site’s stormwater system worked effectively.
Owing to the distance of the wellsite to the nearest stream being over 500 m, chemical analysis
or a bio-monitoring survey was un-necessary as no evidence of effects on the stream
environment were observed by the Inspecting Officer and the distance of separation meant it
was implausible there could be any effects under any circumstances.
Staff on-site were cooperative with requests made by officers of the Council, with any required
works being
performance and
compliance was achieved.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the last several
years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remains at a good or high level.
This report includes recommendations for the 2018-2019 year.
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1 Introduction 1
1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource Management Act 1991 1
1.1.1 Introduction 1
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4.1 Section 14(3)(b) takes – unfettered or not? .................................................. 9
4.2 Does Taranaki have a problem? .................................................................10
4.3 Avoiding adverse environmental effects ......................................................10
4.4 An “individual” and an “individual’s animals”? ..............................................11
4.5 What are “reasonable needs”?
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 a discharger, and may
include cultural and socio-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
the Waitara or
Patea catchments as a result of quarry operations.
Both quarry sites appeared to be well maintained and managed with regard to environmental
matters.
As in previous years, the Company has demonstrated a high level of both environmental and
administrative performance and compliance with its consents and appropriate control over
the discharge of contaminants into waterways.
There were no incidents recorded in relation to operations at the Vickers quarry sites in the
the environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2017-2018 monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
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
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 wastewater draining to sumps and then to the stormwater
system.
This report for the period July 2017 to June 2018 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Trust’s environmental and
of the monitoring programme in place for the period under review.
Each company’s activity is then discussed in a separate section (Sections 2 to 6).
In the subsections for each company (e.g. Section 2.1) there is a general description of
the industrial activity and its discharges, an aerial photograph or map showing the
location of the activity, and an outline of the matters covered by the company’s air
discharge permit.
Subsection 2 presents the results of monitoring of the
environment.
• Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2013-2014
monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and technical terms, a bibliography and
appendices are presented at the end of the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act (1991) and monitoring
The Act 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:
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,