Environmental impact assessment

The requirement

The publisher’s words are shown on request, below the limits.

The publisher’s words

How it is proven

Evidence required

Conformance with these requirements shall be demonstrated by providing a written statement of compliance, signed by the Chief Executive Officer or other authorised representative of the applicant/licence holder. This statement shall be supported by documentation, including: • For parts a) and b), an independent assessment of quality of discharges to air, water and land, and impacts on the receiving environment is to be completed by a person or agency competent to complete such an assessment. An assessment of environmental effects and other supporting information lodged in support of a resource consent application would be deemed to meet this requirement; and • For discharges to water, the assessment may be based on the quality of discharges from the point at which the discharges from the site or any relevant combined or municipal waste collection and treatment system discharges to the na

Who checks it

Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake

How Klar Cite classifies it

Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.

What it asks

Meet — a limit, condition or outcome the product must satisfy

Standing

Required — must be met for the credential

Impact area

Ecosystem Health — the CMF area the clause addresses

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