with historical ranges. However, as
occasionally noted in recent years, the water tends to be of a lesser quality mid-catchment due to the
increase or decrease of some parameters (suspended solids, biological oxygen demand, nitrate, ammoniacal
nitrogen, dissolved oxygen).
During the period under review, the instream dissolved zinc and copper concentrations met the appropriate
USEPA acute or chronic exposure guidelines in all six samples. None of the instream samples taken during
the period
including the annual recycling kerbside
audit.
2.3 Ms R Martin, South Taranaki District Council, noted that education and higher fines
for contaminated recyclables are unlikely to lead to necessary behaviour change,
rather common plastics will need to be phased out or banned completely.
2.5 Ms A Brash, New Plymouth District Council, advised the Committee that they will be
investigating measures to encourage better waste habits during the next retendering of
the contract.
New Plymouth to the lower Waiwhakaiho River and Mangaone Stream, or to land in the lower
Waiwhakaiho and Mangaone Stream catchments. The activities and impacts of the consent holders upon
water quality are discussed, as is the extent of their compliance with their permits, and their overall
environmental performance. There is a separate report covering emissions to air within the catchment.
The monitoring programme included 32 site inspections, 72 samples of discharges, groundwater and
receiving funding for riparian plants and planting.
The groundwater monitoring indicates the presence of elevated total nitrogen concentrations in shallow
groundwater. This is in part a result of heavy applications of nitrogen (effluent) early in the life of the plant.
Current effluent application is considerably lower than historic application rates. However, nitrate
concentrations in the soil profile underneath the irrigation areas and in the tributaries flowing through or
adjacent to the
Special
requirements
• May be required to work outside normal working hours due to
emergency responses by Council or servicing the needs of catchment
community groups if required.
• Must be able to undertake the physical requirements of the position.
• Must be able to operate all-wheel drive vehicles.
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Organisational areas of responsibility | Ngā wāhanga whakahaere
Be a team player – Contribute to the greater team and organisational goals by completing
covers the 6 months from 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2022 as required by Section 66 of the Local Government Act
2002. RSHL has no subsidiaries or joint ventures.
Entity Type and Legal Basis
RSHL is a Public Limited Liability Company incorporated and registered under the Companies Act 1993 and is a
council-controlled organisation as defined in Section 6 of Local Government Act 2002
Entity Structure
At the beginning of the period the Company comprised of a Board of seven Directors. The
significance for the environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2023-2024 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
Coastal Ecology
Please provide a Penguin Management Plan (PMP) detailing how the works will be
undertaken to avoid and/or minimise any adverse effects on penguins or active
penguin nest sites. The PMP shall be prepared a suitably qualified professional, with
input from the Department of Conservation (DOC), and shall include the following:
the proposed timing of works i.e. time of year, time of day;
how penguins and/or nests will be identified prior to commencement of works;
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, including effects on plants, animals, or
environmental effects in regard to
the abstraction of water from the Kaupokonui Stream for cooling water and general purposes, from site
discharges to the Kaupokonui Stream, or in the Waiokura or Motumate Streams from the discharges of
wastewater to land on the Company’s farms. It is noted that the removal of the Glenn Road weir is likely to
result in a significant change in the fish community composition that will be able to access the potential fish
barriers present in the reach of stream that