Tighter air quality rules to control dusty activities in Mount Maunganui’s industrial area can now be implemented after a four-year court journey, Bay of Plenty Regional Council says.
The new rules are focused on addressing issues with fine dust and those affected will now need resource consent, the council said in a statement.
Council general manager of strategy and science Namouta Poutasi said this decision was the hard line they had been looking for.
“This is good news for the community as it means sometimes dusty activities like transporting bulk solid material and log handling will now be controlled through the resource consent process.
“Those wanting to carry out these activities will now need to show how they will manage any negative effect on air quality,” she said.