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Final Report and Decision of the Board of Inquiry into the Hauāuru mā Raki Wind Farm and Infrastructure Connection to Grid Final report and decision made under Section 149 of the Resource Management Act 1991 as amended in 2005 Volume 2 of 3 Published in May 2011 By the Board of Inquiry into the Hauāuru mā Raki Wind Farm Proposal and Infrastructure Connection to Grid ISBN: 978-0-478-37225-0 (print) ISBN: 978-0-478-37226-7 (web) ISBN: 978-0-478-37227-4 (CD-ROM) Main Tab Name: CWL – District Hauāuru mā Raki – Waikato Wind Farm District Council Conditions – May 2011 Contact Wind Limited FDC Resource Consent L08052 Consent Type: Land use consent Activity authorised: Construction, operation and maintenance of a wind farm (Hauāuru mā Raki), including the erection and operation of wind turbine generators, site mobilisation and establishment, earthworks and land disturbance, underground and overground 33kV transmission works, and site reinstatement. Location / map reference: West coast of the North Island between approximately 4 kilometres south of Port Waikato in north and the boundary of the former Franklin District and Waikato District in the south (on the properties shown on Location Plan 1 attached in Schedule Two) dated 24 March 2011. Legal Description As listed under “Franklin Consent - Location of proposed Windfarm” reference numbers 1-10 and “Waikato Consent – Location of proposed Windfarm” reference numbers 1-18 in Schedule Three attached. Consent Duration: 50 years from the date of commencement in accordance with s116 of the Resource Management Act 1991 Conditions: 1. The exercise of this consent is subject to compliance with the conditions specified in Schedule One attached. 1 Hauāuru mā Raki – Waikato Wind Farm District Council Conditions – May 2011 Contact Wind Limited FDC Resource Consent L08053 Consent Type: Land use consent Activity authorised: The re-opening and operation of Whitford Quarry including rock crushing and processing. Location / map reference: Approximately 2km north-west of the junction of Port Waikato-Waikaretu Road and Waikaretu Valley Road (as shown on Beca Plans 18 and 21 attached in Schedule Two). Legal Description As listed under “Franklin District Consents – Roading Improvements, Whitford Quarry, Concrete Batching Plants, and Public Viewing Areas” reference number 46 in Schedule Three attached. Consent Duration: 15 years from the date of commencement in accordance with s116 of the Resource Management Act 1991 Conditions: 1. The exercise of this consent is subject to compliance with the conditions specified in Schedule One attached and the conditions outlined below. 2. The consent holder shall operate the quarry in general accordance with the Whitford Waikaretu Quarry Management Report, June 2008 (Schedule Twelve), subject to the conditions in this consent. 3. Aggregate and material from the quarry may be used for all construction activities associated with the Hauāuru mā Raki - Waikato Wind Farm project (including related transmission infrastructure, public road improvements and mitigation projects), but not for other public road projects. 4. The quarry shall be closed and decommissioned on completion of the last stage of construction for the Hauāuru mā Raki - Waikato Wind Farm project (including related transmission infrastructure public road improvements, and mitigation projects). For the avoidance of doubt, a separate resource consent will be required if the quarry is to be utilised for any replacement of the wind turbines at the end of their efficient life. 5. The consent holder shall provide written notice to the Waikato District Council of the intent to decommission the quarry and shall prepare and submit a Quarry Decommissioning Management Plan to the Waikato District Council Group Manager Regulatory for endorsement (acting in a technical certification capacity) three months prior to any decommissioning work. 2 Hauāuru mā Raki – Waikato Wind Farm District Council Conditions – May 2011 Contact Wind Limited Purpose of the Quarry Decommissioning Management Plan 6. The Quarry Decommissioning Management Plan is to be prepared by an independent and suitably qualified and experienced person and shall set out the practices and procedures to be adopted to: (a) ensure that appropriate management procedures are in place for the decommissioning and rehabilitation phase of the Quarry, and that potential adverse effects on the environment are properly remedied or mitigated; and (b) define the scope and methodology for decommissioning and rehabilitation of the Quarry area and the ongoing maintenance of rehabilitation activities. Objectives 7. The Quarry Decommissioning Management Plan shall set out the practices and procedures to be adopted to achieve an outcome generally in accordance with the following objectives: (a) to ensure removal of infrastructure associated with operation of the Quarry; (b) to create stable landforms by establishing vegetation cover and erosion-resistant surfaces that have characteristics that favour growth of sustainable plant communities and manage run off and sediment generation; and (c) to prevent weed invasion within the rehabilitated site. Matters to be addressed 8. The Quarry Decommissioning Management Plan shall, as a minimum, address: (a) the objectives set out in Condition 7 above; (b) the personnel who will be on-site and their responsibilities, such that the provisions of the plan can be implemented at all times; (c) procedures for dismantling and removal of plant and structures; (d) methodologies associated with site rehabilitation, including but not limited to: (i) erosion/sediment controls; (ii) a re-vegetation programme, including but not limited to provision for: a re-vegetation map for all areas of the site that are to be planted following decommissioning, and details of plant species intended to be used; and means for control of weeds. 3 Hauāuru mā Raki – Waikato Wind Farm District Council Conditions – May 2011 Contact Wind Limited (e) completion criteria, that when met, will demonstrate completion of rehabilitation. The criteria shall include, as a minimum, measures that confirm: (i) establishment of vegetation; (ii) management of earthworks and associated runoff or sediment generation; and (iii) outcomes of any weed control programmes. Advice note Conditions 2 to 8 are also imposed on regional consent WRC118074 and it is anticipated that the two Councils will coordinate the process of endorsement of the Quarry Decommissioning Management Plan required under Condition 5. 4 Hauāuru mā Raki – Waikato Wind Farm District Council Conditions – May 2011 Contact Wind Limited FDC Resource Consent L08054 Consent Type: Land use consent Activity authorised: Land use consent for two concrete batching plants. Location / map reference: One approximately 10km south of Port Waikato to the west of the Port Waikato-Waikaretu Road and the second at the Whitford Quarry Site (as shown on Beca Plan 20 attached in Schedule Two). Legal Description As listed under “Franklin District Consents – Roading Improvements, Whitford Quarry, Concrete Batching Plants, and Public Viewing Areas” reference numbers 47 and 48 in Schedule Three attached. Consent Duration: 15 years from the date of commencement in accordance with s116 of the Resource Management Act 1991 Conditions: 1. The exercise of this consent is subject to compliance with the conditions specified in Schedule One attached. 5 Hauāuru mā Raki – Waikato Wind Farm District Council Conditions – May 2011 Contact Wind Limited FDC Resource Consent L08055 Consent Type: Land use consent Activity authorised: Land use consent for three public viewing areas (including signage) and associated parking areas. Location / map reference: Port Waikato-Waikaretu Road and Pukerewa Road (as shown on TDG Plan 27 attached in Schedule Seven). Legal Description As listed under “Franklin District Consents – Roading Improvements, Whitford Quarry, Concrete Batching Plants, and Public Viewing Areas” reference numbers 49 and 51 in Schedule Three attached. Consent Duration: Unlimited from the date of commencement in accordance with s116 of the Resource Management Act 1991 Conditions: 1. The exercise of this consent is subject to compliance with the conditions specified in Schedule One attached. 6 Hauāuru mā Raki – Waikato Wind Farm District Council Conditions – May 2011 Contact Wind Limited FDC Resource Consent L08056 Consent Type: Land use consent Activity authorised: Land use consent for improvements to local roads. Location / map reference: Tuakau Bridge-Port Waikato Road, Port Waikato- Waikaretu Road, and Waikaretu Valley Road (as shown on TDG Plans 11, 12, 13, 14 and 21 attached in Schedule Seven). Legal Description Council Road reserves and as listed under “Franklin District Consents – Roading Improvements, Whitford Quarry, Concrete Batching Plants, and Public Viewing Areas” reference numbers 1 to 45 in Schedule Three attached. Consent Duration: Unlimited from the date of commencement in accordance with s116 of the Resource Management Act 1991 Conditions: 1. The exercise of this consent is subject to compliance with the conditions specified in Schedule One attached. 7 Hauāuru mā Raki – Waikato Wind Farm District Council Conditions – May 2011 Contact Wind Limited WDC Resource Consent LUC0005/08 Consent Type: Land use consent Activity authorised: Construction, operation and maintenance of a wind farm (Hauāuru mā Raki), including the erection and operation of wind turbine generators, site mobilisation and establishment, earthworks and land disturbance, underground