CRC150986 Decision Documents
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19 August 2014 Fulton Hogan Limited (Waimate Office) Attn To: David John Studholme 57 Wilkin Street Waimate 7924 Dear Sir/Madam NOTICE OF RESOURCE CONSENT DECISION(S) RECORD NO: CRC150986 NAME: Fulton Hogan Limited (Waimate Office) The decision of Environment Canterbury is to grant your application(s) on the terms and conditions specified in the attached resource consent document(s). Your resource consent(s) commences from the date of this letter advising you of the decision. The reasons for the decision are: Any adverse effects on the environment as a result of the proposed activity will be minor. There are no persons considered to be adversely affected by this proposal. For some activities a report is prepared, with officer recommendations, to provide information to the decision makers. If you require a copy of the report please contact our Customer Services section. If you do not agree with the consent authority decision, you may object to the whole or any part. Notice of any objection must be in writing and lodged with Environment Canterbury within 15 working days of receipt of this decision. Alternatively you may appeal to the Environment Court, PO Box 2069, Christchurch. The notice of appeal must be lodged with the Court within 15 working days of receipt of this decision, with a copy forwarded to Environment Canterbury within the same timeframe. If you appeal this decision, the commencement date will then be the date on which the decision on the appeal is determined. If you are in any doubt about the correct procedures, you should seek legal advice. You can find online information about your consent document at http://ecan.govt.nz/publications/General/YourConsentDocumentBooklet09.pdf and also information regarding the monitoring of your consent at http://ecan.govt.nz/publications/General/monitoring-your- consent-booklet.pdf . These booklets contain important information about your consent and answers some commonly asked questions about what will happen next in the life of your resource consent. There is an Annual Compliance Monitoring Charge associated with every consent. For details of this, please refer to page 10 of the “Monitoring Your Consent’ booklet. Our Ref: CRC150986 Your Customer No: EC320304 Contact: Customer Services Environment Canterbury takes every measure to improve both applications and processes, and we appreciate your feedback as an important component in ensuring this occurs. You can complete a consents survey on-line at http://www.ecan.govt.nz/services/resource-consents/pages/surveys.aspx . Alternatively, you can call our Customer Services Section on 0800 EC INFO who will be happy to complete the survey with you. Charges, set in accordance with section 36 of the Resource Management Act 1991, shall be paid to the Regional Council for the carrying out of its functions in relation to the administration, monitoring and supervision of resource consents and for the carrying out of its functions under section 35 of the Act. Thank you for helping us make Canterbury a great place to live. For all queries please contact our Customer Services Section by telephoning (03) 353 9007, 0800 ECINFO (0800 324 636), or email [email protected] quoting your CRC number above. Yours sincerely CONSENTS PLANNING SECTION RESOURCE CONSENT CRC150986 Pursuant to Section 104 of the Resource Management Act 1991 The Canterbury Regional Council (known as Environment Canterbury) GRANTS TO: Fulton Hogan Limited (Waimate Office) A LAND USE CONSENT: To extract gravel from the bed of the Makikihi River COMMENCEMENT DATE: 19 Aug 2014 EXPIRY DATE: 19 May 2015 LOCATION: Hunter Makikihi Road, Makikihi River SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: General 1 Excavation and deposition shall only be carried out in the bed of the Makikihi River within the area between Point A located at or about map reference Topo50 CA19:5012-5700 and Point B located at or about map reference Topo50 CA19:5061-5689 as shown on Plan CRC150986 which forms part of this consent. 2 The quantity of gravel, sand and other natural material excavated from the area specified in condition (1) shall not exceed 7,000 cubic metres. Prior to Works 3 The Canterbury Regional Council, Attention: RMA Compliance and Enforcement Manager, shall be notified at least two working days: a. prior to commencement of works authorised by this consent or, b. prior to the re-commencement of works, where works have been discontinued for more than eight days. Notification shall include: a. the proposed start and end dates of the period of work; and b. where consent is to be exercised by a person other than the consent holder, the name, address and contact telephone number of the person(s) exercising the consent. 4 Prior to commencing works, the consent holder shall provide a copy of this resource consent to all persons undertaking activities authorised by this consent, and explain to Page 2 CRC150986 those persons how to comply with the consent conditions. 5 Prior to any works authorised by this consent being carried out in the period 1 September to 1 February, the consent holder shall ensure that: a. a suitably qualified and independent person inspects the proposed area of works, no earlier than eight days prior to any works being carried out, and locates any bird breeding sites of birds listed in Appendix A, which forms part of this consent; b. he person carrying out the inspection prepares a written report that identifies all the located bird breeding or nesting sites and provides copies of that report to the consent holder and the Canterbury Regional Council, attention RMA Compliance and Enforcement Manager; c. the name and qualifications of the person carrying out the inspection are provided to the Canterbury Regional Council with the report; d. any person carrying out works authorised by this consent are informed of any bird breeding or nesting sites located; and e. where work ceases for more than eight days, the site will be re-inspected for bird breeding and nesting sites in accordance with parts (a) to (d) of this condition. During Works 6 Access to the site shall only be via the existing access routes. Advice Note: This consent does not grant access to the extraction area. This must be arranged with the landowner. 7 Gravel, sand and natural material shall not be excavated within: a. Ten metres of the banks of the river or flood protection works. For the purpose of this condition flood protection works are defined as, but not limited to: areas of vegetation maintained or planted in the beds of rivers; access tracks; rockwork; anchored trees; wire rope; and groynes; b. 50 metres of stopbanks and any other structures; c. Five metres of flowing water 8 Depth of excavation shall not exceed: a. One metre below the natural riverbed prior to excavation; and b. A level of 300 millimetres above the base of any channel containing flowing water adjacent to the active work site. 9 There shall be no stockpiling of gravel, sand or other natural material, including reject material, on the river bed. Page 3 CRC150986 10 To prevent the spread of pest species, including but not limited to Didymo, the consent holder shall ensure that activities authorised by this consent are undertaken in accordance with the Biosecurity New Zealand’s hygiene procedures and that machinery shall be free of plants and plant seeds prior to use in the riverbed. Advice Note: You can access the most current version of these procedures from the Biosecurity New Zealand website http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz. 11 Except where required to install temporary culverts or single span bridges, gravel, sand and natural material shall not be excavated within five metres of flowing water including aquatic habitats sensitive to the effects of gravel excavation including riffles, spring-feed braids, and seepage habitats. For the purpose of this consent: Riffles are defined as areas of shallow rapids, where the water surface is broken into waves by totally or partially submerged obstructions; Spring fed Braids are defined as side braids of the main channel with no visible surface flow into the braid (flow is likely intra gravel or spring fed), but having flow out of them into the main channel. Seepage habitats are defined as areas of very shallow water ultimately flowing into another channel. They usually form on terraces at the margins of the stop banked bed. 12 If it becomes necessary to pass through flowing water to access the works site: a. the consent holder shall install temporary culverts or single span bridges prior to crossing the flowing water; or b. if it is not practicable at the time to delay crossing flowing water while temporary culverts or single span bridges are installed the consent holder shall: i. as soon as practicable, and not later than six hours after it becomes necessary to pass through flowing water, contact the Canterbury Regional Council RMA Compliance and Enforcement Manager to inform them of the necessity of crossing flowing water; and ii. arrange for the installation of temporary culverts or single span bridges across the flowing water within 24 hours of the need to cross flowing water being identified. c. Vehicles and machinery shall be prohibited from entering flowing water, except where required to install temporary culverts or single span bridges, after 24 hours of it becoming necessary to cross the channel. 13 All practicable measures shall be undertaken to ensure that the installation of temporary culverts or single span bridges: a. are placed away from those aquatic habitats specified in condition (11), unless there is no practicable alternative to that area; and b. do not cause the impoundment of water upstream of the culvert or bridge; and c.