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Bay of Plenty Regional Council - Kopeopeo Canal Contamination Remediation Project

Applications for resource consent have been received by Bay of Plenty Regional Council (consent number 67173) and Whakatane District Council (LL-2012-8085-00 and SS-2013-8133-00) from Bay of Plenty Regional Council (Natural Hazards Group).

The Regional Council is seeking consent to carry out works associated with removing contaminated sediment from the Kopeopeo Canal, transporting the sediment to three separate sites for remediation of the contaminated sediment in containment cells (designed to prevent leaching).

This application has been amended since it was first lodged, and anyone who provided written approval for the original application is encouraged to review the application to understand the differences between the original application and this one now being publicly notified.

Location: The location of the remediation works is in the vicinity of the Kopeopeo Canal for a length of approximately 5.1km between State Highway 30 (at the intersection of Kope Drain Road) and the confluence of the Kopeopeo and Orini Canals (in the vicinity of Keepa Road), Whakatane.

The three sites where sediment is to be contained and remediated are located at:

  • 1 and 26 Kope Drain Road, Whakatane (Allotment 29C1 Rangitaiki Parish)
  • 49A Keepa Road, Whakatane (Allot 28B 9B 2B Rangitaiki Parish)
  • 44 Keepa Road, Whakatane (Allot 216 Rangitaiki Parish)

Activities Requiring Consent from BOPRC:

  • Disturbance of a contaminated site (for the purposes of removing contaminants from the Kopeopeo Canal).
  • Earthworks associated with the removal of sediment from the Kopeopeo Canal (approximately 40,500 cubic meters).
  • Ground and soil disturbance associated with the removal of vegetation (to enable access for excavators and trucks to the Kopeopeo Canal).
  • Discharges of contaminants to land associated with the remediation sites.
  • Taking, damming, diverting of surface water and discharge of contaminants to surface water associated with excavation works with the Kopeopeo Canal.
  • Modification of a wetland associated with the works required to excavate contaminated sediment from the canal and to transport it to the remediation sites.

Activities Requiring Consent from Whakatane District Council:

  • Earthworks associated with the removal of sediment from the Kopeopeo Canal, between State Highway 30 (at the intersection of Kope Drain Road) and the confluence of the Kopeopeo and Orini Canals (approximately 40,5000 cubic metres).
  • Earthworks associated with the removal of 4,500 cubic metres of soil within the Coastal Protection Zone near the confluence of the Kopeopeo and Orini Canals.
  • Earthworks associated with the excavation of 5,000 cubic metres of soil at 44 Keepa Road for the development of Containment Site 3.
  • The establishment and operation of three Solid Waste Management and Disposal sites at: 1 and 26 Kope Drain Road - Containment Site 1, 49A Keepa Road - Containment Site 2 and 44 Keepa Road - Containment Site 3.
  • Subdivision of 1 and 26 Kope Drain Road (Allotment 29C1, Rangitaiki Parish) to create a Lot for the establishment of Containment Site 1.

This notification (60 KB) was placed in the Whakatane Beacon and Whakatane News on Wednesday, 10 April 2013.

Submissions close at 5.00 pm on Friday, 17 May 2013.  Submission form (126 KB). Send your submission to Bay of Plenty Regional Council at PO Box 364, Whakatane 3158, facsimile 0800 884 882 or email info@boprc.govt.nz.

Executive Summary - Resource Consents Overview (8.53 MB)

The applications to both Councils can be viewed during normal office hours at either Bay of Plenty Regional Council, 5 Quay Street, Whakatane or at Whakatane District Council, Commerce Street, Whakatane. You can request a full copy of the applications on CD (at no cost) from a Bay of Plenty Regional Council Water Administration Officer, phone 0800 884 880.

 

Te Ahi o Maui Limited Partnership

Applications for resource consent have been received by Bay of Plenty Regional Council (consent number 67340), Kawerau District Council (consent number 301673) and Whakatāne District Council (consent number LL-2013-8111-00) from Te Ahi o Maui Limited Partnership.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council: To take up to 15,000 tonnes of geothermal fluid per day from the Kawerau Geothermal Reservoir to supply a new geothermal power station. It is also proposed to discharge the spent geothermal water back into the reservoir by way of injection. The applicant has requested a term of 35 years for these consents and a lapsing period of seven years.

Kawerau District Council: Power transmission line route which crosses Parimahana Scenic Reserve.

Whakatane District Council: Construct, operate and maintain a geothermal power station and associated works and activities, including a substation, and to drill and establish well head structures for geothermal production, reinjection and monitoring purposes.

Location:137B Spence Avenue, Kawerau, PT Kawerau A8D (CT301500). The Kawerau Geothermal Reservoir is located to the north-east of Kawerau and to the east on either side along the Tarawera River. The centre of the Kawerau Geothermal System is located at or about map reference NZMS 260 V15:3671-4196.

The submission period for this consent application has now closed.

 

Mighty River Power (Resource consent number 67335)

Mighty River Power have applied to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council (consent number 67335) to take up to 20,000 tonnes of geothermal fluid per day from the Kawerau Geothermal Reservoir using infrastructure authorised by existing resource consents.  The primary purpose of this proposal is to maintain the power generation output of the existing Mighty River Power geothermal power station. The applicant has requested a term of 35 years for this application.

The applicant proposes to abstract geothermal fluid from the Kawerau Geothermal Reservoir and discharge the geothermal water taken back into the reservoir using infrastructure authorised by existing resource consents.

Location: The Kawerau Geothermal Reservoir is located to the north-east of Kawerau and to the east and on either side of the Tarawera River. The abstraction and injection sites incorporate locations in both Kawerau and Whakatāne Districts.

The centre of the Kawerau Geothermal Reservoir is located at or about map reference NZMS 260 V15:3671-4196.

The submission period for this consent application has now closed.