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@@ -44,6 +44,29 @@ the process of EIA for the public to be involved; where involvement is possible
    monitoring of effects once the plan or project has begun.
 \end{quote}
 
+``Environmental Assessment in a Changing World'' (EAE_10E.PDF, Sadler)
+\begin{quote} (page 49)
+  [EA under the RMA] ... is indirectly specified for policy
+  statements and strategic plans which local authorities are required to
+  prepare to guide and implement sustainable resource
+  management. Application at this level is variable and, overall, it is
+  concluded that the unique way that EA is integrated into the Act makes
+  evaluation of the effectiveness of implementation difficult
+\end{quote}
+
+(page 164[pdf], 146[published])
+\begin{quote}
+  SEA is intended to be an integral part of
+  policy and plan-setting, rather than being applied to them as a
+  separate procedure. The resulting framework, in turn, establishes a
+  context and parameters for subsidiary EIAs, which are required for all
+  resource use consents and where the presumption is for protection via
+  rigorous limits on discharges etc. However, in practice,
+  implementation of the Act is occurring slowly. Experience to date
+  indicates that local governments still rely on project EIA rather than
+  undertaking policy and pian-level assessments,
+\end{quote}
+
 
 checklist from \textcite{intl-perspective}:
 
@@ -59,6 +82,7 @@ checklist from \textcite{intl-perspective}:
 - problems of devolution:
   - cannot deal well with cumulative effects, because that's best done on a national/regional level \parencite{eia-state-of-the-art}
   - most resource consents are processed at the district/city level, not at the regional level
+  - \textcite[p 267]{furuseth}: little experience or resources to scrutinise EIA on the local level
 
 \textcite{practitioners}
 - volume of assessment work, enormous breadth in scale of covered projects