14 October 2016
Official Information Request No. 8140000524
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
John Walker
[FYI request #4346 email]
Dear John
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
Re: passenger and vehicular ferries on the harbour
I refer to your email, which we received on 03 October 2016 requesting information about
passenger and vehicular ferries on the harbour
Are the ferries that ply the Hauraki Gulf subject to exhaust particulate standards. If so
what level are they set at and how is compliance ensured?
Discharges of contaminants into air from mobile sources, including ferries, are a permitted
activity under the rules of the Auckland Council Regional Plan (Air, Land and Water)
(ACRP:ALW) and Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan: Decisions Version (PAUP:DV).
Rule 4.5.3 of the ACRP:ALW states:
The discharge of contaminants into air created by motor vehicle, aircraft, train, vessel
and lawnmower engines including those located on industrial or trade premises is a
Permitted Activity.
Rule E14.4.1(A114) of the PAUP:DV states:
Discharges to air from motor vehicles, aircraft, trains, vessels (including boats) and
mobile sources not otherwise specified (such as lawnmowers), including those on
industrial or trade premises (excluding tunnels) (permitted standards do not apply)
[Permitted in all zones].
Further, Regulation 15 of the Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations 1998
provides that:
Any person may discharge, in the coastal marine area, a contaminant that is
incidental to, or derived from, or generated during, the operations listed in Schedule 4
as the normal operations of a ship or offshore installation.
This regulation means that air discharges from ship exhausts are permitted under the
Resource Management Act 1991 and regional plans cannot make rules which restrict these
discharges.
The Ministry of Transport oversees some rules relating to particulate emission standards for
vehicles and the Engine Fuel Specifications Regulations 2011. We suggest contacting the
Ministry of Transport if you seek further information on these standards and regulations.
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Yours sincerely
Grace Heinemann
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Democracy Services
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