Resource consents for combustion discharges
Alex Harris made this Official Information request to Nelson City Council
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From: Alex Harris
Dear Nelson City Council,
The Nelson City Council controls discharges of contaminants from large-scale fuel burning appliances (> 70 kW) under Rules AQr.28 - AQr.32 of the Nelson Air Quality Plan. Small-scale combustion and the use of a backup generator are generally permitted activities, provided conditions (including on heat or power output) are complied with - the exception being light or heavy fuel oil, which is a controlled activity. Larger-scale combustion is generally a discretionary or restricted discretionary activity, requiring a resource consent. I would like to request the following information under the LGOIMA:
* a list of all the resource consents in force for discharges from large-scale fuel burning appliances under Rules AQr.28 - AQr.32 of the Nelson Air Quality Plan. For each consent I would like the date of issue, date of expiry, the fuel source for the combustion, and the power in kW or MW (if known) or maximum combustion rate (e.g. in tonnes per hour, if known).
I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the fyi.org.nz website.
Yours faithfully,
Alex Harris
From: LGOIMA
Nelson City Council
Kia Ora Alex,
Thank you for your request for a list of all of the resource consents in
force under Rule AQr.28 – Aqr.32 of the Nelson Air Quality Plan dated 16
January 2019. The Service request number assigned to your request is
1934064.
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later 15 August 2019, being 20 working days after the day
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Ngâ mihi,
Venus
Kind Regards
Venus Sood
Administration Coordinator
Nelson City Council | Te Kaunihera o Whakatû
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From: LGOIMA
Nelson City Council
Kia Ora Alex,
I refer to your LGOIMA request dated 18 July 2019 for information about
Resource consents for combustion discharges.
This email is just to let you know that we need bit of extra time. Local
Government Official Information And Meetings Act requires that we advise
you of our decision on your request no later than 20 working days after
the day we received your request. Unfortunately I could not send this
email to you yesterday due to sickness.
I kindly request you to consider giving us some extra time. We are
therefore working on it and will make information available to you by 26
August 2019.
We need this extension to allow time for peer review. I deeply apologise
for any inconvenience it may have caused.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or Freephone 0800 802 602.
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decision, please feel free to contact me by email at [2][email address]
or by phone 03 546 0404.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Ngā mihi,
Venus
Kind Regards
Venus Sood
Administration Coordinator
Nelson City Council | Te Kaunihera o Whakatū
P 03 546 0404
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From: Mandy Bishop
Nelson City Council
Hello Alex
I apologise for the time taken to respond to your query. Our database does not enable us to extract all of the requested information easily. The attached table contains your requested information. There is one consent (085308V5) that has various burning appliances that get replaced over time so that resource consent decision is attached rather than trying to put it all in the table.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this response. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or Freephone 0800802602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me.
Kind regards
Mandy Bishop
Manager Consents and Compliance
Kaiwhakahaere tautukunga i nga whakaaetanga
Nelson City Council | Te Kaunihera o Whakatū
P 03 545 8740
nelson.govt.nz
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