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 physical resources
performance.
The Company holds a total of 23 resource consents, which include a total of 186 conditions setting out the
requirements that they must satisfy. The Company holds five consents to allow it to take and use water, five
consents to discharge water or sediment into the Makara, Mangaotea and Mako streams, one consent to
discharge wastes to land around Lake Ratapiko and four land use permits for bed disturbance and
structures in the Manganui River, Mangaotea Stream and Lake Ratapiko. Seven
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, including effects on plants,
provided groundwater and air quality data from monitoring carried out by
independent consultants.
The monitoring showed that Corteva has had no significant impact on air quality in the vicinity of the plant
or on water quality in the Herekawe Stream.
During the year, Corteva demonstrated a high level of both environmental performance and administrative
compliance with the resource consents.
For reference, in the 2020-2021 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of
accordance with Section 42A of the RMA
and outlines recommendations in response to the issues which have
emerged from submissions. The report is intended to assist the Hearings
Panel to make decisions on the submissions and further submissions on
the Proposed District Plan, and to provide submitters with an opportunity
to see how their submissions have been evaluated. These
recommendations do not represent any final design or assessment of the
submissions and further submissions.
7. In
implemented in the 2021-2022 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
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 socio-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats,
the 2021-2022 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
parcels did not
join to an owner in the LINZ data and are not reflective of actual owner names.
a. Owner names have been modified where inconsistencies in spelling and text entry were noted. E.g. The New Plymouth District Council and New Plymouth District
Council.
2. Owner Type is listed as Iwi based on data from the Maori Land Online web application (https://www.maorilandonline.govt.nz/) or where the parcel intent is Maori. This
may not be reflective of all Maori owned land or
had been noted during complaint investigations at complainant’s properties as well as at
the site entrance. This occurs, on occasion, during loading and unloading exercises, when the material is
agitated, or fresh from the supplier.
More than 20 complaints were received by the Council during this monitoring period, relating to
objectionable odour from the facility, beyond the boundary of the site. On one occasion (2 October 2020)
objectionable odour was identified by Council Officer which