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Part 1: Regional Policy Statement
Chapter 1
Setting The Scene
Chapter 2
Te Ao Māori
Chapter 3
Infrastructure, Energy, Waste, Hazardous Substances and Contaminated Land
3.1 Scope and Background
3.2 Issues
3.3 Objectives
3.4 Policies
3.4.2 Energy
3.4.3 Waste*
3.4.4 Hazardous Substances*
3.4.5 Contaminated Land^
3.5 Methods
3.6 Anticipated Environmental Results
3.7 Explanations and Principal Reasons
3.7.2 Urban growth and rural residential subdivision on versatile soils
3.7.3 Waste*
3.7.4 Hazardous Substances*
3.7.5 Contaminated Land
Chapter 4
Land
Chapter 5
Water
Chapter 6
Indigenous Biological Diversity, Landscape and Historic Heritage
Chapter 7
Air
Chapter 8
Coast
Chapter 9
Natural Hazards
Chapter 10
Administration
Part 2: Regional Plan
Part 3: Annexes
Glossary
Chapter 3: Infrastructure, Energy, Waste, Hazardous Substances and Contaminated Land
3.7.4 Hazardous Substances*
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Objective
3-5
, Policies
3-12
and
3-13
and the associated methods set up the policy framework for managing the effects of the storage, use, transport and disposal of
hazardous substances*
in the Region as required under
s62(1)(i)
of the RMA.
The Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
provides a definition of
hazardous substances*.
These substances pose a significant threat to the environment if not stored, used, transported and disposed of safely and appropriately. The Regional Council considers that it is in an appropriate position to control the effects of the discharge of
hazardous substances*
to the environment by means of the resource consenting process. This enables an assessment of the environmental effects of
hazardous substance*
discharges to air, land and water on a case-by-case basis. Regional rules are an effective means of controlling the effects of these substances. Territorial Authorities are considered to be in an appropriate position to manage the storage, use and transport of
hazardous substances*
through their district planning provisions.
The Stockholm Convention, to which New Zealand is a signatory, aims to rid the world of persistent organic pollutants. Many of these are
hazardous substances*
previously used in old
agrichemicals*
. Despite the Regional Council providing a comprehensive old
agrichemical*
collection in 1996, there is likely to be a risk posed by old
agrichemicals*
still stored on farms. The Regional Council and the Ministry for the Environment are committed to providing a further collection of old
agrichemicals*
.
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