Kia ora Tom,

We are writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request dated 13 August, for:

“Section 70B of the RMA 1991 provides as follows:

70B Implementation of national environmental standards If a national environmental standard is made to control the effects on climate change of the discharge into air of greenhouse gases, a regional council may make rules that are necessary to implement the standard, provided the rules are no more or less restrictive than the standard.

Could you please provide all documents relating to the development of a national environmental standard under this provision.”

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 10 September, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact our team.

Ngā mihi nui

Executive Relations team
Ministry for the Environment – Manatū Mō Te Taiao
Email: [MFE request email] Website: www.mfe.govt.nz 
23 Kate Sheppard Place, Thorndon, Wellington 6143

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Bennion <[FOI #8487 email]>
Sent: Monday, 13 August 2018 3:28 PM
To: Ministerials <[MFE request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - National Environmental Standard to control re greenhouse gases

Dear Ministry for the Environment,

Section 70B of the RMA 1991 provides as follows:

70B Implementation of national environmental standards If a national environmental standard is made to control the effects on climate change of the discharge into air of greenhouse gases, a regional council may make rules that are necessary to implement the standard, provided the rules are no more or less restrictive than the standard.

Could you please provide all documents relating to the development of a national environmental standard under this provision.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Bennion

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Dear Tom Bennion
Please find attached our letter of response to your request below.
Regards

Executive Relations Team
Ministry for the Environment – Manatū Mō Te Taiao
Website: www.mfe.govt.nz 
23 Kate Sheppard Place, PO Box 10362, Wellington 6143

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Bennion <[FOI #8487 email]>
Sent: Monday, 13 August 2018 3:28 PM
To: Ministerials <[MFE request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - National Environmental Standard to control re greenhouse gases

Dear Ministry for the Environment,

Section 70B of the RMA 1991 provides as follows:

70B Implementation of national environmental standards If a national environmental standard is made to control the effects on climate change of the discharge into air of greenhouse gases, a regional council may make rules that are necessary to implement the standard, provided the rules are no more or less restrictive than the standard.

Could you please provide all documents relating to the development of a national environmental standard under this provision.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Bennion

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #8487 email]

Is [MFE request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Ministry for the Environment? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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Please Note: The information contained in this e-mail message and any attached files may be confid*ential information, and may also be the subject of legal professional privilege. It is not necessarily the official view of the Ministry for the Environment. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail is unauthorised. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and delete the original. Thank you.

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