6. What Next?

6.1 Making a submission

1. your name and postal address, phone number, fax number and email address (if applicable)
2. the title of the proposed standards you are making the submission about
3. whether you support or oppose the standards
4. your submission, with reasons for your views
5. any changes you would like made to the standards
6. the decision you wish the Minister for the Environment to make.

You must forward your submission to the Ministry for the Environment, PO Box 10362, Wellington, or by email to standards@mfe.govt.nz, in time to be received no later than 5.00 pm on 10 August 2007.

6.2 Questions

Your submission can address any issue relating to the standards. However, the Ministry for the Environment would greatly appreciate specific comment on the following questions.

1. Do you have any concerns about the proposed standard for exposure to radio-frequency fields?
2. Do you agree with or oppose the proposed standard for equipment cabinets? Does the proposal promote the most appropriate size and height for each area (residential, business, mixed-use)?
3. Do you agree with or oppose the proposed standard for noise from equipment cabinets? Is the proposal the most appropriate form of measurement for each area (residential, business, mixed-use)? Is the proposed measurement point appropriate?
4. Do you agree with or oppose the proposed standard for masts and antennas? Does the proposal represent the most appropriate height and size for each area (residential, business, mixed-use)?
5. If the proposed standards are implemented, what resource consent activity status do you think should be applied to equipment that fails to meet the standards (controlled, restricted discretionary, discretionary or non-complying)?
6. Do you agree with the analysis of where costs and benefits of the proposal will fall?

6.3 What happens after you have made your submission?

The Ministry will prepare a summary of submissions, which will be available through the Ministry’s website. Hard copies will be available on request.

Once submissions have been compiled, they will be considered during the development of the final policy and in preparing the regulations. The Ministry will prepare a report with the recommendations for the final policy to the Minister for the Environment, including the full Section 32 analysis. If approval is given to continue developing the proposed standards, the final wording will be drafted and the proposed standards made into regulations.