Air Quality Plan

The Regional Air Quality Management Plan has been prepared to assist Gisborne District Council to promote the sustainable management of the air resource of the Gisborne region.  The following issues are covered by the plan:

• odour
• agrichemical spray application
• smoke and dust
• abrasive blasting
• engine emissions
• burning of fuel for heating
• open fires, backyard burning
• industrial emissions

Chapters of the Air Quality Plan

Chapter 1 - Introduction(7 pages 293kb) - introduces the purpose of the plan, geographic scope and the plan preparation and implementation process. It also establishes the policy and legal framework under which the Plan has been prepared.

Chapter 2 - Air Quality Management Issues in the Gisborne District (20 pages 179kb) - outlines the air quality management issues facing the Gisborne region.

Chaper 3 - Objectives for Air Quality Management (2 pages 179kb) - the objectives of implementation (excluding rules).

Chapter 4 - Policies for Air Quality Management (11 pages 248kb) - the policies of implementation (excluding rules).

Chapter 5 - Methods of Implementation (11 pages 266kb) - the objectives of implementation (excluding rules). 

Chapter 6 - Air Quality Management Rules (21 pages 340kb) - details the rules that apply to activities discharging contaminants to air in the Gisborne region.

Chapter 7 - Anticipated Environmental Results (1 page 161kb) - provides a summary of the environmental results anticipated from implementing the objectives, policies and methods of implementation in the Gisborne region.

Chapter 8 - Matters Relating to Resource Consents (4 pages 174kb) - including assessment of environmental effects and information requirements.

Chapter 9 - Cross Boundary Issues (2 pages 168kb) - outlines procedures for dealing with cross boundary issues

Chapter 10 - Monitoring and Review (4 pages 204kb) - sets out the monitoring programme and matters when the Plan may be reviewed.

Chapter 11 - References (1 page 165kb) - sets out circumstances in which financial contributions may be required, the method for calculating the maximum amount of that contribution and the general purposes for which the contribution may be used.

Appendices of the Air Quality Plan

Appendix 1 - Ambient Air Quality Guidelines (2 pages 166kb)

Appendix 2 - Calculation of Chimney Heights (3 pages 170kb)

Appendix 3 - Training Requirements for Qualifications to Apply Agrichemicals (1 page 171kb)

Acronyms(1 page 103kb)

Definitions (13 pages 211kb)

For further information contact Natural Resources Planner

The plan was publicly notified in October 1996.  It became part operative on 31 March 2007 (excluding Chapter 6 Rule 14.2 User Training).  It was approved by council on 20 December 2007 and became operative on 14 January 2008 (Chapter 6 - Rule 14.2)