Source
https://environment.govt.nz/publications/national-environmental-standards-for-freshwater/ — original source (opens in a new tab; the file is not redistributed)
Context: ni · Feeds D03 (stormwater regulation + stockholding rule)
Summary
Ministry for the Environment guidance on the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020, retrieved to state accurately what the regulations require of a small rural community. The key point for the model is that general development stormwater is not an NES-F matter, so the model’s stormwater exclusion is defensible; the one NES-F rule that does apply to a community holding stock is the stockholding-area rule.
Key claims
- claim: "STORMWATER IS NOT AN NES-F MATTER. NES-F 2020 covers wetlands, fish passage, feedlots/stockholding, agricultural intensification and the 190 kg N/ha cap; it does not regulate general development stormwater. Since the 5 Jan 2023 amendments, discharging stormwater to land does not require an NES-F consent. Stormwater is governed instead by the regional plan under RMA s15 and district-plan rules, with region-specific consent triggers, not a national standard. [verified against the raw]"
source_location: "MfE NES-F 2020 guidance, stormwater / discharge scope."
- claim: "NES-F STOCKHOLDING RULE (applies to a community holding stock). A stockholding area is a permitted activity only if all three hold: base sealed to 10^-9 m/s permeability, effluent collected/stored/disposed per plan or consent, and sited at least 50 metres from any waterbody; otherwise resource consent is required (from 1 July 2021). A feedlot is cattle held for 80+ days in any 6 months; the farm-scale trigger is 20+ ha pasture/arable or 5+ ha horticulture. [verified against the raw: 'Stockholding' and '50 metres' confirmed]"
source_location: "MfE NES-F 2020 guidance, stockholding-area definition and standards."Model use
- Firms the stormwater declared-blank limitation in D03 (RT_399): NZ sets no national stormwater-device cost or standard, so stormwater is out-of-scope, a regional-plan matter. Separately, the stockholding rule is a compliance obligation (sealed base, 50 m setback, effluent management) that a grazing community must meet, though it is an obligation rather than a modelled cost. REG_036
Notes
- Provenance. MfE government guidance PDF, authoritative first-party, statements verified against the raw.
Connections
Links to
EDT domains (1): D03: Water, Waste & Circular Systems
Referenced by
EDT domains (1): D03: Water, Waste & Circular Systems