Proposed National Environmental Standard for On-site Wastewater Systems: Discussion Document

• Executive Summary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Statement of the Issues
• 3 What are the Options?
• 4 Proposed National Environmental Standards for Telecommunications Facilities
• 5 Efficiency and Effectiveness of the National Environmental Standards
• 6 References
• Appendix 1: Proposed National Environmental Standards for Telecommunications Facilities
• Appendix 2: Final Form of National Environmental Standards as Agreed by Cabinet
• Appendix 3: Telecommunications Background
• Appendix 4: Theoretical Considerations
• Appendix 5: The Impact of Cellphone Towers on Property Values
• Appendix 6: Section 43 of the Resource Management Act 1991

Appendix 6: Section 43 of the Resource Management Act 1991

43. Regulations prescribing national environmental standards

1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations, to be known as national environmental standards, that prescribe any or all of the following technical standards, methods, or requirements:
   
   
   1. standards for the matters referred to in section 9, section 11, section 12, section 13, section 14, or section 15, including, but not limited to –
      1. contaminants
      2. water quality, level, or flow
      3. air quality
      4. soil quality in relation to the discharge of contaminants
      5. standards for noise
      6. standards, methods, or requirements for monitoring.
2. The regulations may include:
   
   
   1. qualitative or quantitative standards
   2. standards for any discharge or the ambient environment
   3. methods for classifying a natural or physical resource
   4. methods, processes, or technology to implement standards
   5. exemptions from standards
   6. transitional provisions for standards, methods, or requirements.
3. Section 360(2) applies to all regulations made under this section.

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