Puketohi Wind Farm applications sought

Resource consents sought from Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council (Horizons Regional Council):

105960 - Land Use Consent for vegetation clearance and soil disturbance, including earthworks in a Hill Country Erosion Management Area. 

105961 - Discharge Permit (discharge to land) – for the discharge of stormwater to land, including stormwater from the substation, switchyard, workshop, staff ablutions building and fuel storage areas.

105962 - Discharge Permit (discharge to land) – for discharge of water from the concrete batching plants.

105963 - Land Use Consent (land disturbance) – for works and disturbance within the beds of rivers associated with the construction of bridges, fords and culverts.

105964 - Discharge Permit (discharge to land) – for the discharge of wastewater associated with the Operation and Maintenance Facility. 

105965 - Land Use Consent (construct) - works and disturbance within the beds of rivers for bridges, fords and culverts.

105966 - Discharge Permit (discharge to land) - from the surplus cleanfill from earthwork activities.

105984 - Discharge Permit (discharge to water) - for the discharge of sediment laden stormwater to the limestone drainage network, and from the limestone drainage network to ‘down-slope’ surface watercourses. 

105985 - Water Permit - for the diversion of water and sediment laden stormwater from the limestone drainage network and from other environments.

Resource consents sought from Tararua District Council:

202-2011-53 - Land use consent for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Puketoi Wind Farm and associated infrastructure and activities including 53 turbines, a double circuit transmission line (voltage up to 220kV per circuit), equipment for meteorological data collection, modification, damage or destruction of Category B natural features or landscapes (being the skylines of the Puketoi and Tararua Ranges, the Makuri River and Gorge and the Mangatainoka River), removal of indigenous vegetation, land disturbance and earthworks, construction of buildings and structures within 20 metres of rivers and streams, and buildings exceeding the height limit and recession plane requirements in the Rural Management Area.

Resource consents sought from Palmerston North City Council:

LU1336 - Land-use consent for the construction, operation and maintenance of a double circuit electricity line with a voltage up to 220kv (per circuit) and a design capacity of up to 1,330 MVA, and associated earthworks.  Within Palmerston North City, the Transmission line will comprise 9 transmission towers ranging in height from 37.2m to 52m.

The default lapsing period for resource consents is five years.  Given the nature of the proposal and the need to maintain flexibility over construction commencement, Mighty River Power requests that a lapsing period of ten years apply to all resource consents.

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