Fonterra Co-Operative Ltd

Fonterra Co-operative Ltd Expansion to Studholme Milk Processing Site – Volume I Packers Road, Studholme, Waimate Resource Consent Applications to the Waimate District Council and Canterbury Regional Council August 2015 Planz Consultants Quality Assurance Statement: Application Prepared By: Planz Consultants Ltd, 124 Peterborough Street, PO Box 1845, Christchurch 8140, www.planzconsultants.co.nz Sam Flewellen (Senior Planner) DDI: (03) 372 2285 E: [email protected] AND Dean Chrystal (Director) DDI: (03) 372 2280 E: [email protected] Reviewed By: Dean Chrystal (Director) DDI: (03) 372 2280 E: [email protected] Project Number: 13618 Document Status: Final Date: August 2015 The information contained in this document produced by Planz Consultants Ltd is solely for the use of the Client for the purpose for which it has been prepared and Planz Consultants Ltd undertakes no duty to or accepts any responsibility to any third party who may rely upon this document. All rights reserved. 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Fonterra Co-operative Ltd August 2015 Expansion of Studholme Milk Processing Site TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I: ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS 1.0 OUTLINE OF PROPOSAL – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1.1 Proposal 1 1.1.1 Stages 1 1.2 Milk Powder Production and Design Features 4 1.2.1 Existing Consents 5 1.3 Description of site 6 1.4 The Surrounding Environment 7 2.0 FRAMEWORK FOR THE REQUIRED RESOURCE CONSENTS 9 2.1 Report Contents 9 2.2 The Applicant 10 2.3 The Application in Brief 10 2.4 The Resource Consents Required 11 2.4.1 Relevant Documents 11 2.4.2 Consent Lapsing Period and Term of Consent 14 2.5 Legal Descriptions associated with the Proposal 14 3.0 THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT 17 3.1 The Existing Environment 17 3.2 General Location and Context 17 3.3 Existing Land Use Patterns 22 3.4 Surface Flows 23 3.5 Climatic Conditions and Air Quality 25 3.6 Lighting and Glare 27 3.7 Economic Development 27 3.8 Landscape and Visual 28 3.9 Traffic and Roading Environment 28 3.10 Noise 29 3.11 Domestic Wastewater 30 3.12 Cultural, Historical and Archaeological Context 30 3.13 Recreational and Ecological Values 31 3.14 Existing Environment Summary 31 4.0 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSAL 34 4.1 Drivers for Development 35 4.2 Development Process 36 4.2.1 Design Process 36 4.3 Project Outline 36 4.3.1 Milk Power Plant Buildings 36 4.3.2 Milk Powder Plant Wastewater 37 4.3.3 Domestic Wastewater 38 4.3.4 Stormwater 38 4.3.5 Lighting 40 4.3.6 Transportation 41 4.3.7 Hazardous Substances 42 4.3.8 Earthworks 42 4.3.9 Signage 44 4.3.10 Landscaping 44 4.3.11 Construction Approach 44 4.4 Main Elements of proposed increased processing capacity of site 45 5.0 ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS 48 5.1 Introduction 48 5.2 Section 104,104B to C – Consideration of Applications 48 5.3 Relevance of Planning Documents 49 5.4 Permitted Baseline 49 5.5 Assessment of Environmental Effects 50 5.5.1 Introduction 50 5.5.2 Positive Effects 51 5.5.3 Economic Effects 51 5.5.4 Landscape and Visual Effects 55 5.5.5 Air Quality 62 5.5.6 Stormwater 68 5.5.7 Domestic Wastewater 72 5.5.8 Glare/Light Spill 74 5.5.9 Traffic Effects 77 5.5.10 Noise Effects 82 5.5.11 Hazardous Substances 85 5.5.12 Cultural and Archaeological Effects 86 5.5.13 Earthworks 88 5.5.14 Overall Conclusion 91 5.6 Consideration of Alternatives 91 5.6.1 Clandeboye Expansion 91 5.6.2 Greenfield Development 92 6.0 POLICY FRAMEWORK 93 6.1 Relevant Planning Documents 93 6.2 Relevance of Planning Documents 93 6.3 Relevant Issues 93 6.3.1 Landscape, Amenity and Rural Character 94 6.3.2 Noise 97 6.3.3 Lighting and Glare 97 6.3.4 Soils, Earthworks and Land Use 98 6.3.5 Air Quality 101 6.3.6 Water Quality (Stormwater and Domestic Wastewater) 105 6.3.7 Transport 110 6.3.8 Storage and Use of Hazardous Substances 112 6.3.9 Overall Summary of Objectives and Policies 114 6.4 Other Matters 114 6.4.1 Other Relevant Documents 114 VOLUME I – APPENDICES Appendix A List of Studholme Milk Powder Plant principal activities and their compliance status Appendix B Plans and Elevations Appendix C Economic Impacts (Brown, Copeland and Co Ltd) Appendix D Assessment of Landscape and Visual Effects (Andrew Craig Landscape Architects) Appendix E Assessment of Environmental Effects for Discharge of Contaminants to Air (Golder Associates) Appendix F Assessment of Environmental Effects for Discharge of Odour (Golder Associates) Appendix G Assessment of Environmental Effects for Stormwater Discharge (Aurecon) Appendix H Assessment of Environmental Effects for Domestic Wastewater Discharge (Pattle Delamore Partners) Appendix I Assessment of Environmental Effects for Lighting (Aurecon) Appendix J Assessment of Traffic Impacts (Carriageway Consulting) Appendix K Assessment of Environmental Noise Effects (Marshall Day Acoustics) VOLUME I - FIGURES Figure 1 Location Plan of Fonterra’s Studholme Milk Processing Plant Figure 2 Location of Wastewater Treatment Plant Figure 3 Photo - Looking north-east across the development site towards Wainono Lagoon Figure 4 Photo - Existing site and Studholme Hotel Figure 5 Photo - Existing dryer Figure 6 Photo - Railway Platform Figure 7 Photo - Looking north-west towards The Hunter Hills VOLUME I - TABLES Table 1 Current consents Table 2 Consents required from the Waimate District Council Table 3 Consents required from the Canterbury Regional Council Table 4 Terms sought for various consents Table 5 Studholme Milk Processing Plant Legal Descriptions – Land Ownership and Adjoining Land Table 6 Distance from various aspects of proposal to closest residential dwellings Table 7 Summary of Notable Features of the Existing Environment Table 8 Additional Hazardous Substances Table 9 Main Elements of the proposed increased processing capacity of Studholme Milk Processing site Table 10 Landscape and Visual Mitigation Features Table 11 Summary of proposed emission consent rate caps and limits for individual stack sources Table 12 Air Discharge Mitigation Features Table 13 Stormwater Mitigation Features Table 14 Domestic Wastewater Mitigation Features Table 15 Glare and Light Spill Mitigation Features Table 16 Traffic Mitigation Features Table 17 Noise Mitigation Features Table 18 Hazardous Substances Mitigation Features Table 19 Cultural and Archaeological Mitigation Features Table 20 Earthworks Mitigation Features VOLUME II – OCEAN OUTFALL VOLUME III – COMBINED REPORTS AND CONCLUSIONS 1.0 CERTIFICATES OF TITLE 1 2.0 CONSULTATION RECORDS 5 2.1 Approach 5 2.2 Consultation Objectives 5 2.3 Consultation Undertaken 6 2.4 Conclusions and Future Consultation Strategy 11 3.0 CULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 12 4.0 STATUTORY FRAMEWORK 13 4.1 Introduction 13 4.2 The Resource Management Act – Section 104D 13 4.3 Plan Integrity 13 4.4 The Resource Management Act – Part II Matters 14 4.4.1 Section 6 to 8 – Matters of National Importance, ‘Other Matters’ and the Treaty of Waitangi 14 4.2.2 Section 5 – Purpose and Principles 19 5.0 PROPOSED CONDITIONS 20 6.0 CONCLUSION 73 6.1 Proposed Development 73 6.2 Consents Required 73 6.3 Anticipated Effects and Mitigation Measures 75 6.4 Consultation 75 6.5 Overall Conclusions 75 GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED AAQG means the National Ambient Air Quality Guidelines AEE means Assessment of Environmental Effects AEP means an Annual Exceedance Probability event DA means a Dissolve Air Flotation unit for plant wastewater treatment ECan means the Canterbury Regional Council / Environment Canterbury Fonterra means Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd FTEs mean fulltime equivalent employees GDP means gross domestic product ha means hectare HSNO means the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 LOS means level of service MBR means a membrane bioreactor system for domestic wastewater treatment MfE means the Ministry for the Environment MW means mega watts NES means National Environmental Standards NRRP means the Canterbury Regional Council Natural Resources Regional Plan NZAA means the New Zealand Archaeological Association Incorporated HPT means the New Zealand Historic Places Trust NZTA means the New Zealand Transport Agency RAAQTs means the Canterbury Regional Ambient Air Quality Targets RLTS means the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy RMA means the Resource Management Act 1991 RPS means the Regional Policy Statement District Plan means the Waimate District Council District Plan SH 1 means the State Highway 1 The Act means the Resource Management Act 1991 The Applicant means Fonterra The site means the Milk Processing Plant area, WWTP area and Ocean Outfall route TRONT means Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu vph means vehicles per hour WDC means the Waimate District Council WHO means the World Health Organisation Fonterra Limited – Expansion of Studholme Milk Processing Site 1. OUTLINE OF PROPOSAL – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Section 1 describes in some detail the proposal and the production and design features and then briefly outlines a description of the ‘site’ (including the offsite wastewater treatment) and the surrounding environment. 1.1 Proposal Fonterra proposes to advance the strategic expansion of its Studholme Milk Processing site (location shown in Figure 1) by applying for consent to further develop the site and increase its processing capacity over two stages (Stage 1 and Stage 2). The overall proposal will include the addition of two further dryers, with associated discharge stacks, capable of processing approximately 9000m3 of milk per day (4,500m3 each); two additional coal fired boilers which are capable of also burning biomass; new powder drystore buildings, associated rail sidings and loading facilities; a new milk reception and Clean in Place (CIP) facilities, a new tanker wash and the development of a new wastewater treatment plant and associated ocean outfall.

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