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EEZ Hui : Introduction. Tapu Te Ranga Marae, Wellington 24 – 25 June 2014. Linda Faulkner. EPA Updates Te Herenga Working group Draft work plan & priorities A new approach EEZ Hui Context The regulatory regime ‘building the plane as we fly it’. The EPA. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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EEZ Hui : Introduction
Linda Faulkner
Tapu Te Ranga Marae, Wellington24 – 25 June 2014
EPA Updates
Te HerengaWorking groupDraft work plan & prioritiesA new approach
EEZ HuiContextThe regulatory regime‘building the plane as we fly it’
The EPA Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO Act)
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ Act)
Emissions Trading (Climate Change Response Act)
ResourceManagement
(RM Act)
Ozone Layer Protection Act 1996 (OLPA)
Imports and Exports(Restrictions) Prohibitions Order (No.2)
Antarctica (Environmental
Protection) Act 1994
EPA UpdatesEPA 3 Years Old – 1 July 2014
New faces:
Kaupapa Kura Taiao – ‘bigger, better, stronger’
Ngā Kaihautū Tikanga Taiao – ‘reshaping for new approaches’
EPA Board – ‘stepping in to the decision-making space’
EPA Strategy / He Whetū Mārama
Functions still coming and going
Te HerengaRe-established 2013
Seek the continual improvement of the value and effectiveness of Māori
engagement in EPA decision-making
Working group – develop work planDraft:
Kahui kaumātuaHui / wānangaDevelopmentApplicationsProjects
EEZ Regulatory RegimeNZ exclusive economic zone: 12-200 nautical miles offshoreExtended continental shelf: seabed & subsoil of NZ submerged landmass that extends beyond our EEZOne of the largest in the world: more than 20x the size of NZ6 Agencies with responsibilities
Who is involved & when?
Restoration
Exploration
Ministry for the Environment• Develops environmental policy • Administers legislation and regulations applying to the EEZ and territorial
waters. New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals • Allocates areas for exploration through Block Offer process• Processes and monitors prospecting, exploration and mining permits. • Assesses operators’ technical and financial capability, etc.
Department of Conservation• Administers guidelines for minimising disturbance to marine mammals
from seismic survey.WorkSafe New Zealand • Administers the rules to make sure the oil ‘stays in the pipe’ and the
risk of a well failure is as low as reasonably practical.
Roles & Responsibilities of Regulators
Environmental Protection Authority • Manages the effects of restricted activities on the environment in the
EEZ (12 to 200 nautical miles offshore).• Considers applications for marine consents, monitors compliance and
carries out enforcement.
Maritime New Zealand • Ensures operators can stem the flow of oil in the unlikely event of a well
blowout. • Coordination of any national-level oil spill responses.
Questions
Otago activity timeline