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Incident Recording

(H10)    A record must be maintained of at least the following events:

         (i)      the time, date and duration of equipment malfunctions, that may affect the environmental
                  performance of the approved place; and
         (ii)     any shut-downs of equipment upon which the environmental performance of the approved
                  place depends.

(H11)    Details concerning any bypass of plant effluent shall be monitored and recorded in terms of event
         date, duration, cause of bypass, and actions taken in reporting and averting the bypass.

Notification of Emergencies and Incidents

(H12)    As soon as practicable after becoming aware of any emergency or incident which results in the
         release of contaminants not in accordance, or reasonably expected to be not in accordance with the
         conditions of this development approval, the registered operator must notify the administering
         authority of the release by telephone or facsimile.

(H13)    The notification of emergencies or incidents as required by condition H12 must include but not be
         limited to the following:

         (i)      the name of the holder of the development approval;
         (ii)     the location of the emergency or incident;
         (iii)    the number of the development approval;
         (iv)     the name and telephone number of the designated contact person;
         (v)      the time of the release;
         (vi)     the time the holder of the development approval became aware of the release;
         (vii)    the suspected cause of the release;
         (viii)   the environmental harm caused, threatened, or suspected to be caused by the release; and
         (ix)     actions taken to prevent further any release and mitigate any environmental harm caused by
                  the release.

(H14)    Not more than 14 days following the initial notification of an emergency or incident, the registered
         operator must provide written advice of the information supplied in accordance with condition H13 in
         addition to:

        (i)       proposed actions to prevent a recurrence of the emergency or incident; and
        (ii)      outcomes of actions taken at the time to prevent or minimise environmental harm.

(H15)   As soon as practicable, but not more than six weeks following the conduct of any environmental
        monitoring performed in relation to the emergency or incident, which results in the release of
        contaminants not in accordance, or reasonably expected to be not in accordance with the conditions
        of this development approval, the registered operator must provide written advice of the results of
        any such monitoring performed to the administering authority.

Exception Reporting

(H16)   The registered operator must notify the administering authority in writing of any monitoring result that
        indicates an exceedance of or non-compliance with any approval limit within 28 days of completion of
        analysis.

(H17)   The written notification required by condition number H2O above must include:

        (i)       the full analysis results; and
        (ii)      details of investigation or corrective actions taken; and
        (iii)     any subsequent analysis.



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or equivalent/similar as required by legislation administered by the
Department of Environment and Resource Management