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 …
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 …
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 …
for Taranaki 2021/22-2026/27
4.1 Ms F Ritson. Policy Analyst, Taranaki Regional Council, spoke to the memorandum
advising Members of the release of the Regional Land Transport Plan for Taranaki
2021/22-2026/27 (the RLTP or the Plan),including related next steps.
4.2 Ms L Stewart, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, informed that the concerns raised
have been heard and a team has been put in place to look at the process going
forward.
Resolved
That the Taranaki Regional
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, …
catching activities at various times of the night. These comings
and goings now often occur at all hours of the night and early in the
mornings.
5. So our sleep is often disturbed late at night, 2am, 4am. Not every “cycle”
but perhaps every three or four. We are woken up, and kept up, even with
double glazing. This can be from meal trucks, which seem to arrive at all
hours. The don’t just deliver quickly, and depart, but it takes time for the
meal to be pumped into
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, …
rules have the force
and effect of a regulation under the RMA. For the purposes of this Plan, rules only apply
to activities in the coastal marine area.
1 Except as otherwise provided in section 6 or section 6A of the Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977.
1.4.1 Geographic extent
The Plan has effect over the coastal marine area of the Taranaki region and the coastal
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, …
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