Join us for the second Contaminated Land Management member networking event of 2019. There will be two very diverse presentations; one from Z Energy Ltd and the other from the Ministry for the Environment, followed by a panel discussion on industry collaboration with government. We will provide the food and drinks!
Our thanks to Martin Robertson from Z Energy Ltd for kindly providing our networking venue.
Presenters:
- Emily Moon, Legal Administrator at Z Energy Ltd:
- Disempowered but not Powerless: Effective use of community pressure in resolving resource consent issues. Time and time again, the public has acted as a voice for the environment; in appeal, submission and protest. Yet the Resource Management Act is operating under a facade of “community involvement”. Public rights to appeal or submit are widely unavailable – only the ability to email, discuss and generate pressure remains. Community pressure has proven to be an effective alternative – as exemplified in a battle between a Wellington landfill and some passionate recreational trail users.
- Compliance with consent conditions, yet still insufficient environmental protection
- Lack of opportunities for community involvement under RMA
- Effective use of public pressure to generate a result
- Disempowered but not Powerless: Effective use of community pressure in resolving resource consent issues. Time and time again, the public has acted as a voice for the environment; in appeal, submission and protest. Yet the Resource Management Act is operating under a facade of “community involvement”. Public rights to appeal or submit are widely unavailable – only the ability to email, discuss and generate pressure remains. Community pressure has proven to be an effective alternative – as exemplified in a battle between a Wellington landfill and some passionate recreational trail users.
- James Mitchell, Senior Analyst, Natural & Built System at the Ministry for the Environment:
- Collaborating and partnering to create good contaminated land guidance
- Present resourcing limitations and the workload required to produce sound and usable guidance in the context of New Zealand contaminated land
- Potential for harnessing the available talent pool, and partnering with industry, regulatory and public users to produce effective guidance
- Collaborating and partnering to create good contaminated land guidance
Panel discussion:
- Industry and Government collaboration on environmental guidelines and policy facilitated by Martin Robertson, Environmental Manager, Z Energy Ltd
- Panellists:
- James Court, Country Portfolio Manager – Remediation Management, BP Oil New Zealand Limited
- Dave Bull, Contaminated Land Specialist and Director, HAIL Environmental
- Kevin Tearney, Principal Consultant, Jacobs New Zealand Limited
- Kim Wepasnick, Senior Portfolio Manager, Land Information New Zealand
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