During the year under review there were no
incidents or complaints recorded or non-compliances observed at inspection.
This report includes recommendations for the 2015-2016 year, including a recommendation
that the optional review provided for in June 2016 not be exercised.
For reference, in the 2014-2015 year, 75% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored through
tailored compliance monitoring programmes achieved a high level of environmental
performance and compliance with their consents,
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
Waitara Road at Brixton, Waitara, in the Waiongana catchment. The operations at this site
mainly involve packaged dairy related products. Goods are stored under roofed catchments
with the remaining areas being paved or gravel. The site also has a truck wash facility with
waste water draining to sumps and then to the stormwater system.
This report for the period July 2015 to June 2016 describes the monitoring programme
implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the
contamination in this discharge, and in the unnamed
tributary of the Kahouri Stream. Results from the current monitoring period showed that zinc concentrations
were consistent with results obtained in recent years, with concentrations show an overall decreasing trend
in the receiving environment over time.
In the reported period, no effects from the emissions to air from the galvanising site were detected at or
beyond the boundary of the site.
During the year, the Company demonstrated a high
Incidents recording non-compliance in respect of this consent holder
during the period under review.
During the monitoring period, the Company demonstrated a high level of environmental and administrative
performance with the resource consents. There were no significant issues observed by Council officers
concerning silt or sediment controls, and stormwater discharges from the site. Site staff were cooperative
with requests made by Council officers, with any required works being completed in a
particulates and nitrogen oxides were all below levels of concern at the
time of sampling. No offensive or objectionable odours were detected beyond the boundaries during
inspections. One complaint was received in relation to air emissions from the site, however it was not
considered that STL had breached resource consent conditions.
During the period under review, STL demonstrated an overall high level of both environmental performance
and administrative compliance with the resource consents. The
found
during discharge sampling. All incidents (substantiated or otherwise) were investigated and appropriate
enforcement action was taken as required.
During the year, ABB Ltd demonstrated a high level of environmental performance and compliance with
their resource consents and a good level of administrative performance.
During the year, GrainCorp Feeds Ltd demonstrated a high level of environmental performance and
compliance with their resource consents and a high level of
year under review included four inspections, four sets of water
samples collected for pesticide analysis, two biomonitoring surveys of receiving waters and an intertidal
marine inspection. The Company provided groundwater and air quality data from monitoring carried out by
independent consultants.
The monitoring showed that DAS has had no significant impact on air quality in the vicinity of the plant or
on water quality in the Herekawe Stream. No complaints in relation to DAS’s activities
The Resource Management Act 1991 (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
be determined if the results originated from the activities at the consent holder’s site or from the
neighbouring properties. The guideline reflects a deposition rate that may cause complaints in a residential
area.
In the 2016-2017 year there were no unauthorised incidents related to discharges from any consent holders
in the Lower Waiwhakaiho area.
During the year, Downer EDI Works Ltd demonstrated a high level of environmental and administrative
performance with their resource