What's missing here?

Excerpt from the summary of the agenda for the upcoming Environment Committee Meeting to be held on the 24th (Monday) of August (be there!);

"The permitted activity rules in the resource management plans for managing noise generated from the use of wind machines for frost protection have proven to be difficult to implement. There has been difficulty in knowing whether all of the wind machines currently in place have actually met the permitted activity standards, prior to the machines being installed. In this regard the rules can not be considered to be effective."

Rules not effective! Really! How long did it take before this was worked out?

Activity rules from wind machines difficult to implement? How about "impossible!" Or more like "never done?". Call it what it really is... THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN MONITORED.

Herein lies one of the big problems with this rule change; no provision is made for monitoring compliance! They will be left in the same boat as before. The rules are made for a single fan when in many cases the cumulative effects will be to blame. Get with the program. If the Environment Court says that cumulative noise is a problem, you need to recognise it! Otherwise you will be wasting more of the ratepayers money getting your arse dragged back through the Courts.