Executive, Audit and Risk Committee Meeting on Monday 19 October 2020 for the
following reasons:
Item 10 – Public Excluded Minutes – 14 September 2020
That the public conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the
meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information where the
withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where the making
available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial
position of …
total nitrogen concentrations in shallow
groundwater. This is in part a result of heavy applications of nitrogen (effluent) early in the life of the plant.
Current effluent application is considerably lower than historic application rates. However, nitrate
concentrations in the soil profile underneath the irrigation areas and in the tributaries flowing through or
adjacent to the site remain elevated.
A narrow but concentrated plume of ammonia is present in the groundwater resulting from …
period under review George Family demonstrated an overall good level of environmental
performance.
An improvement was required in the environmental performance of Riddick, Downer (Veale Road)
and TPJ.
The Council's monitoring programme included 33 inspections, with each site receiving either two or three
scheduled inspections. The Council collected 15 water samples for physicochemical analysis during the
2019-2020 year.
No significant adverse environmental effects were observed as a …
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breakdown of what you told us and what we decided as a result:
Delivering on NZ’s freshwater aspirations
At what pace should the Council respond to the Government’s Essential Freshwater package and the
extensive and expensive new requirements it brings? Should we move quickly to boost capacity to
meet Government requirement and public expectations (the preferred option)? Or should we move
gradually, doing only what is needed to meet requirements?
53 submitters expressed direct support
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 additional consents allow
the Company to abstract water, and construct and maintain structures in the Mangaotea Stream.
During the period under review, the Company demonstrated a high …
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:
1 Todd Petroleum Mining Company Ltd hold Consent 9970-1.2.
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a. the neighbourhood or …
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.
During the year, GPL demonstrated a high level of both environmental performance and administrative
compliance with the resource consents.
For reference, in the 2019-2020 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 81% of the …
background is provided.
2. Associated resource consents are listed with basic details including key dates.
3. The monitoring programme components are summarised.
4. The company’s environmental performance and administrative compliance is evaluated, including:
a. A summary of the company’s performance, regarding the site and wider environment.
b. If necessary, any incidents, investigations or interventions that occurred during the monitoring
period.
c. A direct assessment of the company’s …
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Essential Freshwater
3 Sep 2020
Regardless of other timeframes all
essential freshwater rules apply to
new pastoral systems.
Intensification and land-use changes
apply.
New rules around structures and fish
passage in rivers and lakes in effect.
Consent required for new freshwater
structures, earthworks drainage or
river reclamation.
1 July 2021
Synthetic nitrogen
fertiliser cap of
190kgN/ha/year applies.
Dairy farms need to start