Regional Air Quality Management Plan - regional rules

Updated 3 July 2015 12:59pm

There are 23 regional rules in the Regional Air Quality Management Plan regulating discharges of contaminants to air. These are listed below.

The Ministry for the Environment has set National Environmental Standards for air quality. Prohibited activities about burning specified material came into effect on 8 October 2004.

The rules are as follows:

Rule 1 Agrichemical spray and powder application (land based)
Rule 2 Agrichemical spray and powder application (aerial application)
Rule 3 Fumigation
Rule 4 Agricultural effluent and other on-farm processes
Rule 5 Processing of animal and plant matter
Rule 6 Small combustion engines, heating and electrical generation processes
Rule 7 Combustion engines, heating and electrical generation processes
Rule 8 Processing, storage and transfer and flaring of hydrocarbons and biogas
Rule 9 Fuel conversion processes
Rule 10 Mineral extraction and the sorting and storage of powdered and bulk products
Rule 11The drying and heating of minerals
Rule 12 Metal production and processing
Rule 13 Chemical processes
Rule 14 Di-isocyanate and organic plasticiser processes
Rule 15 Coating processes (including spray painting)
Rule 16 Abrasive blasting processes (mobile and stationary)
Rule 17 Cooling towers/ventilation
Rule 18 Burn-offs and burning associated with land clearance
Rule 19 Burning not associated with land clearance
Rule 20 Landfilling and composting
Rule 21Sewage and trade waste conveyance and treatment processes
Rule 22 Miscellaneous processes
Rule 23 General rule

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