the Regional Plan: Water for Otago
Proposed policy statement or ORPS Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement
2021
RDA Rule Restricted discretionary activity rule
RMA or Act Resource Management Act 1991
RPS Operative regional policy statement
Skelton Report Professor Peter Skelton Investigation of
Freshwater Management and Allocation
Functions at Otago Regional Council: report to the
Minister for the Environment (Ministry for the
Environment, Wellington, 1 October 2019)
Policy & Planning Committee agenda November 2021
Revised Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) - June 2020
instruments w ere evaluated by
the TRC reporting off icers and by Ms Hope and Mr Rendall. We agree w ith the TRC
reporting off icers that the RCP expands on and refines the RPS policies and so we
have given greater attention to the RCP provisions.36
98. We see no need to repeat the planning evaluations referred to above in this Decision.
99. We agree w ith the view of the TRC officers that, in overall terms, the New Plymouth
WWTP proposal is consistent w ith the RCP provisions and that the Waitara
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Taranaki.
‘To maintain and enhance the quality of the water resources of Taranaki for water supply purposes, contact
recreation, shellfish gathering for human consumption, aesthetic purposes, cultural purposes and aquatic
ecosystems by avoiding, remedying or mitigating the adverse effects of contaminants discharged to water from
point sources’.
This objective reflects the aspirations and expectations of the community of the region, crystallised through the
RPS process.
Statement for Taranaki.
3.2 It was noted to the Committee that feedback on the review of the effectiveness and
efficiency of the Regional Policy Statement (RPS) was largely supportive of the
preliminary findings from the Report and for a combined RPS and regional plan for
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air, coast, freshwater and