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5.3 Evaluating policies, rules and other methods ............................................................................ 24
5.4 Quantifying benefits and costs ....................................................................................................... 25
5.5 Evaluating impacts on economic growth and the risks of acting or not acting ............. 25
6 Appropriateness of objectives
two self-reported
minor leaks of hydraulic fluid at the offshore platform. In both cases, no environmental effects
were noted and no further action was taken or required. The Pohokura facilities were well
managed and maintained.
For reference, in the 2015-2016 year, 71% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored through
tailored compliance monitoring programmes achieved a high level of environmental
performance and compliance with their consents, while another 24% demonstrated a good
level
acknowledgement
Under section 41, and without limiting the rest of this schedule, the only purposes of this statutory
acknowledgement are—
(a) to require consent authorities, the Environment Court, or the Historic Places Trust, as the case may be,
to have regard to this statutory acknowledgement in relation to the Nukumaru Recreation Reserve as
provided for in sections 42 to 44; and
(b) to require consent authorities to forward summaries of resource consent applications to the
application of rules for Giant buttercup;
Gorse, Nodding, Plumeless, and Variegated thistles;
and Wild broom;
Application of rules to control Old man’s beard in
the Patea and Waingongoro catchments;
Focus on eradication programmes or sustained
control programmes (for which rules apply) with
other species and non-regulatory programmes to
be addressed in the Taranaki Regional Council
Biosecurity Strategy 2017–2037.
On behalf of the Taranaki Regional Council, I
recommendations for the 2013-2014 year.
Section 15 summarises the recommendations to be implemented in the 2013-2014
monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
1.1.1. The Resource Management Act (1991) and monitoring
The Resource Management Act primarily addresses environmental `effects' which
are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or future,
or cumulative.
notified. Policies 5 to 11 relate to the use and development of
resources and the protection, maintenance or
enhancement of natural and historic heritage and values.
The Council supports these policies.
Policy 14
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Indigenous Biodiversity Support Retain as notified. The Council considers the protection of indigenous
biodiversity in the coastal environment to be critically
important, particularly biodiversity that is only found in
the coastal environment.
Policy 16
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of activities at a crematorium
site, the discharge of visible smoke or odours from a cremator may be found to be offensive.
During the reporting period, the Company demonstrated a high level of environmental and
administrative performance with the resource consents.
For reference, in the 2013-2014 year, 60% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored through
tailored compliance monitoring programmes achieved a high level o f environmental
performance and compliance with their consents,
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:
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a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic
oxides and the volatile organic compounds toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes were all
below levels of concern at the time of sampling. Benzene was slightly above the recommended guidelines at
one site. No offensive or objectionable odours were detected beyond the boundary during inspections and
there were no complaints in relation to air emissions from the site. Monitoring commissioned by OMV
showed that, with the exception of 30 minutes, the relevant New Zealand Workplace Exposure Standards for
the coastal marine area by the process of erection, placement,
use, alteration, extension, maintenance, or removal of up to three offshore
wellhead platforms and associated pipelines 23
Table 10 Summary of performance for Consent 5997-1 to discharge treated
stormwater from Pohokura Production Station to the Duck Pond 24
Table 11 Summary of performance for Consent 6002-1 to discharge emissions to air
from combustion of fuel gas and miscellaneous emissions at Pohokura
Production Station