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+\section{Background}
+
+\subsection{Consultation in EIA and the RMA}
+
+- EIA in NZ differs from international best practice, because
+  consultation before the application is lodged is not required
+
+- consultation may be required by another Act; consultation with Maori
+  (if affected) is usually required due to Treaty
+
+- any results of consultation must be included in the AEE
+
+refer to http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/rma/everyday/consent-consultation/
+
+
+\subsection{AEE review and notification}
+
+- council reviews AEE and decides whether to notify or not
+
+- this is the point that Grinlinton is talking about. If the councils
+don't review dilligently enough, proposals with incomplete or
+misleading data are not challenged and pass through to a decision (for
+non-notified applications) or enters limited notification where
+directly affected people find a compromise with the applicant
+(applicant can buy approval) or enters public submission stage. A
+misleading AEE will be difficult for the public to challenge on
+technical grounds.
+
+% http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mediating+sustainability%3a+the+public+interest+mediator+in+the+New...-a0176372138
+\begin{quote}
+According to one survey, only five percent of consent applications
+are notified, (51) which is an important finding because, in general,
+only those parties who make a submission on a notified consent
+application have standing to appeal a council's decision to the
+Environment Court.
+\end{quote}
+
+% TODO: review course readings to find problems
+
+\subsection{Submissions from the public and hearings}
+
+- in the case of public notification, council prepares a report based
+on submissions, the AEE and additional evidence provided by the
+applicant. The report is hence strongly influenced by the applicant's
+input.
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+\section{Conclusion}
+
+% TODO
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+\section{Discussion}
+
+% TODO
+
+\subsection{Review and notification}
+
+% TODO: check if there were big non-notified proposals in the past
+
+\subsection{Implementation gap}
+
+\begin{quote}
+% there was a gap between the environmental management techniques
+% advocated in district plans and those being applied in resource
+% consents. The lower the council capacity and plan quality, the greater
+% the implementation gap. For a number of reasons, most plans are more
+% ambitious in their scope and intentions than is realised in practice
+% through techniques used in consents.
+\end{quote} [confessions, p 13]
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