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Schedule 20: inserted, on 18 June 2021, by clause 4 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Amendment Order (No 6) 2021 (LI 2021/152).
Heading: inserted, on 18 June 2021, by clause 4 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Amendment Order (No 6) 2021 (LI 2021/152).
The name of the project is the Whakatāne Commercial Boat Harbour (the project).
Schedule 20 clause 1: inserted, on 18 June 2021, by clause 4 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Amendment Order (No 6) 2021 (LI 2021/152).
The authorised persons for the project are—
Whakatane District Council; and
Te Rāhui Lands Trust; and
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa; and
Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited; and
Te Rāhui Herenga Waka Whakatāne Limited; and
Provincial Growth Fund Limited.
Schedule 20 clause 2: inserted, on 18 June 2021, by clause 4 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Amendment Order (No 6) 2021 (LI 2021/152).
(1)
The scope of the project is to develop a commercial boat harbour, associated facilities, and a channel to the Whakatāne River.
(2)
The development will include—
a marina; and
berthing infrastructure; and
an access channel for vessels; and
an upgraded boat ramp for commercial and recreational boats; and
a training centre; and
a commercial maintenance facility; and
a parking area; and
open space and walking areas.
Schedule 20 clause 3: inserted, on 18 June 2021, by clause 4 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Amendment Order (No 6) 2021 (LI 2021/152).
The project may involve the following works:
works to clear vegetation:
earthworks, including—
works to excavate soil, rock, and other material and deposit them on land:
works to disturb and remediate contaminated land, including works to remove timber mill waste:
works to enable dewatering of building and construction sites:
works to discharge water and contaminants onto land:
works to dam and divert the Whakatāne River, including in the coastal marine area:
works to disturb and dredge the Whakatāne River, including in the coastal marine area:
works to disturb wetlands and restore degraded wetlands:
works to install navigational aids in the coastal marine area:
works to construct moorings and associated infrastructure within the boat harbour:
works to construct parking areas:
works to construct a technical training centre:
works to construct maintenance facilities and related buildings:
any other works that are—
associated with the works described in paragraphs (a) to (l); and
within the scope of the project as described in clause 3 of this schedule.
Schedule 20 clause 4: inserted, on 18 June 2021, by clause 4 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Amendment Order (No 6) 2021 (LI 2021/152).
The project’s works will occur at 2 Keepa Road, Coastlands, Whakatāne.
The legal description of the site of the project is—
Part Rangitaiki Lot 28B No 22 Block; and
depending on the location of the access channel, parts of—
Section 5 SO 477337; and
Section 1 SO 477337; and
Part Lot 3 DP 21268; and
Part Lot 4 DP 21268; and
depending on the dredging needed to deepen the river channel,—
Allotment 165 Rangitaiki Parish; and
Allotment 19 Rangitaiki Parish; and
Section 10 Block II Whakatāne Survey District; and
Section 11 Block II Whakatāne Survey District.
(3)
The site of the project also includes land within the coastal marine area adjacent to, and including, the bed of the Whakatāne River.
Schedule 20 clause 5: inserted, on 18 June 2021, by clause 4 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Amendment Order (No 6) 2021 (LI 2021/152).
The following information must be submitted to the panel with any consent application or notice of requirement relating to the project (in addition to the information required by clause 9 of Schedule 6 of the Act):
an ecological assessment; and
a river flood protection assessment that includes an assessment of—
any adverse effects of the project on the Whakatāne River; and
any adverse effects of the project on the stopbanks and flood protection structures, including erosion and scouring from dredging; and
a freshwater management assessment that includes an assessment of—
any adverse effects of the project on natural wetlands; and
any adverse effects of dredging the Whakatāne River on freshwater ecology and water quality; and
an integrated transport assessment, including modelling and analysis that covers the effects of the project on the surrounding road network.
Schedule 20 clause 6: inserted, on 18 June 2021, by clause 4 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Amendment Order (No 6) 2021 (LI 2021/152).
An expert consenting panel must invite comments on any consent application or notice of requirement relating to the project from the following persons in addition to the persons listed in clause 17(6) of Schedule 6 of the Act:
Whakatane Volunteer Coastguard Association Incorporated; and
Whakatāne Harbour Care Group; and
New Zealand Transport Agency.
Schedule 20 clause 7: inserted, on 18 June 2021, by clause 4 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Amendment Order (No 6) 2021 (LI 2021/152).
No further provision is necessary to give effect to decisions made by the Minister for the Environment and the Acting Minister of Conservation under section 24 of the Act in respect of the project.
Schedule 20 clause 8: inserted, on 18 June 2021, by clause 4 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Amendment Order (No 6) 2021 (LI 2021/152).
The Minister for the Environment and the Acting Minister of Conservation have jointly accepted this application for referral. The Ministers considered the application against the criteria in the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020 (the Act) and the Act’s purpose, and sought and considered written comments from the relevant Ministers and Te Rāhui Lands Trust. The Ministers accepted the application for the following reasons:
the project will help to achieve the purpose of the Act; and
the project will generate employment by providing—
up to 30 direct full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs during the engineering works; and
approximately 30 indirect FTE jobs in marine servicing; and
the project will generate longer-term new employment, including—
approximately 229 indirect jobs from the on-water development; and
approximately 373 boat building jobs; and
approximately 230 new tourism-centred jobs; and
new jobs in harvesting and processing mussels; and
the project will provide infrastructure to improve economic outcomes for the marine farming, boat building, and tourism industries, which have been affected by COVID-19; and
the project will provide infrastructure by converting the site, which is currently in agricultural use of marginal economic benefit, into a commercial and community asset; and
the project will have positive effects on social well-being by providing employment, economic benefits, and fit-for-purpose facilities for commercial and recreational users, and provide opportunities to retrain at the proposed training facility; and
the project will progress faster than would otherwise be the case under the Resource Management Act 1991 standard processes; and
any adverse effects that arise from the application, and any mitigation measures, can be tested by an expert consenting panel against Part 2 of the Resource Management Act 1991 and the purpose of the Act.