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PC1 - the what, why and how you can help
WAIKATO PLAN CHANGE 1 (PC1)
What is PC1?
PC1 introduces new policies and rules to reduce diffuse discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment and E coli from farming activities in the Waikato.
PC1 requires a 20% improvement in water quality over the next 10 years.
I don’t farm in the Waikato region…. Why should I care?
Every regional council is required to notify plan changes to implement the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 by December 2024.
Those plan changes will include policies and rules to manage farming activities (and in many cases, require reductions in diffuse discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment and E coli from farming activities).
PC1 is one of the first plan changes that is directly addressing the very difficult issues facing plan makers and resource users such as:
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How to manage and/or reduce nitrogen in the absence of Overseer?
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What should be in regulated farm plans?
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What minimum standards are required (e.g., fertiliser, grazing, cultivation) and how should they be worded?
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Is it necessary to have standards that are more stringent than the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater?
The Environment Court will be considering these matters in PC1 in the first quarter of 2023. Its decision will likely create a precedent for the 2024 plan changes in other regions.
What can I do about it?
Federated Famers is taking a significant leadership role in the Environment Court process with the aim of ensuring that PC1 is practical, implementable and that farmers’ voices are heard.
Federated Farmers wants to ensure a framework that is enduring and that could be used elsewhere (there’s no point in every region reinventing the wheel).
Effectively engaging in the Environment Court process (with experts and lawyers) requires money – and a lot of it.
You can help by donating to our campaign. You can donate to our PC1 campaign in the following ways:
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Phone 0800 327 646 (0800 FARMING); or
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Bank transfer to 03-0306-0626460-00 (use the reference “PC1”); or
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Donate online at the Federated Farmers donation page,
here
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For more information, see Waikato Regional Council’s PC1 factsheets
here
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