Tauranga City Council and Bay of Plenty Regional Council have developed a guide and template to help commercial and industrial sites assess pollution risks from their business and develop a pollution prevention plan to address these risks.
Pollution Prevention Plans are requirement under the Stormwater (Pollution Prevention) Bylaw 2015 for high risk work areas/types.
Stormwater (Pollution Prevention Bylaw 2015 (247kb pdf)
The guide will help you write your plan and goes through each part, step by step. The guide has checklists to help assess your site for actual and potential stormwater pollution issues. You will also find posters, forms and other documents you can use as part of your plan.
You can download the guide, templates and supporting documents as one zip file or you can download sections separately.
Should you have trouble downloading the files, or should you have questions about how to use the guide please contact a Pollution Prevention Officer on 07 577 7000.
NB: If you choose to download the zip file it may either be slow to download or you may not be able to download it depending on your connection. This is due to the size of the file.
Pollution Prevention Plan documentation (9mb zip)
Pollution prevention guide
Part A - Introduction (641kb pdf)Part B - How to identify and manage risks and controls (871kb pdf)
Part C - Processes, Procedures and Housekeeping (96kb pdf)
Part D - Site Layout and Drainage Plan and Completing the Final Template (99kb pdf)
Pollution prevention plan template
Pollution Prevention Plan Template (72kb doc)
Spills poster
Spills poster (4.5mb pdf)
Pollution prevention site visits
Pollution prevention site visits (94kb pdf)
Forms and applications