Discharge permit: To discharge contaminants to air from an open cast coal mining operation at Black Diamond mine,…
To discharge contaminants to air from an open cast coal mining operation at Black Diamond mine, Tinkertown Road, Nightcaps
Discharge permit · Environment Southland · lodged 10 Dec 2020
- Council
- Environment Southland
- Consent number
- ACT-20202573-04
- Kind
- Discharge permit
- Subtype
- To Air
- Application
- New consent (s88)
- Activity status
- Discretionary
- Lodged
- 10 Dec 2020
- Decided
- 11 May 2022
- Notification
- Not notified
- Hearing
- No
- Decided by
- Local authority officer
- Appealed to the Environment Court
- No
- Working days to decide
- 20
- Legal description
- Sections 322 and 327 Wairio SD, Lot 1 DP 4505 and Lot 1 DP 8851
How it went
- Application lodged
- Council commissioned an expert report (s92(2))
- Commissioned report received
- Deferred until other consents are applied for (s91)
- Resumed after s91 deferral
- Council asked for more information (s92)
- Applicant provided the information
- Council told the applicant there are affected neighbours
- Applicant answered: neighbours’ approvals, or notify them
- Granted
Properties
On 2 properties, matched by the legal description the council gave.
Processed with
- ACT-20202573-03 — Discharge permit, granted
- ACT-20202573-02 — Water permit, granted
- ACT-20202573-01 — Discharge permit, granted
Environment Southland's RMA enforcement
The council's totals across its whole area, as it reported them to MfE. Not about this consent or this site: no record of individual breaches is published.
| Year | Actions | Abatement notices | Enforcement orders | Prosecutions | Convictions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 109 | 30 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2022/23 | 28 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 77 | 23 | — | 1 | 6 |
| 2020/21 | 76 | 29 | — | 3 | 1 |