on dioxin exposure and possible health effects in
New Plymouth. A serum survey to determine the current amount of dioxin stored in the body of
potentially highly exposed Paritutu residents is in the planning phases. Planning has taken longer
than anticipated, but it is important that the methodology for this serum study is as robust as
available information permit. Completion of the planning for the serum study has also been
dependent on publication of the results of the
landfill in the event that refuse could not be disposed of at an active
landfill.
Approximately 1.78 ha of the site has been used for landfilling. As required by the conditions of the consent,
NPDC maintains a Landfill Closure Management Plan for the site that addresses monitoring and
management of the site. NPDC staff also undertake regular inspections at the site, and the plan states that if
any issues are identified they will be remediated appropriately.
The Inglewood Landfill Closure
and
interventions, or record incidents, in association with STDC’s conditions in resource consents or provisions in
Regional Plans for the Kaponga WWTP.
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Figure 2 Biomonitoring sites in the Kaupokonui River in relation to the Kaponga WWTP discharge
with taxa number, MCI scores and SQMCI scores for each site
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Discussion
2.5.1 Discussion of site performance
The Kaponga WWTP was well maintained and operated, and performed
workload between the previous Consents
and Regulatory Committee and the Policy and Planning Committee.
Recommendations
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) receives this report Council Committee Structures and Delegations dated 8 November 2022
b) approves the establishment of the following committees:
• Operations and Regulatory Committee
• Policy and Planning Committee
• Executive, Audit and Risk Committee
• Regional Transport Committee.
• Chief Executive Liaison
administrative charges are fixed annually to recover the Council’s actual and reasonable costs when
undertaking work for external users under the Resource Management Act 1991. The Schedule of Charges fixes
charges in the following areas:
Schedule 1: Scale of Charges for Staff Time
Schedule 2: Fixed minimum charges for the preparation or change of policy statement or plans and the
processing of resource consents
Schedule 3: Scale of charges for the use of plant
Schedule 4:
Figures from the 2021/2022 financial year show efforts to safeguard our environment by working together
with our community continued with the addition of 30 new comprehensive farm plans and 24 biodiversity
plans prepared for Key Native Ecosystems. We provided more than 418,000 plants for land owners to plant
along the region’s rivers and streams, meaning that some 4,631km of streams have now been planted – a rise
of around 700km of riparian planting on the year before.
We published a handy
figures
Figure 1 Mangapouri Cemetery location map 3
Figure 2 Burial Plan for first five years of operation 8
Figure 3 Groundwater elevations 2021-2022 in comparison to rainfall 23
Figure 4 Groundwater levels Area A (GND2623 and GND2627) compared to minimum required water
table depths by burial type 24
Figure 5 Groundwater levels Area-B (GND2484 and GND3032) compared to minimum required water
table depths by burial type 25
Figure 6 Type of internment planned for Area-A (Block
Company is required to submit a wide range of data under the conditions of their DWI consents.
As required by the conditions of their consents, the Company has submitted an Injection Operation
Management Plan for each active injection well. The plans are required to include the operational details of
the injection activities and to identify the conditions that would trigger concerns about the integrity of the
injection well, the receiving formation or overlying geological seals. The plans are
reports and access to the authors for queries and discussion. A two-day senior
leadership forum and workshop with all of Trustpower’s technical experts and the iwi forum was also
planned to take place at the Pukerangiora Marae on 20 - 21 August 2021 but was unfortunately
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postponed due to COVID-19. Trustpower is working with the forum to reschedule a workshop in
early 2022 when appropriate health and safety protocols can be confirmed.
Trustpower has
corner of the site.
The plant formerly used two flares as essential plant safety features designed to combust excess gas during
planned maintenance activities, and emergency situations. A change to plant management has seen this
reduced to one flare. The flare continuously burns fuel gas as a purge to prevent air ingress to the flare
system (thus avoiding an explosion risk) and to maintain a pilot flame at the flare tip.
The Council is responsible for monitoring the onshore production