Application No:
R004-006
Consent No:200988
Cnr North Road and Pr
ice Street
(Private Bag 90116)
In
vercargill
Telephone (03)
215 6197
Fax No. (03)
215 8081
Southland Freephone No. 0800 76 88 45
Air Discharge Permit
Pursuant to Section 105(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991, a resource consent is hereby
granted by the Southland Regional Council (the "Council") to
Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-op
Ltd (the “consent holder”) of
P O Box 19, Dipton from
23 May 2002.
Please read this Consent carefully, and ensure that any staff or
contractors carrying out activities under this Consent on your behalf
are aware of all the conditions of the Consent.
Details of Permit
Purpose for which permit is granted:
To discharge contaminants to the air from limestone crushing,
drying and handling
Location
- site locality
Gerrard Road, Dipton
- map reference
E44:434:774
- receiving environment
Air
- catchment
Oreti
Legal description of land at the site:
Pt Lot 1 DP 14314
Expiry date:
23 May 2022
Schedule of Conditions
1.
This consent is granted for a period of 20 years.
2.
The consent authorises the discharge of contaminants to air from the following processes,
as described in the resource consent application:
the quarrying of limestone at a rate exceeding 100 tonnes per hour
the operation of a atritor coal pulverising fuel system with a drying rate of
approximately 100 tonnes per hour of limestone
crushing, screening, storage and despatch of limestone and associated products.
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3.
No alteration shall be made to the plant or processes which may substantially adversely
alter the nature or quantity of contaminants emitted without the prior approval of the
Council’s Director of Environmental Management (NB: Any such alteration may require
an application for a resource consent, or an amendment to the existing one).
4.
The discharge of dust to the air from the drier shall be such that, at distances beyond 20 m
from the emission point, and when the plume is viewed from the side (i.e. the line of sight
is at right angles to the direction of travel of the plume) there shall be no visible dust in the
plume.
5.
To minimise emissions of dust from truckloads of product leaving the premises, loads shall
be either covered, or dampened by water spray, prior to despatch.
6.
The consent holder shall adopt the best practicable option to minimise the emissions of
the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, from the drying process. The best practicable option
shall include:
the efficient use of the fuel used in the process
the efficient use of the heat produced by burning the fuel
the recovery of any waste heat where practical.
7.
Stockpiles of finished product are to be stored in such a manner as to prevent emissions of
dust under adverse weather conditions.
8.
Pursuant to the exercise of this consent, there shall be no noxious, dangerous, offensive or
objectionable effects from discharges to air, beyond the consent holder’s property
boundary.
9.
The consent holder shall keep a register of any complaints received about emissions to air
from the process. The register shall be made available for inspection by an officer of the
Council, on request.
The register shall record:
the name and address of the complainant
the date and time of the complaint
the nature of the complaint
the weather conditions at the time of the complaint
the action taken by the consent holder to remedy the problem.
10. The consent holder shall pay annual administration and monitoring charges to the
Southland Regional Council, collected in accordance with Section 36 of the Resource
Management Act, payable in advance on the first day of July each year.
11. The consent holder may, pursuant to section 127 of the Resource Management Act 1991,
apply to the Council, in the months of May to September each year, to change the
conditions of consent to allow for the discharge of contaminants from any new plant or
changes to the operation of any existing plant
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12. The Southland Regional Council may as a result of information received, in accordance
with the conditions of this permit and in accordance with Sections 128 and 129 of the Act,
serve notice, in the month of July each year, of its intention to review conditions for the
purpose of:
(i)
dealing with any adverse effect on the environment which may arise from the
exercise of the consent; or
(ii) complying with the requirements of a regional plan.
for the
Southland Regional Council
W J Tuckey
Director of Environmental Management
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