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Officers report
Proposed Navigation Safety Bylaws for Port Taranaki and its Approaches
Publication date: 15 September 2020
Document: #2542874
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Officers summary
Requests to amend are either accepted or declined by Council officers with an explanation on the reasons for the response. Changes to the Proposed
Bylaws are tracked in red with additions being underlined and deletions showing strikethrough.
recommendations to be implemented in the 2024/25 monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and
relationships.
• Public amenity and enjoyment.
• Coastal hazards.
The rules implement the policies and determine whether a person needs to apply
for a resource consent or whether the proposed activity can be undertaken
without a resource consent (known as permitted activities). The
rules apply to the coastal marine area only.
General (overarching) policies – these apply to all activities and provide overall direction on use, development and protection
of natural and physical resources
there was no indication that the KGTP was having any
significant adverse effects on fish communities in the Kapuni catchment.
There were no adverse effects on the environment resulting from the exercise of the air discharge consents.
Ambient air quality monitoring undertaken at the KGTP showed that levels of carbon monoxide and
nitrogen oxides were below levels of concern at the time of sampling. No offensive or objectionable odours
were detected beyond the boundary during inspections and
Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
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b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, including effects
collectively
have nine resource consents for discharges of contaminants to air, discharges of treated stormwater and
production water to land or waterways, and to take groundwater from the Mangawharawhara Stream. The
wellsites are inspected annually but no environmental sampling is undertaken due to the relatively small
scale of the activities.
Inspections of the stormwater management systems at all sites found that they were generally well
maintained and at the time there was no visible effect on
positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural, social-
economic and health effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or terrestrial;
d. natural and physical resources of special significance
addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or terrestrial;
d. natural and
4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2024/25 monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community
of the
report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems,