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From: Wikitoria Hinerangi Gray
<[1][FOI #28265 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 31 August 2024 9:01 pm
To: RDC Mail <[2][Rotorua District Council request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - LGOIMA Request for Legal and
Regulatory Documentation on the Tarawera Sewerage Pipeline

 

Dear Rotorua District Council,

Under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, I
request the following information:

1. Details on the legal advice obtained by the Rotorua Lakes District
Council regarding the ability to proceed with the sewage pipeline near
Lake Rotokākahi, including any identified risks.

2. Copies of all resource consents and conditions related to the
protection of cultural and environmental sites near the pipeline route,
particularly those pertaining to Lake Rotokākahi.

I would appreciate receiving these documents electronically.

Yours faithfully,

Wikitoria Hinerangi Gray

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I refer to your Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
request of 31 August 2024 regarding legal and regulatory documentation on
the Tarawera Sewerage pipeline, and respond to your specific requests
below:

 

 1. Details on the legal advice obtained by the Rotorua Lakes Council
regarding the ability to proceed with the sewage pipeline near Lake
Rotokākahi, including any identified risks.

 

Attached is a letter (ECM 20454692) sent to Lake Tarawera ratepayers on
the ruling of the District Court Judge following Council’s application for
an injunction to prevent unlawful interference and disruption to the
Tarawera Sewerage Scheme. 

 

 2. Copies of all resource consents and conditions related to the
protection of cultural and environmental sites near the pipeline
route, particularly those pertaining to Lake Rotokākahi.

 

Resource consent is not required for thrusting pipeline under the road in
the road corridor.

 

Additionally, resource consent is not required for works in and around the
Te Wairoa Stream as the activity complies with the conditions specified in
the BOP Regional Natural Resources Plan, rule BW R9 (Rule 56)- Bay of
Plenty Natural Resources Plan (updated 2023).  The works are considered a
permitted activity under this Plan. 

Please see the attached excerpt (ECM 20644747) from the BOP Regional
Natural Resources Plan for details of the conditions.

The full Regional Natural Resources Plan (RNRP) can be accessed on BOPRC
website:

[1]https://atlas.boprc.govt.nz/api/v1/edms/...

 

The following assessments and survey can be found on the Tarawera Sewerage
Scheme project page on Council’s website [2]HERE:

o 2017 Cultural Impact Assessment (refer to Quick links at the bottom of
the page)
o 2019 Cultural Impact Assessment (refer to Quick links at the bottom of
the page)
o 2023 Archaeological survey and assessment (refer to Quick links at the
bottom of the page)

 

 

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[4]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz, or by post to The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152,
Wellington 6143.

 

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Please note: Our LGOIMA responses may be published on the Rotorua Lakes
Council website after they have been responded to, with requesters’
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Ngā mihi

 

 

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