Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource
Management Act 1991
1.1.1 Introduction
This report is the Monitoring Report for the period July 2015-June 2016 by the Taranaki
Regional Council (the Council) on the monitoring programme associated with resource
consents held by Opunake Power Limited (the Company). The Company operates a
hydroelectric power scheme situated on Beach Road at Opunake, in the Waiaua River
catchment.
This report covers the results and findings of the
for each activity. Monitoring programmes are not
only based on existing permit conditions, but also on the obligations of the RMA to
assess the effects of the exercise of consents. In accordance with section 35 of the RMA,
the Council undertakes compliance monitoring for consents and rules in regional
plans, and maintains an overview of the performance of resource users and consent
holders. Compliance monitoring, including both activity and impact monitoring,
enables the Council to
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Regional Transport Committee
Wednesday 17 June 2015
10.30am
Taranaki Regional Council, Stratford
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Agenda for the Regional Transport Committee of the Taranaki
Regional Council to be held in the Taranaki Regional Council
chambers, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford, on Wednesday 17 June 2015
commencing at 10.30am.
Members Councillor R F H Maxwell (Taranaki Regional Council)
(Committee Chairperson)
replace the resource consent from the Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) for
discharges to air (as well as to replace the consent for discharge to water).
Since lodging the application, AFTL has modified its proposed use of the site and now proposes to
convert all four poultry sheds from conventional (i.e. non-free range) broiler poultry configuration to
free range configuration. This will have the effect of reducing the overall housing capacity at the site
from 95,000 birds allowed at present to
0.6°C cooler than long-term November averages. Mean river flows for November were 26.6% lower than typical values while mean river (non-mountain) water temperatures were 14.7°C, an average of 0.2°C cooler than a typical November. Average wind speeds were 17.7km/hr, with average gust strength of 47.4km/hr. The maximum wind gust recorded in November was 93.2km/hr at Waitotara at Ngutuwera - the windiest spot in the region for the third month in a row. November 2023 Environmental Data Report November
located.
Contractual arrangements were made with Transpacific Technical Services for the removal
of all PCB items that the Council would recover from the site (20 February 2008). David de
Jager of TDHB was contacted by Gary on 18 February to advise of the Council’s intention to
recover all PCBs where ease of removal allowed this. David confirmed by return phone call
on the morning of Tuesday 19 February that this was acceptable subject to their storage at
the Council being kept to a minimum.
regional councils and the Department of Conservation (DoC) to hold fish monitoring data
however, the database does not allow for comparison of fish populations within and between regions, or over
time, with a standard metric.
Technical Memorandum
Draft Baseline State for the Fish Index of Biotic Integrity in
Taranaki Rivers
Document 3194041
Date 16/09/2023
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Technical Memorandum | Draft Baseline State for the Fish Index of Biotic Integrity in Taranaki
A temporary fisheries notice is in place in Western Taranaki from the mouth of the Tapuae Stream in the north to the mouth of the Taungatara Stream in the south. This relates to all shellfish (except rock lobster), all seaweed (except beach cast seaweed), all sea anemones, all stingrays, and conger eel species (Conger wilsoni and Conger verreauxi) and applies from 16 December 2024 to 15 December 2026. The rāhui is in place following a notice from the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, under