1. Performance Monitoring
The following charges will apply to the review of performance monitoring reports for all consent holders, except those listed in ‘Fees for Specific Consent Holders’ section below. The charges shown are annual fixed fees per performance monitoring report or plan and are inclusive of GST.
Resource consent monitoring and Annual Administration Charges
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$
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One off compliance administration fee to be charged on all new applications. Covers the cost of compliance monitoring systems.
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150
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Ongoing compliance administration fee to be charged on consents with Performance Monitoring requirements.
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50
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Late performance monitoring fee to be charged as required.
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150
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Annual Consent Compliance Monitoring Charges
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Compliance monitoring charge for each other item due during the financial year (unless covered by one of the fees below) examples include management plans, provision of photos, bore logs, notifications, record of complaints, annual reports.
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70
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Annual charge for the receipt and processing of telemetered water take data/information (including verifications returns)
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175
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Each additional telemetered water measuring device
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50
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Annual charge for the receipt and processing of manual and data logger water take data/information (including verification returns), excludes those who hold a WEX for the installation of telemetry.
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225
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Each additional non telemetered water measuring device
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100
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Annual charge for the receipt and processing of all returns relating to small/simple discharge consents.
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75
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Annual charge for the receipt and processing of all returns relating to medium/moderately complex discharge consents.
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300
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Annual charge for the receipt and processing of all returns relating to large/complex discharge consents.
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900
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Annual charge for the receipt and processing of all returns relating to simple/small earthworks consents.
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300
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Annual charge for the receipt and processing of all returns relating to standard/medium earthworks consents.
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1000
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Annual charge for the receipt and processing of all returns relating to complex/large earthworks consents. Very large developments may be set up as major clients.
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2,500
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Inspection reports for small dams
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145
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Inspection reports for large dams
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280
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Structural integrity report
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100
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Low flow monitoring charges
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Kakanui at McCones
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350
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Unnamed Stream at Gemmels
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1,550
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* Charge for monitoring sites established by the ORC specifically to monitor consented activities in relation to river flows.
1.6 Set Fees for Specific Consent Holders
Fees for Specific Consent Holders Performance monitoring fees will be charged as 75% of actual costs to major consent holders. Major consent holders are those that hold a large number of individual consents or where a consent contains complex monitoring requirements where applying the fixed charges listed above do not represent a fair and reasonable charge.
Additional charges may be incurred for new consents granted during the year.
2. Resource consent audits
Monitoring compliance with consents and audit of resource consents will be charged at the actual and reasonable cost incurred using the Scale of Charges. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Staff time to carry out an inspection (if required), audit any monitoring information provided by consent holders, follow up any non-compliance and report back to consent holders (if required)
- Any disbursements related to the monitoring, including sampling and testing costs and any specialist or technical advice needed
Resource consent non-compliance
Where non-compliance with resource consent conditions is identified, all follow-up work and enforcement action related to the consent non-compliance will be charged at the Scale of Charges.
This includes, but is not limited to:
- Staff time to consider the non-compliance, prepare reports and correspondence, and any disbursements (eg sampling services, technical advice) related to consent non-compliance
- Costs for generating and issuing enforcement notices
- Inspections to determine compliance with an enforcement order or abatement notice to confirm that the required action has been taken and full compliance with the notice is achieved
- Reactive site visits as a result of an incident notification (eg a complaint about water pollution or odour discharge), the consent holder is only charged if the consent is breached and non-compliance is observed
- Costs for external consultants/contractors (actual charges)
Other Compliance Activities
The following activities will be charged at the actual and reasonable cost incurred, using the Scale of Charges:
- Performance and compliance monitoring of permitted activities under a National Environmental Standard, including but not limited to Freshwater, Plantation Forestry and Storing Tyres Outdoors
- Monitoring compliance of farm operators with freshwater farm plan regulations and receiving
notifications and audit reports of freshwater farm plans
- Monitoring Compliance Certificates
Non-Compliance, Incidents and Complaints
Pollution incidents and non-compliance with permitted activity rules
Where non-compliance with the RMA or permitted activity rules in Regional Plans or National Environment Standards is identified, the actual and reasonable costs and expenses incurred may be charged at the Scale of Charges. This includes, but is not limited to:
Dealing with initial response to the pollution incident such as initial enquiries and site visit.
- Enforcement work including staff time for investigating, monitoring and reporting and any disbursements (eg, sampling services and technical advice) related to the non-compliance
- Costs of any actions required to avoid, remedy, or mitigate the adverse environmental effect, including
the remediation and clean-up
Gravel Inspection and Management
Gravel extraction fee – $0.66 per cubic metre (incl. GST). Where more than 10,000 cubic metres of gravel is extracted within a prior notified continuous two-month period, the actual inspection and management costs will be charged, as approved by the General Manager Corporate Services and CFO.
Resource Monitoring
Water or air monitoring work carried out for external parties - Scale of Charges.
Private Plan Changes
Work undertaken on privately initiated plan changes - Scale of Charges.
Contaminated Site Management
Clean up and remediation works - Scale of Charges.