[last updated 14 April 2023]
Tasman District Council received the application for resource consents from Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit (NRSBU).
They sought replacement consents to continue applying biosolids to the forestry land on Moturoa / Rabbit Island.
Commissioners Sharon McGarry and Reginald Proffit granted the resource consents on 14 April 2023.
The application was publicly notified, submissions were received and the decision making was made through a Hearing.
All other previous documents, including pre-circulated evidence and the Council's report and recommendation, are available below.
The applicant seeks the following resource consents:
Discharge contaminants to land - application RM200638 |
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Replacement for permit NN940379V3 - Discharge of biosolids to land (forestry blocks). The duration sought is 35 years. |
Discharge contaminants to air - application RM200639 |
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Discharge of contaminants (primarily odour) to air from the application of biosolids to land and from operation of the Biosolids Application Facility at Moturoa / Rabbit Island. The duration sought is 35 years. |
Land use consent - application RM200640 |
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To operate and maintain the Biosolids Application Facility and for all other land use activities associated with the application of biosolids to land. This consent would supersede the existing land use consent RM940534. |
Discharge of contaminants to land at the Biosolids Application Facility - application RM200641 |
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The discharge is from the washdown and stormwater at the Biosolids Application Facility. The duration sought is five years. |
The application included an assessment of environmental effects.
01A RM200638 NRSBU - Application AEE - AEE Apps A to C.pdf (pdf 9.2 MB)
01B RM200638 - NRSBU - Application AEE - Appendices D to I.pdf (pdf 9.1 MB)
01C RM200638 - NRSBU - Application AEE - Appendices J to Q.pdf (pdf 5.1 MB)
01D RM200638 - NRSBU Biosolids - Moturoa - Cultural impact assessment.pdf (pdf 1.7 MB)
The Council released the report and recommendation as the first step in evidence exchange before the Hearing.
Link to the Hearing Agenda - Section 42A report and recommendation:
RM200638 and ors - NRSBU - Council Agenda report recommendation 2022-05-04.pdf (pdf 16 MB)
Released 4 May 2022.
The applicant must provide evidence at least ten working days before the Hearing.
03A RM200638 Hearing - Applicant evidence - CLARKE - corporate - 2022-05-11.pdf (pdf 3.2 MB)
03B RM200638 Hearing - Applicant evidence - PURCHAS - Alternatives - 2022-05-11.pdf (pdf 566 KB)
03E RM200638 Hearing - Applicant evidence - BENDER - Odour 2022-05-11.pdf (pdf 465 KB)
03F RM200638 Hearing - Applicant evidence - BENNETT - Groundwater - 2022-05-11.pdf (pdf 799 KB)
03G RM200638 Hearing - Applicant evidence - XUE - Soil tree - 2022-05-11.pdf (pdf 1.1 MB)
03I RM200638 Hearing - Applicant evidence - MURRAY - Planning - 2022-05-11.pdf (pdf 1.4 MB)
Received 11 May 2022.
Submitters providing expert evidence must provide it five working days before the Hearing.
RM200638 - Submitter evidence - TE ĀTIAWA - 2020-05-18.pdf (pdf 416 KB)
Received 18 May 2022
The independent decision makers appointed to the Panel are Commissioners Sharon McGarry and Reginald Proffit. They will hear evidence from the applicant, submitters who asked to speak and the Council's reporting planner.
The Hearing was set down for 26 May 2022, but was postponed due to Covid affecting a Panel member.
The new details were:
When: Tuesday 02 August 2022, and reserve day Wednesday 03 August 2022
Started: 9.00 am
Where: Council Chambers, 189 Queen Street, Richmond
Adjourned: 03 August 2022 at 11.55 am
Closed: 24 March 2023.
The following is the evidence presented at the hearing:
05A RM200638 - Hearing - Applicant - Legal submissions - FORWARD - 2022-08-02.pdf (pdf 2.7 MB)
The applicant's contact details are:
c/- Duncan Cotterill
PO Box 5
Christchurch 8140
FAO: Katherine Forward
Submissions closed on Tuesday 18 May 2021. Four submissions were received. Three asked to speak at the Hearing.
RM200638 Submissions received - compiled 27 May 2021 (pdf 1.9 MB)
Waimea Inlet Forum Group subsequently said they did not want to be heard at a Hearing.
You must have asked to speak at a hearing. If you will consider making a joint submission with any person presenting a submission similar to yours, you must tell us that you're willing to make a joint submission under those circumstances.
Submissions closed 18 May 2021.
Submissions uploaded - status updated 02 June 2021.
Hearing details and s42A report recommendation edits - 05 May 2022, replaced sharefile with sharepoint links 10 May.
12 May 2022 added tdc-sharefile link to applicant evidence
25 May 2022 updated for postponement, inserted links to sharepoint files for all precirculated evidence and moved to accordians
27 July 2022 - inserted zoom links
03 August 2022 - hearing adjourned update.
14 April 2023 - decision
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