• Rose NZ – used oil collection and disposal scheme. Part 3 establishes the levy on waste disposal to be collected via disposal facilities (municipal landfills). The landfill operator must pay the levy to the levy collector (either the Secretary for the Environment or an appointed levy collector). This levy, currently $10 per tonne, is passed back as an additional charge to users of the Bluegums landfill site. The levy provides funding for waste minimisation infrastructure, programmes and services. Approximately half of the funding secured through the levy is distributed quarterly back to the Council on a population basis, to be spent on waste minimisation activities set out in this WMMP. Part 4 is dedicated to the responsibilities of a TA, which “must promote effective and efficient waste management and minimisation within its district” (s42). Part 4 requires TAs to develop and adopt a WMMP. The Council intend to have this WMMP adopted by June 2015. Part 5 covers offences and enforcement provisions similar to previous legislation giving TA’s powers for enforcement of bylaws and local rules, as well as disposal controls. Part 6 sets out requirements for reporting, and has relevance to the Council as the operator, (under contract no 2011/06) of the Bluegums Landfill, as well as requirements specific to reporting on the waste levy expenditure and progress towards the implementation of this WMMP. Part 7 establishes a Waste Advisory Board with the function of providing advice to the Minister for the Environment. The Board is composed of four to eight members appointed by the Minister, following public nomination, for up to a three-year term. 3.1.3 The Local Government Act 1974 Part 31 (now repealed) and the Local Government Act 2002 Taken together these Acts required Councils to assess how well they provided collection and reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery, treatment and disposal of waste in their district, and made Council’s responsible for the effective and efficient implementation of their waste management plan. The provisions of the LGA 1974, Part 31, and the sanitary assessment provisions for refuse (i.e.; solid waste) contained in Part 7 of the LGA 2002 have been repealed, and these provisions are now largely embodied within the WMA. 3.1.4 The Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (the HSNO Act) The HSNO Act addresses the management of substances that pose a significant risk to the environment and/or human health, from manufacture to disposal. The Act relates to waste management primarily through controls on the import or manufacture of new hazardous materials and the handling and disposal of hazardous substances. Hazardous substances may be explosive, flammable, have the capacity to oxidise, toxic to humans and/or the environment, corrosive, or have the ability to develop any of these properties when in contact with air or water. Depending on the amount of a hazardous substance on site, the HSNO Act sets out requirements for material storage, staff training and certification. The Hazardous Waste Storage facility adjacent to the Blenheim Transfer Station is subject to the above legislative requirements. 3.1.5 The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) The RMA provides guidelines and regulations for the sustainable management of natural and physical resources. Although it does not specifically define ‘waste’, the Act addresses waste management and minimisation activity through controls on the environmental effects of waste Page 8