Genesis Power Limited

Explanation
Rodney Power Station
Background information
Technical reports
Proposed Plan Change 107 and corresponding Proposed Variation 89
Submissions
Summary of Submissions
Further Submissions
What happens next?
Further information


Explanation

The proposed change is a private plan change initiated at the request of Genesis Energy Ltd under Section 73 of the Resource Management Act 1991. Also publicly notified is a parallel Variation to the Proposed District Plan 2000 with specific provisions ensuring the Variation has no effect before this plan change is made operative.

Section 73 of the Resource Management Act 1991 allows any person to request a plan change to the Operative District Plan. Provided that adequate information on the environmental effects of any change is supplied and amongst other things, that the proposal is not frivolous or vexatious and is not contrary to sound Resource Management practice, the Council is obliged to publicly notify the request. In this case, the Council considered the proposal met the conditions and has proceeded to publicly notify the proposal.

The proposal is a private proposal and not a Council one and in terms of the Resource Management Act, the proposed plan change has no legal effect until it is made operative.

The Council is not required to support or oppose the plan change (and related Variation) at this stage, but simply to publicly notify it. Council’s opportunity to support or oppose the proposal comes through its right to make a submission on the proposal during the submission period, and/or through its function as the body which is required to make decisions on all submissions.

Proposed Plan Change 107 and corresponding Proposed Variation 89 introduces a new Special Zone, the Rodney District Thermal Energy Generation Rural Zone, in the vicinity of SH16 and Inland Road (Punganui Station), between Helensville and Kaukapakapa. The new zone would enable the area of land within the zone to be developed for the purpose of the generation and transmission of electricity and in particular the development and operation of a Rodney Power Station.


Rodney Power Station

At a meeting on 31st January 2008 Council resolved to:

• accept the Genesis Energy request for a private plan change and notify this;

• accept the request to promulgate a variation to the proposed District Plan 2000;

• engage independent commissioners to hear submissions to the plan change and variation;

• allow the hearing of submissions to the plan change and variation to be heard together with the ARC resource consent submissions;

• provide advice to the community on the hearings processes to be conducted by the ARC and RDC.
   

Council Agenda Report November 2007	(99k)
Council Agenda Report August 2007	(172k)
Council Agenda Report January 2008	(158k) Appendix 1  (118k) Appendix 2  (1868k) Appendices 3 and 4  (303k)

Technical Reports

The technical assessment reports can be viewed below.  They are also available on CD by request.  If you would like a copy please contact Sue Healy on 0800 426 5169.

Boffa Miskell Visual and Landscape Assessment	(1304k)
Draft Environmental Management Plan	(1752k)
Golder Kingett Mitchell Ecological Rodney Power Station Environment Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4	(2620k) (854k) (629k) (1883k)
Hegley Acoustics Rodney Power Station Noise Report	(1003k)
Property Valuation Rodney Power Station Report	(268k)
Rodney Power Station Archaeology Section 1 Section 2	(1155k) (1609k)
Rodney Power Station Assessment of the Air Quality Environment	(2803k)
Rodney Power Station Erosion and Sediment Control Plan	(1823k)
Rodney Power Station Project Concept Consulting Assessment	(1906k)
Rodney Power Station Project Geotechnical Interpretive Report	(2225k)
Stormwater Management Plans and Options	(1216k)
Traffic Design Group Traffic Report Section 1 Section 2	(2793k) (2074k)
Water Supply Treatment and Discharge Systems	(1503k)

Please note: You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to view and print these documents.

Any person may make a submission on Proposed Plan Change 107 and/or corresponding Proposed Variation 89.

The submission must be on Form 5 and must state whether or not you wish to be heard on your submission. Copies of this form are available from the Council offices listed below or you can download a submission form.

The written submission must be forwarded to:

Rodney District Council
Private Bag 500, Orewa
Attn: Environmental Policy and Planning

Submissions have now closed.


Further Submissions

Further submissions have now closed.

After the closing date for further submissions on the 23 July 2008 , a report will be prepared and hearings will be held; and Rodney District Council must give its decision on the proposal (including its reasons for accepting or rejecting submissions); and any person who has made a submission has the right to appeal the decision on the proposal to the Environment Court.  The hearing of submissions is scheduled to commence on 24 September 2008.

Further information

In the first instance, contact Sue Healy on 0800 426 5169, if you have any questions about the submission process.

For more information on the Rodney Power Station proposal, you can contact Genesis Energy on 0800 GE RODNEY (0800 437 636); rodney.powerstation@genesisenergy.co.nz; Rodney Project Team, Genesis Energy, PO Box 17188, Greenlane, Auckland; or Genesis Energy Helensville Information Centre, 58 Commercial Road, Helensville.

Memorandum of Understanding

The Council and Genesis Power Ltd have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to record their intentions of working together in investigating a new wastewater treatment plant as far as such development assists with the potential Power Station's water requirements.  Click here to view the Memorandum of Understanding.

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