Environment, The EPA and the

The Ministry for the
Environment, The EPA and the
Opportunities for engagement

New Zealand Agricultural Aviation
Association Conference 2010

The Context


The last chapter of a book is meaningless without
the story that precedes it.



The Environment…

•

Part of our identity

•

Resources and Tourism
-

$50 Billion

It’s our brand

…but it’s under attack

New Zealand was a friend
to Middle Earth, but it's no
friend of the earth


12 November 2009


Lord

of

the

Rings

country

trades

on

its

natural

beauty,

but

emissions

have

risen

22
%

since

it

signed

up

to

Kyoto


As

the

world

prepares

for

the

next

month,

it

is

worth

checking

out

the

greenwash

that

has

followed

the

promises

made

at

Guardian newspaper UK

The Ministry for the Environment

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Established in 1986

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Advisor to government on

–
administration and management of natural and
physical resources and ecosystems (including
allocation)

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Public participation in environmental policy and
planning at the local level

–
Pollution, hazards, and environmental impacts

•
Resource Management Act, Waste
Minimisation Act, Climate Change Response Act


Role of the Ministry

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Not involved in day
-
to
-
day environmental
management, the focus is on:

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Laws, regulations and national environmental
standards

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Providing national direction through national
policy statements and strategies

–
Providing guidance for the implementation of
legislation

–
Monitoring and providing information about the
health of the environment


NZ EPA
–

Current model

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Administers nationally significant RMA consents

•
NZ EPA
-

a unique model established 2009


NZ EPA
–

types of projects

New motorways such as
Transmission Gully

New power stations
–

such as the
Tauhara Stage 2
geothermal plant

EPA
–

From July 2011

•
Administration of processes for nationally significant
projects

•
Emissions trading scheme administration

•
Hazardous substances & new organisms (ERMA)


Local Councils

Environmental
Protection
Authority

Ministry for
the
Environment

National
level policy

National level
implementation

Local, day
-
to
-
day policy
and implementation

The Opportunities

•
You have an ability to influence the
regulations that will impact on you


•
Rules that are inappropriately targeted or
which can not be easily understood mean

–
More time studying the regulations = less time in
the cockpit = less $$

–
Compliance and enforcement costs = less $$


Engagement
–

Levels

“Class G”

Airspace

“Class C”

Airspace

Central Government
Implementation

Central
Government
Policy

Local Government Policy Development

Local Government Plan Submissions

Local Government Implementation

Local Government Compliance and
Enforcement

(Traditional
levels of
engagement)

Restricted
Area

Engaging in policy

•
Need to talk the same language
-

get a common
understanding

•
Arriving with a solution will get a more positive
response than arriving with a problem

Permitted baseline

ultra vires, RMA,
section 32, consent
conditions, section
88(3), notification??


CAA Regs, Vne,
indicated airspeed,
VFR, IFR, type
rating, class G
airspace, QNH, dead
reckoning??

Forms of engagement

Level

of
government
directly engaged

Engagement

tool

Level of NZAAA
control over
outputs

Central

Government

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Key Points

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It is a time of change for environmental
management

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The new EPA is an opportunity, not a threat

•
Be proactive
-

It is easier to influence policy
before it is written

•
How you engage with policy makers, and at
what level, is up to you