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At what stage is the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy 2011 to 2041 and how can I get involved? Work has started on a new strategy to manage Canterbury’s transport system - the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy 2011 – 2041. As part of the development of the strateg ...
Can an investigating enforcement officer issue an infringement notice if the occupier is out or does not answer the door? An infringement notice (a fine of $300) may be issued later where appropriate at the officer's discretion, even if the occupier was not there for the visit or was unco-operative. ...
How can I be kept informed about the Canterbury Water Management Strategy? For updates about the development of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy please join the mailing list by: logging your address on the following website: www.canterburywate ...
How can I find out what work the Water Science Charges will fund in my region? A breakdown of the Water Science investigations in each area can be found on our website. ...
How do I know contributing to the implementation of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy will make a difference? The Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved Water Management) Act refers specifically to the Canterbury Water Management Strategy. It states that decisions ...
How is the water use managed currently? Water management has been governed by the Resource Management Act 1991(RMA) of which an integral part is set up to prevent or mitigate adverse effects on water resources through d ...
How will the Canterbury Water Management Strategy be implemented? The Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) will be implemented through a Regional Committee and up to 10 Water Management Zone Committees. The water executive will work on ...
I own a heritage listed house in Rangiora. Will I qualify for an exemption from the ban on open fires and solid fuel burners? If your property is listed in the Schedule included in Chapter Three of the Natural Resource Regional Plan or listed as a category B heritage home in the Waimakariri District Plan ...
What are the Canterbury Water Management Strategy targets? The targets are an agreed way to measure progress in achieving the vision of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy. The targets include a set of goals applying from 2010 that r ...
What are the key points included in the Canterbury Water Management Strategy? The Canterbury Water Management Strategy includes a number of key points that have been proposed as a way for Canterbury to manage it's water resource in the best possible way. Th ...
What consultation has Environment Canterbury engaged in with the community regarding the Water Science Consent Holder Charge? There has been extensive consultation over the past couple of years on the introduction of a consent-holder charge towards our scientific investigations and monitoring work. The c ...
What is a Regional Land Transport Strategy? The Regional Land Transport Strategy sets the direction for the region’s transport system for the next 30 years. The Strategy is important for a number of reasons. It influences ...
What is the Annual Compliance Monitoring charge? New compliance monitoring charging structure (all prices GST inclusive) Annual Fixed Charge $63.25 Hourly Monitoring Rate $75.90 per hour + disbursements The charge is for cos ...
What is the Canterbury Mayoral Forum and who is in it? The Canterbury Mayoral Forum was formed to adopt a Canterbury Region wide approach to identifying opportunities and solve problems relating to a range of issues of mutual concern. ...
What is the difference between the Water Science Consent Holder Charge and the resource consent compliance monitoring charges I already pay? It is important to distinguish between compliance monitoring in relation to individual resource consents and the scientific freshwater investigations and monitoring carried out by ...
What is the purpose of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy steering group and who is on it? The steering group has been tasked by the Mayoral Forum to oversee the preparation of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS), the public and stakeholder consultation proc ...
What is the vision of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy? The vision of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy is “to gain the greatest cultural, economic, environmental, recreational and social benefits from our water resources within ...
What is the Water Science Consent Holder Charge? Each year Environment Canterbury undertakes an extensive work programme of scientific water investigations across the Canterbury region. This work provides Environment Canterbury ...
What sort of work does the Water Science Consent Holder Charge fund? The revenue gathered from this charge will partly fund Environment Canterbury’s scientific work, which includes the investigation and monitoring of fresh water quality, quantity a ...
What types of resource consents will incur the Water Science Consent Holder Charge? If you (or your company or organisation) has a resource consent(s) to either take water or discharge to water or land you will receive an invoice for the Water Science Charge. T ...
Where can I find out more about the Canterbury Water Management Strategy? More information is available at www.canterburywater.org.nz. This web resource will be regularly updated throughout the programme. ...
Who is responsible for the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy 2011 to 2041? Development of the Strategy is led by the Canterbury Regional Transport Committee. This is a committee that brings together representatives from Environment Canterbury, the New Ze ...
Why has Environment Canterbury decided to split the Water Science charges by zones rather than spreading it across the whole region? The money collected from consent-holder charges will be used for scientific work in that specific zone as well as a share of relevant regional work. The zones are the same as tho ...
Why has the Canterbury Water Management Strategy been developed? The Canterbury Water Management Strategy originally was initiated to address concerns of the farming industry following the droughts of the 1990s. Despite considerable effort a ...
Why is the Canterbury Water Management Strategy important? Despite considerable effort and provision of legislation Canterbury’s precious water resources have over the past 20 years become increasingly under pressure from water abstractio ...
Will the Canterbury Water Management Strategy be binding and set in concrete? The Canterbury Water Management Strategy is a guiding document and the vision and principles have been given statutory status in the Environment Canterbury Act 2010. Aspects of th ...

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