1. Resource Management (NES) Regulations 2004 Louise Wickham Ministry for the Environment

2. 2 Presentation Overview What is in the regulation What was our intent Future standards

3. 3 What is in the Regulation List of Prohibited Activities Ambient Air Quality Standards 2 x Design Standards

4. 4 Prohibited Activities Fires at landfills Burning of tyres, bitumen, coated wire, or oil in the open “Threshold of Significance”

5. 5 Prohibited Activities Incinerators: –No new high temperature hazardous waste facilities –Resource consents for schools & hospitals by Oct 2006

6. 6 Ambient Standards Ambient air standards –concentration limits –based on 2002 guidelines

7. 7 PollutantLimitUnitsExceed/yr CO10mg/m 3, 8-hr1 NO 2 200µg/m 3, 1-hr9 O3O3 150µg/m 3, 1-hr0 PM 10 50µg/m 3, 24-hr1 SO 2 350 570 µg/m 3, 1-hr 9090

8. 8 Application Defined “airsheds” –specified by Minister –open air –where people are exposed

9. 9 Monitoring If standard likely to be breached “Worst” location Do NOT have to monitor everywhere

10. 10 Notification of Exceedance Monthly notification in accordance with RMA: –contaminant –location –extent

11. 11 PM 10 and Resource Consents Before 2013 if standard breached: –consents permitted only if below straight line path

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13. 13 Defining the Straight Line Path Based on emissions Base year worst case Practical

14. 14 PM 10 and Resource Consents 2 If standard met: –do not exceed standard If standard breached: –no consents permitted After 2013:

15. 15 Resource Consents & Other Pollutants SO 2 –must not exceed standard CO, NOx & Ozone –must not exceed standard if a principle source

16. 16 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%

17. 17 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

18. 18 Commencement Ambient standards 1 Sept 05 Incinerators at schools/hospitals 1 Oct 06 All others came into force 8 Oct 04

19. 19 Implementing the Bans Over-rides rules in plans Does not affect existing resource consents (only) RMA enforcement provisions

20. 20 Implementing “Airsheds” “Local Air Management Areas” Drafts by NIWA early Feb Notify Minister by 1 July 2005

21. 21 LAMAs ARE: Reasonably large Geophysical Reviewable Can be categorised

22. 22 LAMAs are NOT: “Airsheds” in strict geophysical terms Small areas around problem sources

23. 23 Future Air Standard? 20 µg/m 3 PM 10 annual average Reporting standard only? Linked to resource consents with delayed introduction?

24. 24 Future other standards Raw drinking water Contaminated sites Biosolids Electromagnetic radiation Septic tanks