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Waikato Regional Council AUTH 135190.01.01 Consent type: Discharge Permit Consent subtype: Discharge to Air Activity authorised: Discharge contaminants to air from an animal by-

products rendering and blood processing plant and gas fired boiler

Location: Greenlea Premier Meats – Studholme Street, Morrinsville

Map Reference: NZTM – 5828832 E / 1823418 N Consent duration: Granted for a period of 18 years to expire on 30

November 2035

CONDITIONS Definitions: Hamilton abattoir means the consent holder’s meat processing plant located at Greenlea Lane, Hamilton. Morrinsville abattoir means the consent holder’s meat processing plant located at Studholme Street, Morrinsville. Council means the Waikato Regional Council including staff and contractors. Stabilised means either:

treated with acid to ensure that the whole mass of material maintains a pH less than 4.5; or:

chilled or otherwise cooled to ensure that the whole mass of material reaches a temperature of no greater than 4°C within 6 hours; or

treated with any other preservative with the prior written agreement of the Council. BRAVS means Building Room Air Ventilation System. DSVS means Direct Source Ventilation System. Objectionable Effect means non compliance with Condition 4. General accordance

1 The activity authorised under this consent shall be undertaken in general accordance

with:

(i) the application for this resource consent, and: (ii) all information provided in support of the application for this resource consent, in

particular: a) “Greenlea Premier Meats Ltd Resource Consent Applications and Assessment of

Effects on the Environment” by Industrial Compliance Solutions Ltd, dated November 2016, Ref: 15003, WRC Doc #11145884 (“AEE”);

b) “Greenlea Air Quality Management Plan – Draft”, received 21 March 2016, WRC Doc #10273176 (“AQMP”);

except where otherwise required in the resource consent conditions below.

2 The consent holder shall maintain contingency contractual arrangements with third party

operators where raw or partly processed material can be rendered off-site or disposed of to a landfill authorised to receive the material, when required to meet the conditions of this consent. The consent holder shall make copies of the contractual agreements available to the Council upon request.

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3 All processes on site shall be operated, maintained, supervised, monitored and controlled to ensure that emissions authorised by this consent are maintained at the minimum practicable level.

Odour

4 The discharge shall not result in odour that is objectionable to the extent that it causes an adverse effect at or beyond the boundary of the subject property.

5 Should an emission of odour that has an objectionable effect occur, the consent holder shall cease processing raw material immediately and immediately notify the Council. Subsequently the consent holder shall provide a written report to the Council and to the complainant (unless contact details are not available) within five days of the event. The report shall specify:

(i) the date and time the plant ceased processing raw material; (ii) the cause or likely cause of the event and any factors that influenced its severity; (iii) the nature and timing of any measures implemented by the consent holder to correct

the fault; (iv) the date and time the plant recommenced processing raw material; (v) any redress provided to those adversely affected; and (vi) the nature and timing of the steps to be taken in future to prevent recurrence of

similar events.

Advice Note: Condition 5 provides for self-management if odour is reported to the consent holder. Condition 6 provides a clear mechanism for the Council to direct the consent holder based on the Council’s determination.

6 If the Council determines, after taking into account the results of its own odour

assessments and/or the assessments of its agents and/or independent odour assessment required under the conditions of this resource consent, that the implementation of this resource consent has resulted in a breach of Condition 4; the Council may issue a written notice to the consent holder requiring:

the receipt of any new raw material to cease immediately. Rendering and/or blood processing of material already in the process line shall be permitted to be completed. or

processing to cease immediately. Rendering and/or blood processing of material already in the process line shall not be completed.

If a notice is issued, no new processing shall be undertaken and no raw materials shall be received until: (i) the Consent Holder has supplied to the Council a report from an independent

appropriately qualified professional approved by the Council as to qualifications and

experience certifying that the cause of the odour has been identified, rectified and

measures put in place to ensure it will not reoccur; and:

(ii) the Council advises the consent holder in writing that raw material may be received

and processing may recommence.

Air Quality Management Plan 7 The consent holder shall, at least two months prior to commissioning the rendering and

blood processing facility, supply to the Council an updated version of the AQMP referenced in Condition 1(ii)(b) above. The AQMP shall accurately record all monitoring, management

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and operational procedures, methodologies and contingency plans required to comply with the conditions of this consent. The AQMP shall as a minimum include: (i) rendering and blood processing raw material control including a management

system to ensure compliance with the conditions of consent relating to the origin of raw material and timeframes for receipt and processing;

(ii) identification, maintenance, monitoring, control and a recording system of key process parameters which influence odour and contaminant emissions from raw material delivery/ receipt, rendering, blood processing, meal and tallow storage and handling, the biofilters and the gas-fired boiler;

(iii) inspection, maintenance, monitoring and recording of emissions control equipment including all extraction rates from each source, ducting, pipework, fans and associated equipment;

(iv) process equipment inspection, maintenance, monitoring and recording; (v) maintenance and monitoring of building integrity; (vi) preventive maintenance system procedures in accordance with Condition 31. (vii) contingency procedures for each emergency, plant breakdown, equipment failure

and malfunction that could result in non-compliance with this resource consent and in particular Condition 4;

(viii) identification of critical spares and procedures to ensure availability of critical spares on site so as to ensure compliance at all times with this resource consent and in particular Condition 4;

(ix) procedures for plant closure and removal and stabilisation of raw and partially processed materials in the event of a process failure that would result in raw materials not being fully processed within the timeline set out in Condition 26.

(x) procedures for assessment of each batch of raw material and for removal of out-of-specification material;

(xi) housekeeping and cleaning procedures; (xii) identification and control of miscellaneous emissions which may cause odour

outside the boundaries of the site; (xiii) regular ambient odour monitoring in the vicinity of the site and training for the

odour monitor; (xiv) steps to be taken when odour is detected during ambient odour monitoring; (xv) complaints investigation, monitoring and reporting; (xvi) notification protocols and procedures for community liaison group meetings; (xvii) procedures to protect ventilation ducting and access doors from vehicle impact

damage; (xviii) procedures to ensure that staff are appropriately trained in the day-to-day

operation of the equipment, and changes to the operation of the equipment over time; and:

(xix) identification of staff and contractor responsibilities.

The consent holder shall at two yearly intervals review the above AQMP and supply to the Council an updated AQMP which details the procedures that will be implemented to operate in accordance with the conditions of this resource consent and the procedures that will be put into place to control the relevant activities. The consent holder shall at all times manage the relevant activities in accordance with the then current AQMP.

Building and ventilation system

8 The entire processing plant building including raw materials receipt room shall be

designed, sealed, constructed, operated, and maintained within a fully enclosed

envelope, to minimise air leakage. The raw materials receipt room shall be sealed off

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from the rest of the building. All parts of the enclosed building, including the raw materials

receipt room shall be mechanically ventilated via the BRAVS. The BRAVS shall be

designed, constructed, operated and maintained to ensure that negative air pressure is

maintained within the building, at all times while material is being processed or raw

material is otherwise present in the building. For the purposes of this condition “negative

air pressure” shall mean an air pressure differential between the inside of the building

and the outside air measuring not less than 7 Pascals during calm wind conditions. Air

extracted via the BRAVS shall be directed to the humidifier and biofilter for treatment

prior to discharge.

9 Air shall be extracted directly from the following process units via the DSVS at all times while the process unit is in use: (i) Driers (including blood drier);

(ii) Drier feed and discharge conveyors;

(iii) Press cake and drainer conveyors;

(iv) Decanters (including blood decanter);

(v) Separators;

(vi) Presses;

(vii) Pre-cookers;

(viii) Evaporators;

(ix) Tallow, blood, lye, concentrate, stick water (including blood stick water), separator

feed and decanter feed tanks;

(x) Raw material bins; and:

(xi) Meal bins (including blood meal bin)

The DSVS shall maintain negative pressure within each extracted vessel to prevent the fugitive release of air from the vessel. Extracted air shall be directed to the condenser and biofilter for treatment prior to discharge.

10 The ventilation systems (BRAVS and DSVS) shall be designed, installed, maintained and operated to ensure that during plant breakdown the air extraction will continue to operate, directing extracted air to the biofilters.

11 A backup extraction fan system, designed to allow the ventilation systems to operate at full capacity in the event of a malfunction of the primary extraction fan systems shall be maintained in operating condition at all times while the plant is in operation.

12 All doors into the building and any doors between the raw material receipt room and the rest of the building shall have airtight seals and be fitted with self-closing devices and alarms to indicate when doors are left open. All doors are to remain closed while not in use for entrance or egress.

13 The processing line shall be fitted with hatches at appropriate locations to enable partly

processed material to be retrieved in the event of process upset, plant breakdown, or equipment failure.

14 An automatically activated standby electricity generator with sufficient capacity to operate the ventilation and process control systems during power outages shall be installed at the site and maintained in operational condition at all times while the plant is in operation.

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15 All wastewater and washwater from the processing plant shall be directed via enclosed pipes to the site’s wastewater pre-treatment plant. All wastewater sumps and transfer points are to be enclosed.

Biofilters

16 The biofilters shall be designed, constructed, operated and maintained to ensure:

(i) An empty bed residence time of greater than 90 seconds; (ii) Inlet air temperature of less than 40oC; (iii) A pressure drop of generally less than 100mm water gauge; (iv) An even distribution of gas flow through filter bed; (v) There is no bypass of untreated air around the sides of or through fissures in the

filter bed; (vi) An operating pH in the range 4 – 8.5; (vii) A moisture level in the range 50 to 75% of dry weight; (viii) Relative humidity of more than 95%; and: (ix) Biofilter bed temperature of less than 40oC (at a depth of 300 – 500mm below

biofilter surface).

17 The biofilters shall be lined to capture all leachate, with the leachate directed to the site’s wastewater treatment plant via enclosed pipes

Certification conditions 18 The consent holder shall prior to commissioning the processing plant supply to the

Council certification from an independent appropriately qualified professional approved by the Council as to qualifications and experience that the plant, ventilation systems and biofilters have been designed, constructed, and installed in accordance with the conditions of this consent, including but not limited to the following: (i) The BRAVS and building have been designed and constructed to maintain negative

air pressure conditions in accordance with Condition 8; (ii) The DSVS has been designed and constructed to ventilate the sources specified in

Condition 9, and is capable, at a minimum, of ventilating each process unit concurrently at the extraction rates specified in drawing Q880B attached as Appendix D to the AEE referenced in Condition 1(ii)(a) or such amended extraction rates as agreed to in writing by the Council;

(iii) The biofilters have been designed and constructed in accordance with Conditions 16 and 17;

(iv) Preventative maintenance systems are in place in accordance with Condition 31. 19 The consent holder shall within six months of commissioning the processing plant supply

to the Council a report from an independent appropriately qualified professional approved by the Council as to qualifications and experience to: (i) Certify the extent to which the design and operation of the plant, ventilation systems

and biofilters comply, and are capable of ensuring ongoing compliance with the conditions of this consent; and:

(ii) If applicable, to make recommendations how non-compliance with the conditions can be rectified.

20 If requested by the Council in writing, the consent holder shall in the fifth year of every five year cycle after commissioning the processing plant, supply to the Council a report from an independent appropriately qualified professional approved by the Council as to qualifications and experience to:

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(i) Certify the extent to which the design and operation of the plant, ventilation systems and biofilters continue to be robust and capable of ensuring ongoing compliance with the conditions of this consent;

(ii) Evaluate and report on new developments in technology relating to source minimisation, containment, ventilation and treatment of odour emitted from activities authorised by this consent and the avoidance and mitigation of odour effects beyond the boundary of the subject property; including: a) A comparison of the new developments in technology available in the preceding

five years; b) Any improvements that could be expected by adopting that technology; c) The feasibility of adopting that technology; and:

(iii) If applicable, to make recommendations on how the robustness and performance of the plant can be maintained and enhanced.

21 Where applicable, the consent holder shall as soon as practicable implement the

recommendations in Conditions 19 and 20 above.

Peer review panel

22 If required by the Council in writing the consent holder shall establish and retain an

independent peer review panel (Panel), suitably qualified and knowledgeable in odour

assessment and control and rendering plant operation. The composition of the Panel

shall be agreed jointly between the Council and the consent holder. The Panel will report

to the Council and copy in the consent holder. The Panel will have no approval rights.

The Panel shall be comprised of not less than two persons at any time.

(i) The primary function of the Panel shall be to advise the Council and the consent

holder whether or not the matters listed below are sufficiently addressed to ensure

that the conditions relating to the design, construction, operations and management

of the plant are met.

a) Process design of rendering plant/processes;

b) Odour control;

c) Odour management;

d) Contingency plans;

e) Overall site management;

f) Plant and process maintenance; and:

g) Best industry practice odour and process management.

(ii) The Panel shall be provided with all records, plans, designs and other information

that it requires to be able to undertake its functions.

(iii) The Panel shall undertake six monthly reviews of plant operations and odour control,

pursuant to this resource consent. As part of this review, the Panel may also

comment on, and provide possible solutions in the event that any measures

implemented as part of this consent or AQMP do not resolve any odour issues.

(iv) The Panel may, with the written approval of the Council and following consultation

with consent holder, seek specialist advice from others on matters panel members

are not able to address because these matters are outside their areas of expertise.

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(v) The consent holder shall ensure that records of any investigations and/or test results

related to discharges into air are kept and copies made available to the Panel on

request. The Panel shall report any findings and recommendations directly to the

Council, with copies provided to consent holder.

(vi) The costs associated with the Panel and any external specialist advice used by it

shall be met by the consent holder.

Advice Note: Non-payment of these costs is non-compliance and may result in enforcement action.

Rendering and blood processing 23 The plant shall receive raw material only from animals slaughtered at the consent holder’s

Morrinsville or Hamilton abattoirs.

24 No paunch material, fallen stock (except casualty stock that has died in transit to either the Hamilton or Morrinsville abattoir), and material exhibiting any visible signs of putrefaction shall be processed at the plant.

25 The plant shall receive raw material from the consent holder’s Hamilton abattoir only if transported to the site within six hours of kill.

26 All raw material received from Morrinsville or Hamilton abattoirs shall be processed within the following time frames:

i. Material shall be processed within six hours of kill or stabilised; and

ii. Stabilised material that cannot be processed within twelve hours of receipt shall not be processed on site and shall be transported, within twelve hours of receipt at the site, for processing by a third party operator or disposal to a landfill authorised to receive the material.

27 All equipment, processing areas and processing lines shall be cleaned thoroughly on at least one occasion every day on which processing occurs and kept free of accumulated or deposited material.

28 Raw material received from the Hamilton abattoir or transferred from the Morrinsville abattoir shall be kept within enclosed bins or vessels at all times at the subject site except within ventilated areas of the building. Raw material receipt bins shall remain enclosed and DSVS ventilation shall be employed to maintain negative pressure conditions within the raw material bins at all times when doors to the raw materials receipt room are open.

29 No raw material or product shall be stored outside the ventilated building.

30 Trucks and storage containers shall be cleaned of all raw material before leaving the enclosed unloading area.

Plant breakdown/ process malfunction/ equipment failure

31 Preventative maintenance systems shall be in place to avoid process, ventilation system and biofilter; malfunction, plant breakdown, or equipment failure that may result in non-compliance with any conditions of this consent.

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32 In the event of process malfunction, plant breakdown, or equipment failure that may result in non-compliance with any conditions of this consent the consent holder shall cease affected operations. Raw or partly processed material shall be retrieved and stabilised, and transported off site within twelve hours of receipt, for processing by a third party operator or disposal to a landfill authorised to receive the material. Operations affected shall not recommence until the process malfunction, plant breakdown, or equipment failure has been repaired or resolved.

33 In the event of malfunction, breakdown, or equipment failure within the ventilation systems and/or biofilters that may result in non-compliance with any conditions of this consent the consent holder shall cease all operations. All raw or partly processed material shall be retrieved and stabilised, and transported off site within twelve hours of receipt, for processing by a third party operator or disposal to a landfill authorised to receive the material. No processing shall be undertaken and no raw materials shall be received until the malfunction, breakdown, or equipment failure has been repaired or resolved.

Monitoring 34 The consent holder shall maintain records in sufficient detail as described in the AQMP to

verify compliance with Conditions 23 – 26 including for each load, description of raw material quality and origin, and records of the date and time of: (i) Slaughter; (ii) Dispatch from the Hamilton abattoir or transfer from the Morrinsville abattoir; (iii) Receipt at the Plant; (iv) Commencement of processing cycle; and: (v) Completion of processing cycle.

35 The consent holder shall monitor and record the operation of the biofilters as follows:

(i) Continuous monitoring of temperature and pressure of inlet air to the biofilter (to be continuously displayed and recorded). The monitoring system shall be fitted with alarms indicating when the measured values are outside the parameters in Condition 16;

(ii) Monthly odour observations immediately downwind of the biofilter and visual check of biofilter condition (for clogging bed or channelling of flow);

(iii) Weekly measurements of: a) pressure drop across the biofilter beds; b) relative humidity of inlet and exhaust air from biofilters; c) Biofilter bed pH; d) Biofilter bed temperature; and:

(iv) Quarterly measurement of biofilter bed moisture content. A log shall be maintained of the information required under clauses (i) to (iv) of this condition. The log shall be made available to Council on request. The consent holder shall submit to the Council a monthly report recording all incidences when the biofilter operational parameters in Condition 16 were exceeded and the corrective actions taken to achieve compliance.

36 Differential air pressure (comparing internal room conditions and adjacent external

conditions) shall be continuously monitored in at least one location in each separate process room and the raw material receipt room. Pressure measurements shall be continuously displayed and recorded. The building pressure monitoring system shall be fitted with alarms indicating when the measured differential pressure is less than 7 Pascals and the differential pressure is positive. A log shall be maintained of the information required under this condition. The log shall be made available to Council on request. The consent holder shall submit to the Council a monthly report recording all

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incidences when the operational parameters above were exceeded and detailing the corrective actions taken to achieve compliance.

37 Differential air pressure (comparing internal vessel conditions and adjacent external conditions) shall be continuously displayed, monitored and recorded within the following process units: (i) Driers (including blood drier);

(ii) Decanters (including blood decanter);

(iii) Separators;

(iv) Presses;

(v) Pre-cookers;

(vi) Evaporators;

(vii) Condensers; and:

(viii) Blood, concentrate, stick water and tallow tanks.

The vessel pressure monitoring system shall be fitted with alarms indicating when the

pressure within in any vessel is not less than external pressure while it is in use. A log

shall be maintained of the information required under this condition. The log shall be

made available to Council on request. The consent holder shall submit to the Council a

monthly report recording all incidences when the operational parameters above were

exceeded and detailing the corrective actions taken to achieve compliance.

38 A meteorological station that measures at least wind speed and direction, and records them as 1 hour or shorter time averages shall be installed, operated and maintained. The station shall be located to provide data that is representative of the wind patterns of the site. The wind speed and direction sensors shall have minimum stall and start speeds of 0.5 metres per second. The meteorological station shall be serviced and maintained at least annually and in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. A log shall be maintained of the meteorological data recorded under this condition. The log shall be made available to Council on request.

39 The consent holder shall undertake regular (at least weekly) ambient odour monitoring in the vicinity of the site. The frequency of monitoring, methods, and reporting shall be set out in the AQMP. Monitoring shall be undertaken by an independent individual who is competent and suitably trained in accordance with the requirements of the AQMP. The results of the monitoring shall be made available to the Council on request.

Natural gas-fired boiler 40 The maximum gross heat output of the gas-fired boiler shall be 12 MW. 41 The discharge shall be via a stack not less than 15 metres above ground level.

Documentation to demonstrate compliance shall be provided to the Council within three months of completion of construction of the stack.

42 Fuel used in the gas-fired boiler shall comply with New Zealand Standard Natural Gas Specification 5442 (1990), or subsequent amendments.

43 The gas fired boiler shall be serviced, and combustion conditions optimised annually by a suitably qualified service provider. The consent holder shall maintain a log of the annual service records, which shall be made available to Council on request.

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44 Operation, maintenance and calibration of the boiler's automatic control system shall be in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.

Community consultation 45 The consent holder shall facilitate regular community liaison meetings with all owners and

occupiers of properties within 400 metres of the plant (as identified on the plan attached to these consent conditions), and monitoring staff from the Council and Matamata-Piako District Council. Meetings shall be held at least every 6 months unless otherwise agreed by the community members and the Council. The purpose of the meetings shall be: (i) for the community to raise any issues regarding odour emissions and air quality

nuisance effects; (ii) for the consent holder to report to the community on compliance with the conditions of

this consent and in particular odour complaint records and the results of independent ambient odour monitoring; and

(iii) for the consent holder to report to the community on any past or proposed changes to plant operations that may affect emissions to air including odour.

Complaints 46 If required by the Council in writing, after having regard to the site’s complaints history,

the consent holder must engage a suitably qualified and appropriately trained independent person who must be available:

to assess odour complaints as far as practicable within 60 minutes of receiving notification from either the consent holder or the Council; and:

to provide a written report to the consent holder and to the Council as far as practicable within 24 hours of receiving notification of the complaint;

on whether the odour relating to the complaint originated from the site and if so, whether that odour was considered: (i) to have an offensive or objectionable effect beyond the boundary of the site; or:

(ii) to be objectionable, if it became continuous or occurred on a regular or frequent basis.

The consent holder must: (i) refer any odour complaints directly to the independent investigator as soon as

reasonably practical but no later than 30 minutes of receipt; (ii) task the independent person to assess the odour and report in accordance with the

above requirements; (iii) provide the independent person with access to the site for the purposes of carrying

out inspections or measurements relevant to its investigation; and: (iv) be responsible for paying all costs associated with the independent person’s

investigation and report.

Advice Note: Non-payment of these costs is non-compliance and may result in enforcement action.

47 The consent holder shall maintain a complaint register for all objectionable odour complaints received by the consent holder. The register shall record: (i) the date, time and duration of the incident that has resulted in a complaint; (ii) the location of the complainant when the odour was detected; (iii) the possible cause of the odour incident;

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(iv) the weather conditions and wind direction at the site when the odour event allegedly occurred; and

(v) any corrective action undertaken by the consent holder in response to the complaint. The register shall be made available to the Council at all reasonable times. Complaints received by the consent holder that may indicate non-compliance with the conditions of this resource consent shall be forwarded to the Council within 5 days of the complaint being received.

Reporting 48 Unless otherwise agreed to by the Council in writing, the consent holder shall prepare and

forward to the Council by 1 August of each year an annual report (covering the period from the first processing day following the annual plant shut-down and ending with the last processing day prior to next year’s annual plant shut-down) on the management and performance of the operations and facilities associated with the exercise of this consent, which shall include: (i) a review of all monitoring required by this consent over the previous year; (ii) an analysis of complaint records for the previous year and a determination of the need

for further action to reduce adverse effects from air emissions; (iii) a report on any community consultation meetings held over the last year and the

outcome of any issues raised; and: (iv) any significant maintenance works required to achieve compliance with the conditions

of this consent.

Environmental enhancement/ offset for adverse effects on amenity values 49 The consent holder shall engage an appropriately qualified ecologist approved by the

Council as to qualifications and experience to prepare a report on the preservation and protection of the riparian planting along the margins of the Morrinsville and Waitakaruru Streams on the site. The report shall be forwarded to the Council prior to commissioning of the plant and as a minimum shall assess the ecological values of the riparian vegetation, and recommend measures to ensure that the values are preserved, protected, and enhanced. The measures shall include fencing/ stock exclusion, a weed and pest control programme, monitoring, and record keeping, and if appropriate additional edge planting and under-planting required to enhance the ecological values of the riparian areas.

50 The consent holder shall implement the fencing/ stock exclusion, edge planting and under-planting recommended in the report within the first planting season (May – August) following the date of commissioning of the processing facility. Upon completion, the consent holder shall supply to the Council certification from the ecologist that the recommendations of the report have been implemented.

51 The consent holder shall maintain the riparian vegetation and shall implement the ongoing weed and pest control program recommended in the ecologist’s report for the duration of this resource consent.

52 The consent holder shall keep records of the ongoing monitoring undertaken and implementation of the weed and pest control programme in accordance with the ecologist’s report’s recommendations and shall make the records available to the Council on request.

Review

53 The Council may in the three months following the commissioning of the plant and annually

thereafter in the months June – August, serve notice on the consent holder under section

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128 (1) of the Resource Management Act 1991, of its intention to review the conditions of this resource consent for any of the following purposes: (i) to review the effectiveness of the conditions of this resource consent in avoiding or

mitigating any adverse effects on the environment from the exercise of this resource consent and if necessary to avoid, remedy or mitigate such effects by way of further or amended conditions;

(ii) if necessary and appropriate, to require the holder of this resource consent to adopt the best practicable option to remove or reduce adverse effects on the surrounding environment due to objectionable odour effects that may result from the activity that the resource consent authorises;

(iii) to review the adequacy of and the necessity for monitoring undertaken by the consent holder.

(iv) to take into account any National Environmental Standard, National Policy Statement, or Waikato Regional Plan which have become operative since the granting of this consent.

Advice Note: Costs associated with any review of the conditions of this resource consent will be recovered from the consent holder in accordance with the provisions of section 36 of the Resource Management Act 1991.

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Matamata-Piako District Council AUTH 102.2015.10950 Consent type: Land use Activity authorised: Matamata-Piako District Plan Establish and operate an animal by-products rendering

and blood processing plant and gas fired boiler within the Industrial Zone and subject to the Greenlea Premier Meats Ltd, Development Concept Plan.

Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011

Regulation 11: Disturb the soil on land where a HAIL activity has been undertaken, not meeting the Permitted, Controlled, or Restricted-Discretionary Activity standards

Location: Greenlea Premier Meats – Studholme Street, Morrinsville

Map Reference: NZTM – 5828832 E / 1823418 N

CONDITIONS Definitions: Hamilton abattoir means the consent holder’s meat processing plant located at Greenlea Lane, Hamilton. Morrinsville abattoir means the consent holder’s meat processing plant located at Studholme Street, Morrinsville. Council means the Matamata-Piako District Council including staff and contractors. Stabilised means either:

treated with acid to ensure that the whole mass of material maintains a pH less than 4.5; or:

chilled or otherwise cooled to ensure that the whole mass of material reaches a temperature of no greater than 4°C within 6 hours; or

treated with any other preservative with the prior written agreement of the Waikato Regional Council.

BRAVS means Building Room Air Ventilation System. DSVS means Direct Source Ventilation System. Objectionable odour means non-compliance with Condition 3. General accordance

1 The activity authorised under this consent shall be undertaken in general accordance

with:

(i) the application for this resource consent, and: (ii) all information provided in support of the application for this resource consent, in

particular: a) “Greenlea Premier Meats Ltd Resource Consent Applications and Assessment of

Effects on the Environment” by Industrial Compliance Solutions Ltd, dated March 2017, Ref: 15002, (“AEE”);

b) “Site Plan – Proposed Protein Plant Biofilter 1 and 2” by Gray Consulting Engineers Ltd, Job 215148, Drawing C1.2, Rev 1, dated August 2015.

except where otherwise required in the resource consent conditions below.

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Odour

2 The consent holder shall maintain contingency contractual arrangements with third party operators where raw or partly processed material can be rendered off-site or disposed of to a landfill authorised to receive the material, when required to meet the conditions of this consent. The consent holder shall make copies of the contractual agreements available to the Council upon request.

3 The activity shall not result in odour that is objectionable to the extent that it causes an adverse effect at or beyond the boundary of the subject property.

4 Should the activity result in odour that has an objectionable effect, the consent holder shall cease processing raw material immediately and immediately notify the Council. Subsequently the consent holder shall provide a written report to the Council and to the complainant (unless contact details are not available) within five days of the event. The report shall specify:

(i) the date and time the plant ceased processing raw material; (ii) the cause or likely cause of the event and any factors that influenced its severity; (iii) the nature and timing of any measures implemented by the consent holder to correct

the fault; (iv) the date and time the plant recommenced processing raw material; (v) any redress provided to those adversely affected; and (vi) the nature and timing of the steps to be taken in future to prevent recurrence of

similar events.

Advice Note: The condition above provides for self-management if odour is reported to the consent holder. The condition below provides a clear mechanism for the Council to direct the consent holder based on the Council’s determination.

5 If the Council determines, after taking into account the results of its own odour

assessments and/or the assessments of its agents, that the implementation of this resource consent has resulted in a breach of Condition 3; the Council may issue a written notice to the consent holder requiring:

the receipt of any new raw material to cease immediately. Rendering and/or blood processing of material already in the process line shall be permitted to be completed. or

processing to cease immediately. Rendering and/or blood processing of material already in the process line shall not be completed.

If a notice is issued, no new processing shall be undertaken and no raw materials shall be received until: (i) the Consent Holder has supplied to the Council a report from an independent

appropriately qualified professional approved by the Council as to qualifications and

experience certifying that the cause of the odour has been identified, rectified and

measures put in place to ensure it will not reoccur; and:

(ii) the Council advises the consent holder in writing that raw material may be received

and processing may recommence.

Building, ventilation system and biofilters

6 The entire processing plant building including raw materials receipt room shall be

designed, sealed, constructed, operated, and maintained within a fully enclosed

envelope, to minimise air leakage. The raw materials receipt room shall be sealed off

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from the rest of the building. All parts of the enclosed building, including the raw materials

receipt room shall be mechanically ventilated via the BRAVS. The BRAVS shall be

designed, constructed, operated and maintained to ensure that negative air pressure is

maintained within the building, at all times while material is being processed or raw

material is otherwise present in the building. For the purposes of this condition “negative

air pressure” shall mean an air pressure differential between the inside of the building

and the outside air measuring not less than 7 Pascals during calm wind conditions. Air

extracted via the BRAVS shall be directed to the humidifier and biofilters for treatment

prior to discharge.

7 Air shall be extracted directly from the following process units via the DSVS at all times while the process unit is in use: (i) Driers (including blood drier);

(ii) Drier feed and discharge conveyors;

(iii) Press cake and drainer conveyors;

(iv) Decanters (including blood decanter);

(v) Separators;

(vi) Presses;

(vii) Pre-cookers;

(viii) Evaporators;

(ix) Tallow, blood, lye, concentrate, stick water (including blood stick water), separator

feed and decanter feed tanks;

(x) Raw material bins; and:

(xi) Meal bins (including blood meal bin)

The DSVS shall maintain negative pressure within each extracted vessel to prevent the fugitive release of air from the vessel. Extracted air shall be directed to the condenser and biofilter for treatment prior to discharge.

8 The ventilation systems (BRAVS and DSVS) shall be designed, installed, maintained and operated to ensure that during plant breakdown the air extraction will continue to operate, directing extracted air to the biofilters.

9 A backup extraction fan system, designed to allow the ventilation systems to operate at full capacity in the event of a malfunction of the primary extraction fan systems shall be maintained in operating condition at all times while the plant is in operation.

10 All doors into the building and any doors between the raw material receipt room and the rest of the building shall have airtight seals and be fitted with self-closing devices and alarms to indicate when doors are left open. All doors are to remain closed while not in use for entrance or egress.

11 The processing line shall be fitted with hatches at appropriate locations to enable partly

processed material to be retrieved in the event of process upset, plant breakdown, or equipment failure.

12 An automatically activated standby electricity generator with sufficient capacity to operate the ventilation and process control systems during power outages shall be installed at the site and maintained in operational condition at all times while the plant is in operation.

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13 All wastewater and washwater from the processing plant shall be directed via enclosed pipes to the site’s wastewater pre-treatment plant. All wastewater sumps and transfer points are to be enclosed.

14 The biofilters shall be lined to capture all leachate, with the leachate directed to the site’s

wastewater treatment plant via enclosed pipes.

15 The biofilters shall be sized and designed to effective treat the air so as to enable compliance with Condition 3.

Certification conditions 16 The consent holder shall prior to the issue of planning approval for the application for

building consent for the processing plant supply to the Council certification from an independent appropriately qualified professional approved by the Council as to qualifications and experience that the plant, ventilation systems and biofilters have been designed in accordance with the conditions of this consent. A copy of the certification required under Condition 18 of Waikato Regional Council resource consent AUTH 135190.01.01 shall be deemed compliance with this Condition.

17 The consent holder shall within six months of commissioning the processing plant supply to the Council a report from an independent appropriately qualified professional approved by the Council as to qualifications and experience to: (i) Certify the extent to which the design and operation of the plant, ventilation systems

and biofilters comply, and are capable of ensuring ongoing compliance with the conditions of this consent; and:

(ii) If applicable, to make recommendations how non-compliance with the conditions can be rectified.

A copy of the report required under Condition 19 of Waikato Regional Council resource consent AUTH 135190.01.01 shall be deemed compliance with this Condition.

18 Where applicable, the consent holder shall as soon as practicable implement the

recommendations in Condition 17 above.

Rendering and blood processing 19 The plant shall receive raw material only from animals slaughtered at the consent holder’s

Morrinsville or Hamilton abattoirs.

20 No paunch material, fallen stock (except casualty stock that has died in transit to either the Hamilton or Morrinsville abattoir), and material exhibiting any visible signs of putrefaction shall be processed at the plant.

21 The plant shall receive raw material from the consent holder’s Hamilton abattoir only if transported to the site within six hours of kill.

22 All raw material received from Morrinsville or Hamilton abattoirs shall be processed within the following time frames:

i. Material shall be processed within six hours of kill or stabilised; and

ii. Stabilised material that cannot be processed within twelve hours of receipt shall not be processed on site and shall be transported, within twelve hours of receipt at the site, for processing by a third party operator or disposal to a landfill authorised to receive the material.

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23 All equipment, processing areas and processing lines shall be cleaned thoroughly on at least one occasion every day on which processing occurs and kept free of accumulated or deposited material.

24 Raw material received from the Hamilton abattoir or transferred from the Morrinsville abattoir shall be kept within enclosed bins or vessels at all times at the subject site except within ventilated areas of the building. Raw material receipt bins shall remain enclosed and DSVS ventilation shall be employed to maintain negative pressure conditions within the raw material bins at all times when doors to the raw materials receipt room are open.

25 No raw material or product shall be stored outside the ventilated building.

26 Trucks and storage containers shall be cleaned of all raw material before leaving the enclosed unloading area.

Plant breakdown/ process malfunction/ equipment failure

27 Preventative maintenance systems shall be in place to avoid process, ventilation system and biofilter; malfunction, plant breakdown, or equipment failure that may result in non-compliance with any conditions of this consent.

28 In the event of process malfunction, plant breakdown, or equipment failure that may result in non-compliance with any conditions of this consent the consent holder shall cease affected operations. Raw or partly processed material shall be retrieved and stabilised, and transported off site within twelve hours of receipt, for processing by a third party operator or disposal to a landfill authorised to receive the material. Operations affected shall not recommence until the process malfunction, plant breakdown, or equipment failure has been repaired or resolved.

29 In the event of malfunction, breakdown, or equipment failure within the ventilation systems and/or biofilters that may result in non-compliance with any conditions of this consent the consent holder shall cease all operations. All raw or partly processed material shall be retrieved and stabilised, and transported off site within twelve hours of receipt, for processing by a third party operator or disposal to a landfill authorised to receive the material. No processing shall be undertaken and no raw materials shall be received until the malfunction, breakdown, or equipment failure has been repaired or resolved.

Soil disturbance, earthworks and construction

30 The consent holder shall engage an independent appropriately qualified professional

approved by the Council as to qualifications and experience to sample and analyse potential soil contamination in the area where earthworks are proposed to be undertaken. The sampling and analysis shall be undertaken in accordance with the methodology as set out in the Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011. If the sampling and analysis show levels of contamination of concern to human health, then a Detailed Site Investigation (DSI) shall be prepared. The DSI shall outline: (i) How the land disturbance activity must be managed (which may include the

requirement for a site management plan), monitored and reported on, including the transport, disposal, and tracking of soil and other materials to be taken off-site;

(ii) If applicable, the remediation or management methods to address the risk posed by the contaminants to human health, and verification procedures; and:

(iii) The requirements for supervision by an appropriately qualified professional during the implementation of the soil disturbance activity.

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31 Prior to commencement of earthworks, the consent holder shall supply to the Council a copy of the above information and requirements. The soil disturbance activity shall be undertaken in compliance with the above requirements. Within three months of completion of the soil disturbance activity the consent holder shall supply the Council with certification by an independent appropriately qualified professional approved by the Council as to qualifications and experience, that the soil disturbance activity has been implemented in accordance with the above requirements.

32 The consent holder shall prepare a Construction Management Plan (CMP) which shall

include the following information: (i) Procedures to ensure compliance with the requirements relating to the soil

disturbance activity as set out in Conditions 30 – 31 above. (ii) Procedures relating to the management of construction traffic, noise, and dust; (iii) Working hours, and all-hours contact details for the construction/ site manager; (iv) Erosion and sediment control measures; (v) Methods to ensure that construction vehicles do not track soil onto adjacent public

roads, and that soil inadvertently deposited on public roads is cleaned; (vi) Time-table of works including site rehabilitation and re-vegetation; and: (vii) Written approval of easement holders for any works within easement areas (if

applicable). Prior to the commencement of works, the consent holder shall furnish the Council with a copy of the CMP for certification in a technical capacity that the matters listed in sub-clauses i) – vii) above have been addressed. The Consent Holder shall at all times comply with the provisions of the CMP. Advice Note: Earthworks must be implemented in general accordance with “Waikato Regional Council Technical Report No.2009/02 - Erosion and Sediment Control: Guidelines for Soil Disturbing Activities” and the subsequent fact sheets.

33 Earthworks and construction noise shall meet the limits recommended in Table 1 of

“NZS6803P:1984 - The Measurement and Assessment of Noise from Construction, Maintenance and Demolition Work” and shall be measured in accordance with “NZS6803P:1984”. Adjustments provided in Clause 6.1 of “NZS6803P:1984” shall apply, and references in the Tables of “NZS6803P:1984” to “NZS6802” shall read as references to Clause 4.2.2 of “NZS6802:1991”. The noise levels shall be measured and assessed in accordance with the requirements of “NZS6801:1991 - Measurement of Sound” and “NZS6802:1991 Assessment of Environmental Sound”.

34 Earthworks and construction shall be implemented in a manner to ensure that dust

generation is minimised so as to avoid any adverse effects associated with dust and particulate emissions beyond the boundary of the site.

Infrastructure

35 Prior to commissioning the plant, all services connections shall be installed in accordance

with the requirements of the Matamata-Piako District Council’s Development Manual. Traffic, access, parking, loading and manoeuvring

36 Prior to commissioning the plant, vehicle entrance, parking, loading, and manoeuvring

spaces adequate to ensure that access, parking, loading and manoeuvring requirements

shall not spill over onto the adjacent road network, shall be constructed/ upgraded in

accordance with the dimensions, tracking curves, and formation standards as set out in the

Matamata-Piako District Council’s Development Manual. Once constructed, the vehicle

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entrance, parking, loading, and manoeuvring areas shall be maintained for the duration of

this resource consent, in accordance with the standards in the Matamata-Piako District

Council’s Development Manual.

37 That all trucks travelling to and from the site shall use only Studholme Street to access the site from Thames Street (State Highway 26) and Kuranui Road. Trucks shall not use residential streets in order to access Thames Street and Kuranui Road. The consent holder shall ensure that staff and contractors are made aware of and adhere to this requirement.

38 Should the number of trucks accessing the site on any given day exceed 60 and the

Council deems the truck movements to result in adverse effects on the safety and efficiency of the road network, the Council may require the consent holder to prepare and implement a Traffic Management Plan (TMP). The TMP, if required, shall set out the methods to be used to mitigate traffic safety and efficiency effects including, limiting delivery times, restricting the number of daily truck movements, and restricting the maximum number of truck movements within any one hour.

Visual mitigation

39 The external surfaces of the plant shall be clad or painted and thereafter maintained in the

same colour-scheme as the existing buildings, described in the AEE referenced in Condition 1(ii)(a) above as “peppermint” for outside walls and “permanent green” for roofing iron and colour-steel panels. Silos and stacks that are visible from off-site must be clad and thereafter maintained in a non-reflective surface.

Operational performance standards

40 Outdoor lighting on the site shall be selected, located, aimed, adjusted and screened to

ensure compliance with the standards below: (i) At no time between 7.00am and 10.00pm shall any outdoor lighting be used in a

manner that causes an added illuminance in excess of 125 lux, measured horizontally or vertically at the boundary of any non-Industrial zoned site adjoining.

(ii) At no time between the hours of 10.00pm and 7.00am shall any outdoor lighting be used in a manner that causes: (a) An added illuminance in excess of 10 lux measured horizontally or vertically at

any window of an adjoining building within a non-Industrial zone. (b) An added illuminance in excess of 20 lux measured horizontally or vertically at

any point along any non-Industrial zone boundary. (iii) Where measurement of any added illuminance cannot be made because any person

refuses to turn off outdoor lighting, measurements may be made in locations of a similar nature which are not affected by such outdoor lighting.

(iv) The outdoor lighting on any site adjoining any non-Industrial zoned site shall be so selected, located, aimed, adjusted and screened as to ensure that glare resulting from the lighting does not cause a significant level of discomfort to any occupants of the non-industrial site.

41 As a result of implementing the activities authorised under this resource consent vibration shall not exceed the following average levels: (i) At or within the boundary of any site zoned Residential, or within 20m of any dwelling in

the Rural or Rural-Residential zones:

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Time Average weighted vibration level (Wb or Wd)

Monday to Saturday: 7am to 6pm 45mm/s2

At all other times 15mm/s2

(ii) At or within the boundary of any adjacent site zoned Business or Industrial:

Time Average weighted vibration level (Wb or Wd)

At all times 60mm/s2

The weighted vibration levels Wb and Wd shall be measured according to “BS6841:1987”. The average vibration shall be measured over a time period not less than 60 seconds and not longer than 30 minutes. The vibration shall be measured at any point where it is likely to affect the comfort or amenity of persons occupying an adjacent site.

42 Noise generated by all activities at the site shall comply with the following maximum noise

level limits at the boundary of the site: Monday – Saturday: 7am – 10pm 50 dBA(L10) At all other times including Sundays and public holidays 40 dBA (L10) At all times 10pm – 7am 65 dBA (LMAX) The noise levels shall be measured and assessed in accordance with the requirements of “NZS6801:1991 - Measurement of Sound” and “NZS6802:1991 Assessment of Environmental Sound”.

43 The consent holder shall prior to the issue of planning approval for the application for

building consent for the processing plant supply to the Council certification from an independent appropriately qualified acoustic engineer approved by the Council as to qualifications and experience that the plant, boiler house, ventilation systems, and equipment have been designed, located, constructed, and installed to enable compliance with the above noise limits and in general accordance with the recommendations of the “Acoustic Assessment Report” attached as Appendix F to the AEE referenced in Condition 1(ii)(a) above.

44 Within three months of the date of commissioning the plant, the consent holder shall supply

to the Council a report from an independent appropriately qualified acoustic engineer

approved by the Council as to qualifications and experience regarding compliance of all

activities at the site with the noise limits above, and in the event of non-compliance,

recommendations for additional mitigation measures. In the event of non-compliance, the

consent holder shall implement the additional noise mitigation measures within 6 months of

the date that the Council receives the acoustic engineer’s report. The Council shall have

the right to require the consent holder to supply within 30 days of being requested, further

reports by a qualified acoustic engineer regarding compliance of the site with the noise

limits above, and in the event of further non-compliance, implementation of

recommendations for further mitigation measures, until such time as compliance with the

noise limits above is shown to be have been achieved.

45 Prior to commissioning the plant, the consent holder shall supply to the Council an

Emergency Management Plan (EMP) prepared by an independent appropriately qualified

professional approved by the Council as to qualifications and experience. The EMP shall

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be in general accordance with the “Hazardous Substances Assessment Report” attached

as Appendix E to the AEE referenced in Condition 1(ii)(a) above. The EMP shall:

(i) Outline the requirements for the location and storage of hazardous substances; (ii) Procedures to ensure compliance with the “minimum conditions for hazardous facilities”

in Rule 5.7.4 of the Matamata-Piako District Plan; and: (iii) A requirement to maintain a hazardous substance register, and spill and emergency

response plan.

The consent holder shall supply the Council with any revisions of the EMP and shall at all

times comply with the requirements of the then current EMP.

Community consultation 46 The consent holder shall facilitate regular community liaison meetings with all owners and

occupiers of properties within 400 metres of the plant (as identified on the plan attached to these consent conditions), and monitoring staff from the Council and the Waikato Regional Council. Meetings shall be held at least every 6 months unless otherwise agreed by the community members and the Council. The purpose of the meetings shall be: (i) for the community to raise any issues regarding nuisance effects resulting from the

exercise of this resource consent; (ii) for the consent holder to report to the community on compliance with the conditions of

this consent; and (iii) for the consent holder to report to the community on any past or proposed changes to

plant operations that may affect compliance with the conditions of this resource consent.

Environmental enhancement/ offset for adverse effects on amenity values 47 The consent holder shall engage an appropriately qualified ecologist approved by the

Council as to qualifications and experience to prepare a report on the preservation and protection of the riparian planting along the margins of the Morrinsville and Waitakaruru Streams on the site. The report shall be forwarded to the Council prior to commissioning of the plant and as a minimum shall assess the ecological values of the riparian vegetation, and recommend measures to ensure that the values are preserved, protected, and enhanced. The measures shall include fencing/ stock exclusion, a weed and pest control programme, monitoring, and record keeping, and if appropriate additional edge planting and under-planting required to enhance the ecological values of the riparian areas.

48 The consent holder shall implement the fencing/ stock exclusion, edge planting and under-planting recommended in the report within the first planting season (May – August) following the date of commissioning of the processing facility. Upon completion, the consent holder shall supply to the Council certification from the ecologist that the recommendations of the report have been implemented.

49 The consent holder shall maintain the riparian vegetation and shall implement the ongoing weed and pest control program recommended in the ecologist’s report for the duration of this resource consent.

50 The consent holder shall keep records of the ongoing monitoring undertaken and implementation of the weed and pest control programme in accordance with the ecologist’s report’s recommendations and shall make the records available to the Council on request.

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Monitoring 51 The consent holder shall maintain records in sufficient detail to verify compliance with

Conditions 19 – 22 including for each load, description of raw material quality and origin, and records of the date and time of: (i) Slaughter; (ii) Dispatch from the Hamilton abattoir or transfer from the Morrinsville abattoir; (iii) Receipt at the Plant; (iv) Commencement of processing cycle; and: (v) Completion of processing cycle. The records shall be provided to the Council on request. A copy of the records required to be maintained under Condition 34 of Waikato Regional Council resource consent AUTH 135190.01.01 shall be deemed compliance with this Condition.

52 The consent holder shall undertake regular (at least weekly) ambient odour monitoring in

the vicinity of the site. Monitoring shall be undertaken by an independent individual who is competent and suitably trained. The results of the monitoring shall be made available to the Council on request. A copy of the records required to be maintained under Condition 39 of Waikato Regional Council resource consent AUTH 135190.01.01 shall be deemed compliance with this Condition.

53 The consent holder shall maintain daily records of the total number of trucks accessing the site for all activities on the site. Records of the daily truck numbers shall be provided to the Council on request.

Complaints 54 The consent holder shall maintain a complaint register for all complaints received by the

consent holder. The register shall record: (i) the date, time and duration of the incident that has resulted in a complaint; (ii) the location of the complainant; (iii) the possible cause of the incident that resulted in the complaint; (iv) the weather conditions and wind direction at the site when the incident that resulted in

the complaint occurred (if relevant); and (v) any corrective action undertaken by the consent holder in response to the complaint. The register shall be made available to the Council at all reasonable times. Complaints received by the consent holder that may indicate non-compliance with the conditions of this resource consent shall be forwarded to the Council within 5 days of the complaint being received.

Reporting 55 Unless otherwise agreed to by the Council in writing, the consent holder shall prepare and

forward to the Council by 1 August of each year an annual report (covering the period from the first processing day following the annual plant shut-down and ending with the last processing day prior to next year’s annual plant shut-down) on the management and performance of the operations and facilities associated with the exercise of this consent, which shall include: (i) a review of all monitoring required by this consent over the previous year; (ii) an analysis of complaint records for the previous year and a determination of the need

for further action to reduce adverse effects from exercising this resource consent; (iii) a report on any community consultation meetings held over the last year and the

outcome of any issues raised; and:

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(iv) any significant maintenance works required to achieve compliance with the conditions of this consent.

Review

56 The Council may in the three months following the commissioning of the plant and annually

thereafter in the months June – August and within three months of the date on which the consent holder applies for renewal of the plant’s associated air discharge consent (Waikato Regional Council ref: AUTH 135190.01.01), serve notice on the consent holder under section 128 (1) of the Resource Management Act 1991, of its intention to review the conditions of this resource consent for any of the following purposes: (i) to review the effectiveness of the conditions of this resource consent in avoiding or

mitigating any adverse effects on the environment from the exercise of this resource consent and if necessary to avoid, remedy or mitigate such effects by way of further or amended conditions;

(ii) if necessary and appropriate, to require the holder of this resource consent to adopt the best practicable option to remove or reduce adverse effects on the surrounding environment due to adverse effects that may result from the implementation of this resource consent.

(iii) to review the adequacy of and the necessity for monitoring undertaken by the consent holder;

(iv) to take into account any National Environmental Standard, or National Policy Statement which have become operative since the granting of this consent; and:

(v) to take into account any changes to the conditions imposed by the Waikato Regional Council upon the renewal of the air discharge consent for the processing plant.

Advice Note: Costs associated with any review of the conditions of this resource consent will be recovered from the consent holder in accordance with the provisions of section 36 of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Map of Adjacent Properties referred to in the “Community Consultation” Conditions