rigger 47 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=11202513 "They were being prudent in going to their lawyers and asking what their obligations are," Ms Boag said. "And the lawyers said, actually back in September they [the council] made these changes, so anybody who discharges from any vessel within 2km of the high-water mark is breaking the law. The council hasn't told anybody and there are going to be thousands of boaties up in arms." Sewage could previously be dumped from ships and boats at least 500m from shore, and in water more than 5m deep. Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,587 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Will the council fine itself when it dumps raw sewage into theharbour? Link to post Share on other sites
Fusion 0 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I read that article with surprise as well. The Council Website is still as follows http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/e ... nhome.aspx Deal with your vessel's sewage appropriately To discharge untreated sewage from a vessel, you must be more than: 500m from the shore 500m from a marine farm 500m from a mataitai reserve 200m from a marine reserve 5m depth of water. And "The Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations 1998 were introduced in response to growing fears of the pollution of New Zealand’s coastal shores and water. The Regulations are the responsibility of the Ministry for the Environment. They are administered and enforced by regional councils who are in charge of coastal management under the Resource Management Act. This law addresses a wide spectrum of water pollution problems. One of the issues posing greatest concern at present is sewage in marine waters" Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 I was puzzled but it looks like they might have mixed things up - found these - part of the unitary plan - NOT CURRENT RULES Draft Doc - pages 53, 56, 57, pages 12, 13, 14 http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/p ... 3.34.2.pdf pages 21 http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plan ... 0zones.pdf http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/p ... -09-16.pdf The proposed rules apply to untreated sewage http://unitaryplan.aucklandcouncil.govt ... -08-05.pdf Link to post Share on other sites
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