Resource consent application

Meridian has lodged applications for resource consents for its proposed hydro generation facility on the Mokihinui River with the West Coast Regional Council and the Buller District Council.

 


You can find the resource consent information and documents below.

 

The documents on this page are provided as Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) files. If you do not have software on your computer that can view PDF files, you can download a free viewer from Adobe's web site.

 

 

Please note that some of the PDF files below are very large and could take some time to download.  For a copy of a CD-ROM please email us at hydro.info@meridianenergy.co.nz.  Full copies of the Assessment of Environmental Effects and technical reports are available to view at the West Coast Regional Council office (Greymouth), Buller District Council office (Westport) and the Westport Library.

 

Resource Consent Application and Assessment of Effects on the Environment (PDF 1.3 MB)

 

List of Appendices

 

Appendix 1 - Project engineering description report (PDF 13 MB)

 

Appendix 2 - Construction effects and management report (PDF 12 MB)


Appendix 3 - 110KV line constructability report (PDF5 MB)


Appendix 4 - Hydrology report (PDF 4 MB)


Appendix 5 - Instream habitat and flow regime requirements in the Mokihinui River (PDF 2 MB)


Appendix 6 - Mokihinui tidal hydraulics: implications of Mokihinui Hydro Project (PDF 5 MB)


Appendix 7 - Shoreline change around the Mokihinui River mouth (PDF 5 MB)


Appendix 8 - Sediment report (PDF 8 MB)


Appendix 9 - Periphytons and invertebrates report (PDF 4 MB)


Appendix 10 - Native freshwater fisheries report (PDF 2 MB)


Appendix 11 - Trout movement and passage (PDF 5 MB)


Appendix 12 - Lake water quality and habitat report (PDF 2 MB)


Appendix 13 - Terrestrial ecology assessment (PDF 6 MB)


Appendix 14 - Assessment of landscape and visual effects (PDF 7 MB). See below for appendices for the landscape report.


Appendix 15 - Geomorphic assessment of the Mokihinui River catchment area (PDF 300 KB)


Appendix 16 - Archaeological effects assessment (PDF 9 MB)


Appendix 17 - Recreation and tourism assessment of effects (PDF 5 MB)


Appendix 18 - Statutory planning assessment (PDF 700 KB)

 

Draft Social Impact Study (PDF 4 MB)

 

Drawings

 

Drawing 1 Shows dam construction/staging area, including indicative layout of associated facilities (PDF 7.5 MB)

 

Drawing 2 Shows ongoing operation footprint and layout (PDF 7.5 MB)

 

Drawing 3 Shows the inundation area and the new walking track in the Gorge (PDF 9.8 MB)

 

Drawing 4 Shows the inundation area and the new walking track in the Gorge (PDF 9.5MB)

 

Drawing 5 Shows the transmission line and proposed substation (PDF 4.65 MB)

 

Drawing 6  Shows the transmission line and proposed substation (PDF 5 MB)

 

Drawing 7 Shows the transmission line and proposed substation (PDF 4.7 MB)

 

Drawing 8 Shows the road from SH6 to the dam site to be widened (PDF 5.6 MB)

 

Drawing 9 Shows the road from SH6 to the dam site to be widened (PDF 6.1 MB)

 

Drawing 10 Shows the road from SH6 to the dam site to be widened (PDF 6 MB)

 

Drawing 11 Shows the road from SH6 to the dam site to be widened (PDF 5.6 MB)

 

Drawing 12 Shows the road from SH6 to the dam site to be widened (PDF 5 MB)

 

Drawing 13 Shows the road from SH6 to the dam site to be widened (PDF 5.2 MB)

 

Drawing 14 Shows the road from SH6 to the dam site to be widened (PDF 6 MB)

 

Drawing 15 Shows the road from SH6 to the dam site to be widened (PDF 6.8 MB)

 

Assessment of landscape and visual effects - appendices

 

Appendix 1 Maps (PDF 943 KB)

Map 1 – Landscape Units
Map 2 – Proposed Kawatiri Heritage Conservation Park
Map 3 – Levels of Naturalness
Map 4 – Rivers of North Westland
Map 5 – View Shaft and accompanying photo-panorama


Appendix 2 Photo-simulations


Photo-simulation 1 Reservoir Lake from Dam (PDF 1.2 MB)


Photo-simulation 2 Reservoir Lake from 1km above Andersons Creek (PDF 1 MB)


Photo-simulation 3 Reservoir Lake from 100m above Jones Creek (PDF 4 MB)


Photo-simulation 4 Mokihinui Road east of Seddonville Motor Hotel (PDF 3 MB)


Photo-simulation 5 Gladstone Street outside Seddonville Holiday Camp (PDF 3 MB)


Photo-simulation 6 Charming Creek Road at Seddonville (PDF 3 MB)


Photo-simulation 7 Mokihinui Ford Road (PDF 3.3 MB)


Appendix 3


Objectives and Policies relevant to landscape matters (PDF 36 KB)


Appendix 4


Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of proposed dam from proposed water tanks (PDF 2.5 MB)

 

 



0800 496 496 © Copyright Meridian Energy Limited