Applicant: Kokiri Lime Company Limited

The Otago Regional Council has received applications from Kokiri Lime Company Limited for resource consents for the purpose of establishing and operating an open pit alluvial gold mine and associated activities. Works associated with this activity will include the creation of a mine pond, drilling and relocation of bores, the diversion of watercourses in the mine area, management of discharges from mining activities to air, land and water, and the management and disposal of contaminated land in the mine path.

The proposed activity is approximately 163 hectares and covers an area from the south of Coal Creek to the north of Roxburgh adjacent to and including an area of the Fruitlands - Roxburgh Road (SH8). The applicant has applied for a term of 30 years.

Water Permit Application RM15.361.01
To take groundwater for mine pond dewatering, mineral processing, dust suppression, rehabilitation, and to augment any existing lawful take where required due to interference drawdown from mine operations.

Discharge Permit Application RM15.361.02
To discharge water and contaminated water resulting from mining activities.

Water Permit Application RM15.361.03
To divert water from watercourses within the mine path.

Discharge Permit Application RM15.361.04
To discharge contaminants to land in a manner that may result in that contaminant entering water.

Land Use Consent Application RM15.361.05
To excavate the mine pond, to drill bores and replace or relocate existing water supply bores within the mine site.

Land Use Consent Application RM15.361.06
To install and remove structures and material from the bed of watercourse, to disturb the bed of watercourses, and to mine of the beds of watercourses within the mine path.

Land Use Consent Application RM15.361.07
To disturb areas of contaminated soil found in the mine path.

Discharge Permit Application RM15.361.08
To discharge contaminants (soil) to air.

Discharge Permit Application RM15.361.09
To discharge contaminated soil onto or into to land for the purpose of establishing and operating an alluvial gold mine.

Discharge Permit Application RM15.361.10
To discharge contaminants (dust) resulting from mining activities to air.

Location: The proposed mine site covers an area of 163 hectares extending from approximately 1.95 kilometres North West of the intersection of Tweed Street and Scotland Street (State Highway 8), Roxburgh to the south and approximately 1.85 kilometres South Southwest of the intersection of Coal Creek Road and Fruitlands Roxburgh Road (State Highway 8), Roxburgh to the north.

Map reference:
Southern extent: NZTM 2000: 1310184 E 4952065 N
Northern extent: NZTM 2000: 1310546 E 4955626 N

Legal description:

For a full list of legal descriptions subject to the applications, please see the document titled Legal Descriptions, which is available on the website here.

The applications include an assessment of environmental effects and may be inspected at the Council’s offices at 70 Stafford Street, Dunedin, or 1 Dunorling Street, Alexandra, or through the Council’s website here.

Please contact Ralph Henderson at the Otago Regional Council on freephone 0800 474 082 if you have any questions about the application.

Any person may make a submission on the applications. You may do so by sending a written submission to the Otago Regional Council, Private Bag 1954, Dunedin. Copies of a submission form are available from the Otago Regional Council office at 70 Stafford Street, Dunedin.

The form can also be downloaded from our website on the same page as the application documents.

You can also make your submission by emailing it directly to submissions@orc.govt.nz.

Email submission conditions apply as follows:

1. Only the email address above can be used. Submissions sent to other email addresses at the Otago Regional Council will not be accepted.
2. An acknowledgment of your submission will be sent by return mail following the close of submissions. These conditions apply only to email submissions to Otago Regional Council’s publicly notified applications.  
   
   

Submissions, either written or emailed, must include the following information:

1. Your full name, postal address, and daytime telephone number
2. Details of the application(s) in respect of which you are making the submission,
3. The specific parts of the application(s) that your submission relates to,
4. Your submission, with reasons for your views,
5. Whether you support, oppose or are neutral regarding the application(s) or specific parts of it,
6. The decision you are seeking from the consent authority,
7. If you wish to be heard in support of your submission, and
8. If others make a similar submission, if you will consider presenting a joint case with them at a hearing.
9. Your signature, if posting or delivering a written submission to Council.
   
   

Submissions close at 5pm on Monday 7 March 2016

You must serve a copy of your submission on the applicant, whose address for service is: Kokiri Lime Company Limited C/o Golder Associates (NZ) Ltd, PO Box 1087, Dunedin 9054 Attention Carmen Taylor Email: ctaylor@golder.co.nz as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Otago Regional Council.

Note: The applicant has also applied to the Central Otago District Council for resource consents in respect of the above proposal. Please refer to the Central Otago District Council’s public notice in the Thursday 4 February 2016 edition of Central Otago News. Submissions on the applications made to Central Otago District Council must be made to Central Otago District Council.

Submissions on all aspects of the application will be heard together as part of a joint hearing process involving representatives from both the Central Otago District and Otago Regional Councils.