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@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ activities \parencite{principles}:
     globe''.
 
   \item[Reporting, independent review and decision-making.]
-    TODO
+
+    A final EIA report is required to contain sufficient information
+    to allow for well-informed decisions about the proposed activity.  An
+    independent review ensures that the report is of sufficiently high
+    quality.
 
   \item[Monitoring and other follow-up activities.]
     TODO
@@ -99,16 +103,12 @@ activities per se, but ``focuses on the regulation of the effects of
 human activities on the environment'' \parencite{furuseth}. Notably,
 the RMA makes no reference to EIA or environmental assessment
 procedures. As \textcite{sadler} writes, environmental assessment
-under the RMA
-
-\begin{quote}
-  operates within the statutory planning
-  and consent system rather than as a separate procedure, applies
-  explicitly to projects and is indirectly specified for policy
-  statements and strategic plans which local authorities are required to
-  prepare to guide and implement sustainable resource
-  management. \parencite[p 31]{sadler}.
-\end{quote}
+under the RMA ``operates within the statutory planning and consent
+system rather than as a separate procedure, applies explicitly to
+projects and is indirectly specified for policy statements and
+strategic plans which local authorities are required to prepare to
+guide and implement sustainable resource management'' \parencite[p
+31]{sadler}.
 
 
 \subsubsection{The role of sustainable development}
@@ -178,24 +178,16 @@ resource consents \parencite{furuseth}.  As
 \textcite{miller2010implementing} notes, the issues every regional
 council has to address in plans and policy statements are mostly
 related to the sustainable management of natural or physical
-resources.
-
-Planning freedom at the district level is largely constrained by the
+resources. Planning freedom at the district level is largely constrained by the
 regional plans and policies. % TODO? one more sentence; subdivision etc done at district level
 
 
-\subsubsection{Coordination and cooperation}
-
-% merge this section with the previous section
-This overlapping mandate clearly requires special efforts to ensure coordination ...
-%TODO: must mention consultation steps in RMA! check miller2010implementing
-
-
 \subsubsection{Plans and resource consents}
 
 The plans and policies at the national, regional, and district level
 provide a framework for regulation of development activities.
 %TODO: the evolution of a plan; public participation in the evolution of plans
+%TODO: must mention consultation steps in RMA! check miller2010implementing
 
 For every proposed activity that is not explicitly allowed as a
 `Permitted Activity' in the appropriate regional or district plan,