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Table 12: Sources of costs for the air quality standards package

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Source of costs

Amount

Assumptions

Ambient air quality standards

District / city councils

Regional / unitary councils

Central government

Industry

Strategic costs

$50,000 per council per annum

$200,000 per council per annum

$100,000 per annum

$1,000,000 per annum

Uncertain and unquantifiable

Planning and implementation

Monitoring, plan changes, reporting and enforcement

Administration and education

Assumes upgrade to 10 different sites each year on an ongoing basis

Refers to town planning, urban design, road design and construction

Prohibitive standards

Schools / hospitals to get consents

Road-seal burning alternatives

Landfill fires

Burning oil

Copper wire recovery

Hazardous waste incineration

$2,000 per school (one-off)

$1 m per annum

$0

$0

$0

$0

Rural schools only (which is about 860 schools)

Source: Transit New Zealand.

Mostly prohibited in plans

Mostly prohibited in plans

Mostly prohibited in plans

Existing facilities remain operational

Wood-burner standard

Households

Government (local and central)

Industry

$0-$200 per burner

$500-$2,000 per burner

Negligible

Increased expense of low-emission burners

Subsidy and assistance schemes

Some development costs - passed on to consumer

 

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