9A.2  Activity Status Rules: Hazardous Substances

Updated 11 September 2018

9A.2.1 Assessment Procedures

All new or significantly modified hazardous substance facilities (except those exempt under Table 9A.2: Activities Exempt in all Plan Zones from Undertaking an HFSP Assessment to Determine Consent Status, and Rule 9A.3.2: - Activities Exempt from Completing an HFSP Assessment) shall be assessed in accordance with Appendix 9A: Hazardous Facility Screening Procedure (HFSP) of the Plan. 

Note: Significantly modified hazardous substance facilities are those which are outside the existing use rights provisions of section 10 of the RMA. Any proposed modification of a lawfully established hazardous substance facility (in quantity, type, or use) must be considered against section 10 of the RMA to determine whether a full HFSP assessment is required. 

Table 9A.1: Consent Status Matrix for the City (Effects Ratio) Based on HFSP Results

Table 9A.2: Activities Exempt in all Plan Zones from Undertaking an HFSP Assessment to Determine Consent Status

Symbols used in Table 9A.2: Activities Exempt in all Plan Zones from Undertaking an HFSP Assessment to Determine Consent Status have the meaning described in Table 1A.2: Activity Status.

Definitions in this section

agrichemical

commercial zones

hazardous substances

hazardous substance facility

open space zones

the plan

primary production

residential activity

retail

structure