online.
Trends in Odour: Interim review report on the Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki - published 2002
One of a series of background reports prepared to assist the Taranaki Regional Council in its interim review of the Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki. The report examines trends in odour relating to consenting, pollution incidents and enforcement action; identifies any environmental or management issues to emerge since the adoption of the Plan; and identifies whether changes to Council procedure or the Plan are necessary.
| Report | 169 KB |