environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2020-2021 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 …
Davidson Committee Administrator
Apologies An apology was received from Councillor D L Lean.
MacLeod/Littlewood
Notification of There were no late items.
Late Items
1. Confirmation of Minutes – 29 March 2021
Resolved
That the Executive, Audit and Risk Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) takes as read and confirms the minutes and resolutions of the Executive, Audit
and Risk Committee held in the Taranaki Regional Council Chambers, 47 Cloten
road, Stratford on
Overall, both surveys indicated that the discharge of treated stormwater and leachate discharges from the
Colson Road landfill site had not had any significant detrimental effect on the macroinvertebrate
communities of the Puremu and Manganaha Streams, or the unnamed tributary of the Puremu Stream.
Air quality monitoring showed that off-site there were no significant adverse effects in relation to
suspended particulates, dust deposition rates or odour beyond the site boundary.
An enclosed …
(the ‘Council’) for advice.
What is a natural wetland?
A natural wetland means a wetland (permanently or
intermittently wet areas, shallow water, and land water
margins that support a natural ecosystem of plants and
animals that are adapted to wet conditions) that is not:
(a) constructed by artificial means (unless it was
constructed to offset impacts on, or restore, an existing
or former natural wetland); or
(b) a geothermal wetland; or
(c) any area
during recent years. No samples outside of the mixing zone
exceeded the relevant USEPA receiving water criteria for the protection of aquatic ecosystems for zinc or
copper, and all other parameters were below levels stipulated by consent conditions.
Biomonitoring results have also continued to indicate a slight improvement in water quality and ecological
conditions in the stream over the last few years. MCI and SQMCIS scores indicated that treated stormwater
discharged from the site was not …
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
these bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires:
Access lane means the area designated as an access lane by the Taranaki Regional
Council pursuant to navigation bylaws.
Accident has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994 (as set
out below):
means an occurrence that involves a ship and in which—
(a) a person is seriously harmed as a result of—
(i) being on the ship; or
(ii) direct contact with any part of the ship, including any part
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Acronyms commonly used in RTAG meetings
Acronym Meaning
AC Activity Class
AG2MM Awakino Gorge to Mt Messenger Programme
AMP Asset or Activity Management Plan
BC Business Case
CMP Corridor Management Plan
DC District council
DSI Deaths and Serious Injuries
GIS Geographic Information System
GPS Government Policy Statement on Land Transport
HNO Highways & Network Operations section of NZTA
IAF NZTA’s Investment Assessment
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, whether aquatic or …
scientific and
technical data.
Section 3 discusses the results, their interpretations, and their significance for the environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2020-2021 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, …