21 August 2008 Chapter 25 - Definitions 25.0 Definitions Words identified (*) are defined in the Resource Management Act 1991, and reproduced here to assist your understanding of the Plan. ACT (The Act) unless the content otherwise requires shall refer to the Resource Management Act 1991 and any subsequent amendments. ADVANCED ON-SITE means an on-site wastewater management system that treats the WASTEWATER domestic wastewater (via a secondary treatment unit) to t he MANAGEMENT SYSTEM following standard before it is discharged into or onto land within the land application area: < 20 g/m 3 BOD; 5 < 30 g/m Total Suspended Solids 3 AGRICHEMICAL means any substance, whether inorganic or organic, manufactured or naturally occurring, modified or in its natural state, that is used in any agriculture, horticulture, forestry, management of public amenity areas, or related activity, to eradicate, modify, or control flora or fauna. AIR means all zones and components of the atmosphere and stratosphere which contribute to the functionin g of the global environment. ALLOTMENT (or lot) means an allotment as described in section 218(2) of the Act. AMBIENT AIR means air in the lower atmosphere which is outside buildings or structures and does not refer to indoor air nor air in the workplace. AMENITY VALUES has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. ANCILLARY means activity or structure located on the same site as the primary activity where such activity is small in scale, incidental and serves a supportive function to the primary activity. ANZECC means Australia and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council, comprising Ministers of the Environment of Australian States, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. AQUIFER means a geologic formation or layer of rock or soil that is able to hold or transmit water. AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION means a Data Recording Device installed on-board ship that is SYSTEM OR ‘AIS’ operated in accordance with the requirements of SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea, which is a convention of the International Maritime Organisation ). BARE GROUND means ground which is visible when a site is viewed vertically from a point higher than the tallest vegetation on the site. BATTER means a slope immediately above or below a track, road or other excavation. BEST PRACTICABLE means the best method for preventing or minimising the adverse OPTION (FOR effects on the environment having regard, among other things, to: MANAGEMENT OF a) The nature of the domestic wastewater discharge and the DOMESTIC WASTEWATER) sensitivity of the receiving environment to adverse effects; b) The financial implications, and the effects on the environment, of that option when compared with other options; and c) The current state of technical knowledge and the likelihood that the option can be successfully applied. BOD5 means Biochemical Oxygen Demand (five day), being a measure of the oxygen consumed by aerobic bacteria in degrading organic material at 20 degrees C over five days. BOD values represent the organic 5 strength of domestic wastewater. 25 - 1