Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan Volume 2 - 38.3 Limited Discretionary Activities - 38.3.1 Matters to Which Council has Restricted the Exercise of its Discretion: - 38.3.2 The Discharge of Domestic Wastewater Authorised by Resource Consent Prior to 21 April 2005, or the Discharge of Domestic Wastewater, through any On-site Wastewater Management System Installed after 21 April 2005, into or onto Land. (362/454)

Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan Volume 2Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan Volume 2 - 38.3 Limited Discretionary Activities - 38.3.1 Matters to Which Council has Restricted the Exercise of its Discretion: - 38.3.2 The Discharge of Domestic Wastewater Authorised by Resource Consent Prior to 21 April 2005, or the Discharge of Domestic Wastewater, through any On-site Wastewater Management System Installed after 21 April 2005, into or onto Land. Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 10 March 2006 38.3 Limited Discretionary Activities Activities within Riparian Management Zones (specified in Appendix I and Volume Three Maps) • Replanting of existing commercial forestry or woodlot; • Vegetation clearance except for commercial forestry trees and plant pests, including those listed in the Regional or National Pest Management Strategies. • Excavation and filling. • Cultivation of swales and land over 20° in slope (See Table 1, Appendix I). • The discharge of domestic wastewater authorised by Resource consent Prior to 21 April 2005, or the discharge of domestic wastewater through any on-site wastewater management system installed after 21 April 2005, into or onto land. 38.3.1 Matters to Which Council has Restricted the Exercise of its Discretion: a) The effects of natural clarity of any river, lake, wetland or the sea; b) The effects of the entry of any woody material into any river, lake, wetland or the sea; c) The effects on natural hazard management, including stability of riparian management zones and river control matters; d) Protection of riparian habitat diversity; e) Protection of in-stream habitat; f) Provision of physical public access where legal public access is provided for. 38.3.2 The Discharge of Domestic Wastewater Authorised by Resource Consent Prior to 21 April 2005, or the Discharge of Domestic Wastewater, through any On-site Wastewater Management System Installed after 21 April 2005, into or onto Land. 38.3.2.1 Standards and Terms (a) The domestic wastewater shall not be discharged into soil determined to be Category 1, 4, 5 or 6 soil (in accordance with the Council’s guidelines for the investigation, design, installation and maintenance of on-site wastewater management systems) if it is proposed to use a conventional on-site wastewater management system; and (b) The term of the discharge permit shall not exceed 15 years; 38.3.2.2 Matters to which the Council has Restricted the Exercise of its Discretion (a) The proximity of the discharge to any surface water, groundwater or coastal water and any actual or potential adverse effects of the discharge on water quality; 38 - 10