From 6a6fe1ad3b46156966431ae88e8429f3096267f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rekado Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:58:34 +0800 Subject: golden link story --- assignment3/background.tex | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ assignment3/references.bib | 26 ++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) diff --git a/assignment3/background.tex b/assignment3/background.tex index 398d073..dcc41d0 100644 --- a/assignment3/background.tex +++ b/assignment3/background.tex @@ -299,42 +299,39 @@ written submissions.'' % "inadequate information may lead to poor outcomes: people failing to make submissions on matters affecting them + poorly considered appeals to the Environment Court" % "levels of knowledge and understanding are still low, representing a significant barrier to effective participation in all resource management processes." -% TODO: case study: mining - -% "Golden Link" underground gold mine -% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -% -% - was publicly notified at the request of the applicant -% - subsidence before hearing --- backfilling is a condition -% - Distressed Residents Action Team (DRAT) and Waihi East Ratepayers Group Inc (WERGI) are citisen groups in opposition -% - WERGI's ads in newspapers exaggerated threat (illustrated with pictures from the US), maybe bringing down property values all by themselves; see http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/news/groups-ads-dragging-property-prices-down/1633684/ -% -% Aug 24, 2011 -% Residents 'terrified' by bid for giant goldmine under Waihi -% http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10747078 -% -% Jan 16, 2013 -% Homeowners say they should have been told about gold permit by real -% estate agent. -% http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10859418 -% -% May 7, 2013 -% http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10881982 -% -% May 8, 2013 -% Waihi mine -% Council says positive effects significant, most serious negative -% effect may be vibrations. -% http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10882189 -% -% Operator's information: -% http://www.waihigold.co.nz/mining/golden-link/ -% -% Hauraki Council's page on the golden link project: -% http://www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/news/Mining-issues/GoldenLinkRCAp/app.htm -% -% Press release by watchgroup: -% http://coromandelwatchdog.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/media-release-correnso-decision-sets-bad-precendent-for-homeowners-07-05-2013.pdf +The case of the Golden Link Project and the Correnso Underground Mine +application by Newmont Waihi Gold illustrates this. The proposal for +a new underground gold mine in the eastern part of Waihi, a town in +the Hauraki district with a long history as a gold mine town, would +directly affect about 50 homes below which the mining operations would +take place. The application was publicly notified on August 30, 2012 +and 501 submissions were received until the end of the submission +period on September 28, 2012. 120 of the submitters requested to be +heard at hearings, including representatives of organised citisen +groups in opposition such as the Waihi East Ratepayers Group Inc +(WERGI) and Protection of Waihi Environment and Ratepayers (POWER). + +Despite the residents' many concerns about blast vibrations, noise, +dust, property value loss, and physical damage to their property, the +resource consent for the underground mine was granted by the +council. In its decision report the council states that ``the positive +effects of the proposal are significant'' while the ``adverse effects +of the proposal will be minor'', the ``most significant adverse effect +on amenity [being] vibration'' \parencite{goldenlink}. The evaluation +of the positive effects of the proposal may have been influenced to +some degree by Newmont's previous financial commitment to the +community by funding local primary school and preschool facilities and +providing \$400,000 for Waihi residents to spend on community +amenities \parencite{goldenlink-appeal}. + +According to Green MP Catherine Delahunty, the residents did not have +the financial means to provide expert evidence at the hearings to +demonstrate that their concerns are justified. Without expert +testimony their experience with two other underground mines in the +region (although not located directly underneath their homes) could be +dismissed as anecdotal \parencite{goldenlink-delahunty}. Both resident +groups have announced they would be appealing to the Environment +Court \parencite{goldenlink-appeal}. \subsubsection{The value of submissions from the public} diff --git a/assignment3/references.bib b/assignment3/references.bib index 8513a8e..3643e88 100644 --- a/assignment3/references.bib +++ b/assignment3/references.bib @@ -143,4 +143,28 @@ Change Institute (IGCI), Second PUCM Report to Government} urldate={2013-06-19}, author={Johnson, A.}, publisher={Dunedin, New Zealand: Centre for Impact Assessment Research and Training, University of Otago}, -} \ No newline at end of file +} + +@report{goldenlink, + title={Decision by the independent commissioner's hearing panel}, + author={{Hauraki District Council}}, + year={2013}, + url={http://www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/news/Mining-issues/GoldenLinkRCAp/NWG-CommissionersDecision.pdf}, + urldate={2013-06-02} +} + +@online{goldenlink-delahunty, + author = {{APNZ}}, + title = {Consent granted for Waihi residential gold mine}, + url = {http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10881982}, + date = {2013-05-07}, + urldate = {2013-06-05}, +} + +@online{goldenlink-appeal, + author = {Jamie Morton}, + title = {Waihi mine fight going to court}, + url = {http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10886625}, + date = {2013-05-28}, + urldate = {2013-06-05}, +} -- cgit v1.2.3