resource management (nes) regulations 2004
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Resource Management (NES) Regulations 2004. Louise Wickham Ministry for the Environment. Presentation Overview. What is in the regulation What was our intent Future standards. What is in the Regulation. List of Prohibited Activities Ambient Air Quality Standards 2 x Design Standards. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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What is in the Regulation
• List of Prohibited Activities
• Ambient Air Quality Standards
• 2 x Design Standards
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Prohibited Activities
• Fires at landfills
• Burning of tyres, bitumen, coated wire, or oil in the open
“Threshold of Significance”
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Prohibited Activities
Incinerators:– No new high temperature
hazardous waste facilities– Resource consents for schools
& hospitals by Oct 2006
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Pollutant Limit Units Exceed/yr
CO 10 mg/m3, 8-hr 1
NO2 200 µg/m3, 1-hr 9
O3 150 µg/m3, 1-hr 0
PM10 50 µg/m3, 24-hr 1
SO2 350
570
µg/m3, 1-hr
µg/m3, 1-hr
9
0
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Monitoring
• If standard likely to be breached
• “Worst” location
• Do NOT have to monitor everywhere
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Notification of Exceedance
• Monthly notification in accordance with RMA:
– contaminant– location– extent
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PM10 and Resource Consents
Before 2013 if standard breached:
– consents permitted only if below straight line path
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Straight Line Path: PM10
0
30
01-Sep-05 01-Sep-13
Em
issi
on
s (k
g/k
m2/d
ay)
300
1,000
Max 200 µg/m3
Max 50 µg/m3
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PM10 and Resource Consents 2
• If standard met:– do not exceed standard
• If standard breached:– no consents permitted
After 2013:
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Resource Consents & Other Pollutants
• SO2
– must not exceed standard• CO, NOx & Ozone
– must not exceed standard if a principle source
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Wood burner standard
New wood burners on lot size less than 2 hectares:
– max particle emission of 1.5 g/kg
– min thermal efficiency of 65%
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Landfill Gas Design Standard
Control of greenhouse gases at landfills:
• Installation of gas collection system for
operating landfills over 1 million tonnes
(unless landfill than 5% putrescible waste)
• Includes industrial monofills
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Commencement
• Ambient standards 1 Sept 05
• Incinerators at schools/hospitals 1 Oct 06
• All others came into force 8 Oct 04
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Implementing the Bans
• Over-rides rules in plans
• Does not affect existing resource consents (only)
• RMA enforcement provisions
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Implementing “Airsheds”
• “Local Air Management Areas”
• Drafts by NIWA early Feb
• Notify Minister by 1 July 2005
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Future Air Standard?
• 20 µg/m3 PM10 annual average
• Reporting standard only?
• Linked to resource consents with delayed introduction?