More than 150 public submissions have been made on the application from Astrolabe Community Trust to leave the remains of Rena wreck on Astrolabe Reef, Bay of Plenty Regional Council chariman Douglas Leeder today announced.
Submissions closed today at 5pm and the council said it would make all submissions public once each of them had been checked.
"We hope to have all submissions received loaded onto www.renaresourceconsent.org.nz by Monday of next week," Mr Leeder said.
The council also released its own submission.
In its submission the council has has not taken a stand in favour of or against the application for resource consent, instead focused on seeking stringent consent conditions should the consent be eventually granted by the consenting authority.