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Region Plan: Water - Schedule 7
Waterbodies sensitive to suction dredge mining |
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Region Plan: Water - Schedule 7
Waterbodies sensitive to suction dredge mining |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Suction dredge mining involves the disturbance of sand and gravel in the wet bed of rivers and can cause significant adverse effects. Suction dredging operations that comply with Rule 13.5.1.7 will not give rise to any significant bed</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>disturbance. </SPAN><SPAN>H</SPAN><SPAN>owever, some Otago rivers, identified in Schedule 7 of this Plan, have a unique value for fish spawning and rearing, are important for water supply purposes or are particularly sensitive to bed damage.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Principal reasons for adopting</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>This policy is adopted to avoid unnecessary constraint on suction dredging operations that involve minimal bed disturbance, while recognising that tighter restriction should apply where water bodies are particularly sensitive to such</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>disturbance</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><A href="https://www.orc.govt.nz:443/media/5813/schedule-7-schedule-of-water-bodies-sensitive-to-suction-dredge-mining.pdf" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://www.orc.govt.nz/media/5813/schedule-7-schedule-of-water-bodies-sensitive-to-suction-dredge-mining.pdf</SPAN></A></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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Areas in Waterbodies Sensitive to Suction Dredge Mining |
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