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diff --git a/assignment1/discussion.tex b/assignment1/discussion.tex index b340e7a..47950d6 100644 --- a/assignment1/discussion.tex +++ b/assignment1/discussion.tex @@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ governance, by district or city councils. - \textcite[p 267]{furuseth}: little experience or resources to scrutinise EIA on the local level +- very slow publication of NPS and NES at the national level + \textcite{miller2010implementing} + \subsection{Monitoring and follow-up work} diff --git a/assignment1/main.tex b/assignment1/main.tex index ef1f88e..68d40a7 100644 --- a/assignment1/main.tex +++ b/assignment1/main.tex @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ activities \parencite{principles}: identifying the key impacts that are associated with the project. \item[Consideration of alternatives] - TODO + TODO: important. Spend a little more time on this. \item[Impact analysis, mitigation, and evaluation of residual impacts] (TODO: Evaluation of the significance of residual impacts) @@ -110,12 +110,26 @@ decisions relating to resource usage are made not only within the national policy framework but also at a level closest to the resources in question \parencite[p 27]{miller2010implementing}. - Responsible for the national policy framework within which local -authorities evaluate resource consent application - - Ministry for the Environment responsible for RMA +authorities are encouraged to develop local plans and evaluate +resource consent applications is the Ministry for the Environment. +%TODO: more on the national level + + - should prepare national policy statements (NPS) + - broad scope + - issues affecting more than a region or the whole country + - global agreements/commitments + national environmental standards (NES) + - very specific and technical + - addressing standards of air quality, water quality/levels/flows, discharges, etc + when deemed appropriate by minister + - 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) +\subsection{SCRATCH SPACE} ``Social Assessment'' (Taylor et al in the Green Book, chapter 25) \begin{quote} @@ -140,23 +154,6 @@ TODO - requirement: policy environmental assessment (SEA) \textcite{miller2010implementing} -- three layers of plans - NATIONAL LEVEL - - Ministry for the Environment responsible for RMA - - should prepare national policy statements (NPS) - - broad scope - - issues affecting more than a region or the whole country - - global agreements/commitments - national environmental standards (NES) - - very specific and technical - - addressing standards of air quality, water quality/levels/flows, discharges, etc - when deemed appropriate by minister - - very slow publication of NPS and NES - - 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) - REGIONAL LEVEL - regional councils need to produce regional policy statement (RPS) - may produce regional plans |