Ambitious changes planned for Resource Management ActThursday 5 Feb 2009 Along with a suite of planned changes, a new Environmental Protection Authority will be established to speed up consents for major building and infrastructure projects under plans to reform the Resource Management Act, announced by Prime Minister John Key on Tuesday. The Government will make more than 100 changes to the existing law, with legislation to be introduced this month.The most important part of the announcement is allowing applicants for projects of national importance to apply directly to the Environmental Protection Authority a new agency being put together out of parts of the Ministry for the Environment and the Environmental Risk Management Authority. The EPA can then refer the application to a board of inquiry made up of experts in the field. More >> |
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