for our family,
and also to hand over/pass onto future generations of our family if they
wished.
5. The broiler farm at 58 Airport Drive was first granted an Air Discharge
Consent on 12th January 1998, 3 ½ years after we had moved into our
home despite it being in such close proximity - 55 metres from the nearest
shed.
6. I have personally never given my approval, either in writing or verbally, that
I accept any form of consent to operate a broiler farm next
agriculture
and horticulture. Dairy farming remains the predominant
land use, accounting for 207,086ha, or 58% of land used for
primary production in 2019. The area utilised for dairying
across Taranaki has increased by 62,095ha (43%) since 2002,
primarily through conversion from dairy support or sheep
and beef farming. Much of this change occurred prior to
2012 and has slowed considerably in recent years. While
there is some dairy farming in the lower hill country, most
exercise of the air discharge consents.
The ambient air quality monitoring at the site showed that levels of carbon monoxide, combustible gases,
PM10 particulates, and nitrogen oxides were all below levels of concern at the time of sampling. No offensive
or objectionable odours were detected beyond the boundary during inspections and there were no
complaints in relation to air emissions from the site.
During the year, the Company demonstrated an overall high level of both environmental
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 habitats,
OMV’s stormwater monitoring also complied with consent limits. No adverse
effects were noted on the receiving environment as a result of the discharge.
There were no adverse effects on the environment resulting from the exercise of the air discharge consent.
Ambient air quality monitoring at the site showed that levels of carbon monoxide, combustible gases, PM10
particulates, and nitrogen oxides were all below levels of concern at the time of sampling. No offensive or
objectionable odours
activity”. However, this is not
the case in the Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki (RAQPT). The RAQPT
definition of dwellinghouse (which is included in the definition of “sensitive area”) is
as follows and does not include a notional boundary provision:
Dwellinghouse* means any building, whether permanent
or temporary, that is occupied, in whole or in part, as a
residence; and includes any structure or outdoor living
area that is accessory to, and used wholly or principally
for
these sites.
Short-term variability may be driven by sporadic events such
as periodic sand inundation, or other cyclical patterns such
as climatic cycles, or recruitment variability of different rocky
shore species. Over the short term (2011-2020) period, very
likely increasing trends in the mean number of species were
identified at five out of six sites, and a likely increasing trend
at just one site, Waihi Reef. The annual rates of change in
these trends ranged
assessments;
(g) Comments on the Ms Ryan’s review evidence;
(h) Comments on the recommended Conditions of Consent; and
(i) Conclusions.
2.9 There are a number of aspects of the application, the s42A reporting
officer report, and the Applicants evidence with which I agree. However,
to remain concise, I have focused on the elements I do not agree with or
consider have not been addressed fully. It is not my intention to be
negative or critical of any individual associated with the
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-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c.
site showed that levels of carbon monoxide, combustible gases, PM10
particulates, and nitrogen oxides were all below levels of concern at the time of sampling. No offensive or
objectionable odours were detected beyond the boundary during inspections and there were no complaints
in relation to air emissions from the site.
During the year, the Company demonstrated an overall high level of both environmental performance and
administrative compliance with the resource consents.
For