Discharge of treated sewage in coastal marine area

Section 12 of the Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations, 1998

12. Discharge of Grade A treated sewagein coastal marine area-

(1) Any person may discharge Grade A treated sewage in the coastal marine area from a ship or offshore installation, but must not discharge it within 100 metres of a marine farm.

(2) Despite subclause (1), a rule may be included in a regional coastal plan or a proposed regional coastal plan if the rule -

(a) relates to discharges of Grade A treated sewage in the internal waters of Fiordland (as defined in section 4 of the Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977); and

(b) restricts where those discharges may take place, being a distance of at least 100 metres from a marine farm; and

(c) does not relate to vessels operated by the New Zealand Defence Force.

(3) For the purposes of subclause (2), Fiordland means the coastal marine area between Awarua Point and Sandhill Point.

Section 12A of the Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations, 1998

12. Discharge of Grade B treated sewage in coastal marine area-

(1) Any person may discharge Grade B treated sewage in the coastal marine area from a ship or offshore installation, but must not discharge it

(a) within 500 metres (0.27 nautical miles) of a marine farm; or

(b) within 500 metres (0.27 nautical miles) of an area that the Minister of Fisheries has declared by notice in the Gazette to be a mataitai reserve under regulations made under section 186of the Fisheries Act 1996.

(2) A rule may only be included in a regional coastal plan or a proposed regional coastal plan relating to discharges under this regulation if the rule does either or both of the following:

(a) specifies the distances from mean high-water springs or the depth where those discharges may take place for all or any part of the year, being distances of at least 500 metres (0.27 nautical miles) from

(i) a marine farm; or

(ii) a mataitai reserve

(b) increases the distance from a marine farm or a mataitai reserve where those discharges may take place for all or any part of the year, being at a distance of more than 500 metres (0.27 nautical miles).