Resource consents for combustion discharges
Alex Harris made this Official Information request to Bay of Plenty Regional Council
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From: Alex Harris
Dear Bay of Plenty Regional Council,
The Bay of Plenty Regional Council controls discharges of contaminants from combustion sources under its Regional Air Plan. Rules 3 and 4 make discharges from small and medium combustion sources (up to 10MW for gas, and 5MW for coal) a permitted activity, if it complies with conditions, meaning no resource consent is required if those conditions are met. Discharges from combustion sources which do not comply with these conditions or which are larger than specified limits are covered under Rule 19 as a 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 fuel burning equipment under Rule 19. 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
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RE: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF YOUR INFORMATION REQUEST 2019-08 | 19-0087
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was received by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council (Council) on 9^th
August 2019.
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From: Reuben Fraser
Hi Alex,
Thanks for your enquiry. Please find attached a spreadsheet showing a list
of results relevant to your query. Unfortunately, we cannot run a report
that would include the detail you have requested, so I have uploaded all
of the consent documents to our file transfer site, you can access them by
[1]clicking here.
Please let me know if that gives you the information you need, or if there
is anything else you need. Please let me know if you would like to see
application documents, or officer's reports for any of these consents.
Kind regards,
Reuben Fraser
Consents Manager
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana
P: 0800 884 880 DD: 0800 884 881 x8460
E: [email address]
M: 021 244 8460 W: www.boprc.govt.nz
A: PO Box 364, Whakatane 3158, New Zealand
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From: Alex Harris <[FOI #10937 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2019 10:56 PM
To: Web Info Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Resource consents for combustion
discharges
Dear Bay of Plenty Regional Council,
The Bay of Plenty Regional Council controls discharges of contaminants
from combustion sources under its Regional Air Plan. Rules 3 and 4 make
discharges from small and medium combustion sources (up to 10MW for gas,
and 5MW for coal) a permitted activity, if it complies with conditions,
meaning no resource consent is required if those conditions are met.
Discharges from combustion sources which do not comply with these
conditions or which are larger than specified limits are covered under
Rule 19 as a 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 fuel
burning equipment under Rule 19. 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
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