Resource Consent and Dam Safety Agreements




9.3 Termination of Dam Safety Emergency Event Response: Meridian shall notify Genesis Energy as soon as its Markets and Production Emergency Manager considers that any Dam Safety Emergency Event that is the subject of a request under clause 9.1 has ended, whereupon Genesis Energy’s obligations under clause 9.1 in respect of that request shall cease.

  1. DEROGATION APPROVALS

10.1 Approval of Derogation: Genesis Energy shall not approve, permit, or support the grant or exercise of any Derogation unless specifically permitted to do so in accordance with this section 10.

10.2 Request for Derogation: If Genesis Energy receives a formal or informal request for approval of the grant of a Derogation, Genesis Energy shall either:

(a) decline that request; or

(b) promptly notify Meridian of that request together with all information which Genesis Energy has about the requester, the proposed taking, the use to which the taken water will be applied and the consequences of the proposed Derogation being granted including:

(i) the proposed volume of water, times and rates of taking; and

(ii) information as to whether the proposed use would be efficient and reasonable.

10.3 Permitted Derogations: Not later than 20 Business Days after Meridian has received all the information referred to in clause 10.2, Meridian must consent to the grant and exercise of a Derogation that falls wholly within one or more of the following:

(a) an application (or proposed application) to reconsent an existing Resource Consent which would be utilised for the purposes of an agricultural or horticultural activity, if that application has been, or is to be, made on materially the same terms and conditions as the existing Resource Consent and the proposed water take is efficient in the context of the agricultural or horticultural activity in question;

(b) an application (or proposed application) for a new Resource Consent which would allow the taking of water for the purposes of an agricultural or horticultural activity, if the applicant is permitted to take that water by the MIC Agreement;

(c) an application (or proposed application) to reconsent an existing Resource Consent which would be utilised for the purposes of industrial, commercial, town, or community supply or a tourism or recreation activity, if that application has been, or is to be, made on materially the same terms and conditions as the existing Resource Consent and the proposed water take is efficient in the context of the activity in question;

(d) an application (or proposed application) for a new Resource Consent to allow the taking of water for town or community supply if the applicant is seeking a quantity of water which is reasonable for the community serviced, and no part of the supply is to be used by water intensive industries.

10.4 Compensation: Not later than 20 Business Days after Meridian has received all the information referred to in clause 10.2, Meridian must consent to the grant and exercise of any Derogation that does not fall wholly within clause 10.3 where:



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Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2011, No 93





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🌾 Waitaki Power Scheme Resource Consents (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Resource Consents, Waitaki Power Scheme, Water Management, High Flow Management, Pukaki Supply, Environmental Outcomes, Hydrological Information, Outage Management, Genesis Energy, Meridian

🌾 Termination of Dam Safety Emergency Event Response

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dam Safety, Emergency Event Response, Notification, Meridian, Genesis Energy

🌾 Derogation Approvals for Resource Consents

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Derogation, Resource Consents, Water Use, Agricultural, Horticultural, Industrial, Commercial, Town Supply, Community Supply, Tourism, Recreation, Compensation