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 neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
Turangi Production Station showed that levels of nitrogen oxides were
below levels of concern at the time of sampling. No offensive or objectionable odours were detected
beyond the boundary during inspections.
For reference, in the 2022-2023 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 878 (87%) of a total of 1007 consents monitored through the Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 96 (10%) of the consents a good
The ambient air quality monitoring at the site showed that
concentration of nitrogen oxide during the survey was less than the relevant human health-based criteria at
the time of sampling. No significant odour or dust was observed during inspections and there were no air
quality-related complaints received.
During the site inspection on 31 May 2023 it was noted that hydrocarbon contaminated stormwater from
bunds had been discharged prior to the inspection. It is considered unlikely that
were measurable changes in some parameters, most of
these would have resulted in only minor transient effects at most. In terms of guidelines, there was no
exceedances of guidelines for pH, ammoniacal nitrogen, or biochemical oxygen demand. Dissolved copper
and zinc concentrations at the downstream site were found to be above the USEPA acute guidelines and
were the highest measured historically.
Overall, most consented discharges in the Waitaha catchment achieved a good level of
monitoring sites though annual programmes;
• the resource consents held by STDC for the closed landfills in their district;
• the nature of the monitoring programme in place for the period under review; and
• Each of the closed landfills is then discussed in a separate section (Sections 2 to 8).
In each subsection 1 (e.g. Section 2.1) there is a general description of the landfilled site and its discharges,
an aerial photograph or map showing the location of the former landfill, and an outline
the air survey. The results of the nitrogen oxides monitoring were less than the relevant human
health-based assessment criteria, and generally representative of expected background levels. There were
no significant odour or dust effects observed during inspections. The biomonitoring survey reports
concluded that discharges from the site into the stream did not adversely affect the macroinvertebrate
community.
For reference, in the 2022-2023 year consent holders were found to achieve a
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 habitats, whether aquatic or terrestrial;
d. natural
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 neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
period under review showed that the material on site was compliant and there
were no issues noted relating to stormwater or odour. There were 0 unauthorised incident/s recording non-
compliance in respect of this consent holder during the period under review.
For reference, in the 2022-2023 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environment
performance and compliance for 878 (87%) of a total of 1007 consents monitored through the Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes,
data.
Section 3 discusses the results, their interpretations, and their 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.
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1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or