and statistics relating to the
response. It does not cover outcomes, improvements or corrective actions, these are
included in the complementary report COVID-19 Corrective Action Plan .
1.1 Background to Activation
Our plan is simple. We can stop the spread by staying at home and
reducing contact. Now is the time to act.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announcing the move to Alert Level 4, 23 March 2020
In December 2019 a previously unidentified influenza like illness
those sites monitored for discharge or receiving environment water quality 9
Table 3 Chemical monitoring results for the irrigated wastewater (site l1) for the 2019-2020 monitoring
period 10
Table 4 Total volume of wastewater and total nitrogen applied to land during the reported period 11
Table 5 Paddock size and application depth statistics for the paddocks that received irrigated
wastewater during the reported period 12
Table 6 Wastewater discharge to the Kahouri Stream (consent …
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. ecosystems, including effects …
spill,
in a manner that does not cause further damage to the marine environment, or any
unreasonable danger to human life, or cause an unreasonable risk of injury to any
person.
It must also be noted that in some spill situations the spill will simply be monitored
to ensure that no environmental damage occurs, and that no physical clean-up
activities may be undertaken (eg diesel spill into a warm, rough sea).
Human safety and health have the highest priority in this Plan. Occupational
well,
or the ability of the receiving formation to accept injected fluids, during the period under review. The results
of groundwater quality monitoring undertaken show no adverse effects of the activity on local groundwater
resources. Inspections undertaken during the monitoring year found sites being operated in a professional
manner and there were no Unauthorised Incidents reported in relation to the Company’s DWI consents.
During the year, the Company demonstrated a high level of …
‘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 terrestrial;
d. natural and physical resources having …
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 wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on …
immediately comply with the NES-F.
During your annual inspection for dairy effluent discharge consents, the Taranaki Regional
Council (the ‘Council’) inspecting officer will also check if you have a feedlot or stockholding
area and if so, whether you need to apply for a resource consent.
If you require a resource consent for your stockholding area please speak to the Council about
your options.
Follow the flowchart on page 3 to see whether you have a stockholding area and
area of expertise and I have not omitted
to consider material facts known to me that might alter or detract from the
opinions expressed.
PURPOSE
10. I have been retained by Remediation NZ Limited to prepare a statement of
evidence on relating to its application to renew consents to enable the
operation of its waste treatment and recycling facility at Uruti in northern
Taranaki.
11. For this, I have examined the role of the Remediation NZ plant in the Taranaki
intent of the proposal is to declare mustelids to be pests in the Taranaki region and to incorporate a
new chapter (Section 6.6A) and programme that includes rules for land occupiers to control ferrets, stoats, and weasels.
The proposal does not otherwise amend the Regional Pest Management Plan for Taranaki, except for minor consequential changes necessary to update the Plan and reflect the inclusion
of the new chapter.
Where applicable, content that may result in an addition or change to