This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Trusted Regulator approach - Consultation August 2019'.

 
 
 
 
 
 
20-D-00804 
J. Bruning 
[FYI request #12884 email] 
 
 
 
Dear J. Bruning 
 
 
Thank you for your email of  25 May 2020  requesting the following under the Official 
Information Act 1982 (the Act): 
 
Re: Hazardous substances assessments: Improving decision-making  –  A 
discussion document on proposed improvements to assessments and 
reassessments of hazardous substances - Consultation August 2019. 
https://www.mfe.govt.nz/sites/default/files/media/Hazards/hazardous-
substances-discussion-document.pdf  
 
 
Please make publicly available the content of all submissions responding to the 
August 2019 discussion document. 
 
The results of this consultation have not been published - 
https://www.mfe.govt.nz/consultations/hazardous-substances  
 
 
I expect personal numbers and emails from citizens submitting in a personal 
capacity to be redacted, but not from persons submitting in a professional 
capacity. This includes agencies, academics, companies, including members 
and associates of lobbying organisations who lobby on behalf of commercial 
interests. 

  
The Ministry for the Environment expects to publish the submissions you requested next 
month.  Therefore, we are refusing your request under section 18 (d) of the Official 
Information Act. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact our Executive Relations 
team (email: [email address]). 
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Office of the Ombudsman of 
my decision to withhold information relating to this request, in accordance with section 28(3) 
of the Act. The relevant details can be found on their website at: 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.   
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
Approved electronically by Glenn Wigley on 16 June 2020 
 
 
Glenn Wigley 
Director, Resource Efficiency – Regulatory and Policy