Comments from invited parties

The panel must invite written comments on the application.

Comments on the resource consent application or notice of requirement must be invited from the persons or groups set out in clause 17 of Schedule 6 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020.

On 30 September 2021, the Kapuni Green Hydrogen Expert Consenting Panel released Minute 1 inviting parties to comment on the application. Comments need to be received by the EPA by 21 October 2021.

Minute 1 of the Kapuni Green Hydrogen Panel (PDF, 375KB)

Notice of consent application and invitation to comment

An example of the Notice of Consent Application and Invitation to Comment issued to the parties/persons identified in the Act can be viewed below:

Local authorities letter (PDF, 188KB)

Iwi authorities and treaty settlement entities letter (PDF, 225KB)

Letter to owners/occupiers of land adjacent to land on which the project is to be undertaken (PDF, 187KB)

Letter to owners/occupiers of land on which the project is to be undertaken (PDF, 186KB)

Letter to Ministers of the Crown (PDF, 187KB)

Letter to the listed organisations and the Director-General of Conservation (PDF, 188KB)

Letter to parties who gave written approval to the applicant (PDF, 185KB)

Letter to parties identified in the order of council (PDF, 185KB)

In addition to the parties directly specified in the Act, the panel must determine who must be invited for comment in accordance with subclauses (a),(b),(c),(g) and (h) of clause 17(6). They are listed in the document below:

List of the appropriate parties and the relevant land parcels whose owners and occupiers will be invited to comment by the Panel (PDF, 131KB)