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diff --git a/assignment1/discussion.tex b/assignment1/discussion.tex
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+++ b/assignment1/discussion.tex
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ On the other hand, public participation ... leads to abuse, slow process miller2
 
   
 
-\subsection{The problems associated with devolution}
+\subsection{Issues associated with devolution}
 
 What sets apart New Zealand's approach to environmental assessment
 from those of other countries is the devolved mandate, meaning that
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ governance, by district or city councils.
 
 \subsection{EIA at the policy level}
 
-``Environmental Assessment in a Changing World'' (EAE_10E.PDF, Sadler)
+``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
diff --git a/assignment1/main.tex b/assignment1/main.tex
index 5c01887..43e74b3 100644
--- a/assignment1/main.tex
+++ b/assignment1/main.tex
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ to local authorities rather than imposing a prescriptive management
 style. The role of central government under the RMA is purposefully
 limited, allowing district and city councils to let their decisions be
 guided by locally determined goals. This devolved mandate---the
-increasing distribution of responsibility from the national to the
+distribution of management responsibility from the national to the
 regional and finally local level---is intended to ensure that
 decisions relating to resource usage are made not only within the
 national policy framework but also at a level closest to the resources
@@ -140,29 +140,38 @@ in question \parencite[p 27]{miller2010implementing}.
 
 Responsible for the national policy framework within which local
 authorities are encouraged to develop local plans and evaluate
-resource consent applications is the Ministry for the Environment. The
-Ministry is supposed to prepare and publish national policy
-statements---declaring governance intent relating to issues affecting
-the whole country or in fulfillment of international agreements---as
-well as national environmental standards (specific points of reference
-in the areas of air quality, water quality, etc).
-
-%TODO: more on the national level
-
-  - 2009 establishment of the EPA (due to RMA amendments)
-  - 2010 extended functions of the EPA as Crown Agent, taking over
-    all regulatory functions of the MfE;
-    MfE focusses on policy + regulation not under RMA (Hazardous substances Act, Ozone Protection Act, Climate Change Response Act)
-    
-On the regional level, regional councils are to produce regional
-policy statements (RPS) and may also produce more comprehensive and
-prescriptive regional plans to support the goal of achieving
-integrated management of natural resources.
-
-  REGIONAL LEVEL
-  - concentrate on water, air, and land (as its use relates to water and air quality)
-
-  DISTRICT / city councils
+resource consent applications is the Ministry for the
+Environment\footnote{Since the RMA amendments of 2009, the newly
+founded Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is increasingly
+taking over the regulatory functions of the Ministry for the
+Environment, which is now focusing on policy and regulation under
+environmental acts other than the
+RMA \parencite{miller2010implementing.}}. The Ministry is supposed to
+prepare and publish national policy statements---declaring governance
+intent relating to issues affecting the whole country or in
+fulfillment of international agreements---as well as national
+environmental standards (specific points of reference in the areas of
+air quality, water quality, etc).
+
+According to \textcite{furuseth}, ``among local government units, the
+regional councils are presented with the greatest responsibilities and
+the most far reaching potential to implement sustainable
+management'' \parencite[p 262]{furuseth}. On the regional level,
+regional councils are to produce regional policy statements (RPS) and
+may also produce more comprehensive and prescriptive regional plans to
+support the goal of achieving integrated management of natural
+resources. Regional policy statements ``present an assessment of
+existing conditions and a direction for resource management in the
+region'' and are therefore at the core of the goal to achieving
+sustainable development which is implemented through decisions over
+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
+regional plans and policies. % TODO? one more sentence
 
 
 \subsubsection{Coordination and cooperation}
@@ -171,7 +180,9 @@ This overlapping mandate clearly requires special efforts to ensure coordination
 TODO: must mention consultation steps in RMA! check miller2010implementing
 
 
-\subsubsection{The role of the public in plans and resource consents}
+\subsubsection{Plans and resource consents}
+
+public participation during plan writing; during resource consents
 
 TODO: the evolution of a plan
 TODO: public participation through notification
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