activity is then discussed in a separate section (Sections 2 to 4).
In the subsections for each company (e.g. Section 2.1) there is a general description of the industrial activity
and its discharges, an aerial photograph or map showing the location of the activity, and an outline of the
matters covered by the company’s air discharge permit.
Subsection 1 provides a process description for each company.
Subsection 2 presents the results of monitoring of the companies’ activities during …
the challenges ahead.
David MacLeod
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Over the past five years the
Council has helped restore and
rprotect mo e than 100 wetlands.
the region’s original8.4% of
wetland habitat remains.
Vulnerability to the effects
abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
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, …
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 of the matters
covered by the water discharge permit.
Subsection 2 presents the results of …
respect to any information or advice within this
strategy.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We are grateful for the enthusiastic and candid participation in the development of this strategy that
occurred in several ways:
• engagement by technical, operations and staff from territorial local authorities, regional councils
and coordinating executive group organisations who made themselves available at short notice
to provide feedback and attend workshops.
• support and
submission at any consent hearing.
If others make a similar submission, I/we will consider
presenting a joint case with them at the hearing.
Yes
Request for independent commisioner/s
Pursuant to section 100A of the Resource Management Act
1991, I request that the Taranaki Regional Council delegates
its functions, powers, and duties required to hear and decide
the application to one or more hearing commissioners who
are not Taranaki Regional Councilors.
NA
Note: Such a request may be
Breaches and non-compliances
3. As we pointed out in our original submission, the company has had numerous breaches and
non-compliances of consent conditions over the years. The Officer’s Report listed poor record
keeping, non-compliance with management plans, receipt of unapproved material, lack of
maintenance, monitoring or sampling, and unauthorised discharges as the main issues.
Notably, the drilling waste, rather than being processed into compost, has been blended with
becomes a food source for invertebrates, which in
turn provide food for other organisms such as fish and birds. Nuisance periphyton in the form of prolific
thick mats, pervasive long filaments or cyanobacteria can cause a range of issues such as streams becoming
un-inviting for recreational users, anglers having difficulty fishing, streams closures due to cyanobacteria
toxins, and adverse impacts on stream ecology.
This freshwater periphyton programme has been designed to monitor for the …
information, further assessment of options or further analysis of costs and
benefits, or advantages and disadvantages prior to making a decision on this
matter.
Walker/McIntyre
9. Review of the Regional Land Transport Plan for Taranaki
9.1 Mr M J Nield, Director – Corporate Services, spoke to the memorandum advising
Members of a review of the Regional Land Transport Plan for Taranaki (RLTP). The
Regional Transport Committee for Taranaki (RTC) will consider a revised draft Plan
prior
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-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, …