Water Plan (Pioneer Valley) 2002
sec.56Minor amendment of plan— Act , s 57
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sec.56 Minor amendment of plan— Act , s 57
The following types of amendment may be made to this plan under section 57 (b) of the Act — an amendment or addition of an environmental flow objective if the amendment or addition achieves an equivalent or improved ecological outcome without adversely affecting the water allocation security objectives or the outcomes under part 3 ; an amendment or addition of a water allocation security objective if the amendment or addition does not adversely affect existing water allocations, environmental flow objectives or the outcomes under part 3 ; an amendment or addition of a priority area; an amendment or addition of a node; an amendment or addition of a priority group; an amendment or addition of a water allocation group; an amendment to subdivide a subcatchment area; an amendment to subdivide a volume stated in schedule 6 ; an amendment or addition of a monitoring or reporting requirement under part 6 ; an amendment to section 22C or 22D if notice of the amendment is published as if it were a moratorium notice under section 26 of the Act ; an amendment to change the boundaries of the following, including by subdividing or amalgamating— a domestic area; a groundwater sub-area; the watercourse area; an amendment to change, for water allocation group class 2C, 3C, 4C or 6C, the nominal volume of the allocation to the nominal volume stated in schedule 6 , table 1, column 2 for the group; an amendment to increase, for a water allocation in water allocation group 4, 6 or 15, the annual volumetric limit for the allocation to the annual volumetric limit stated in schedule 6 , table 2, column 2 for the allocation group; an amendment to increase, for water allocation group 4, 6 or 15, the nominal volume for the group to the nominal volume stated in schedule 6 , table 2, column 3 for the group. s 56 amd 2009 SL No. 212 s 48
- (a) an amendment or addition of an environmental flow objective if the amendment or addition achieves an equivalent or improved ecological outcome without adversely affecting the water allocation security objectives or the outcomes under part 3 ;
- (b) an amendment or addition of a water allocation security objective if the amendment or addition does not adversely affect existing water allocations, environmental flow objectives or the outcomes under part 3 ;
- (c) an amendment or addition of a priority area;
- (d) an amendment or addition of a node;
- (e) an amendment or addition of a priority group;
- (f) an amendment or addition of a water allocation group;
- (g) an amendment to subdivide a subcatchment area;
- (h) an amendment to subdivide a volume stated in schedule 6 ;
- (i) an amendment or addition of a monitoring or reporting requirement under part 6 ;